Occasion

OCCASION o-ka'-zhun:

The uses in English Versions of the Bible are all modern, but in Jeremiah 2:24 "occasion" is employed (both in Hebrew and English) as a euphemism for "time of conception of offspring."

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Bibliography Information

Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'OCCASION'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.