Hapax ἅπαξ
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| ἅπαξ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | hapax |
| Strong's number | G530 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Gloss | once |
| Occurrences | 14 in 14 verses |
| Most frequent in | Hebrews (8) |
Hapax (Greek ἅπαξ, Strong's G530) is a Greek adverb meaning “once”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
ἅπαξ
adv., [in LXX for אֶחָד, פַּעַם ;]
(a) once: 2Co.11:25, Heb_9:26-27; ἔτι ἅ., Heb.12:26-27; ἅ. τ. ἐνιαυτοῦ, Heb.9:7; καί ἅ. κ. δίς, twice: Php.4:16, 1Th.2:18;
(b) once for all: Heb.6:4 9:28 10:2, 1Pe.3:18, Ju 3 5 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
adv., [in LXX for אֶחָד, פַּעַם ;]
(a) once: 2Co.11:25, Heb_9:26-27; ἔτι ἅ., Heb.12:26-27; ἅ. τ. ἐνιαυτοῦ, Heb.9:7; καί ἅ. κ. δίς, twice: Php.4:16, 1Th.2:18;
(b) once for all: Heb.6:4 9:28 10:2, 1Pe.3:18, Ju 3 5 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | once (15) |
|---|---|
| BSB | once (5), again (2), once more (2), once for all (2), only once (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Hapax, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians 11:25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
Philippians
- Philippians 4:16For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.
1 Thessalonians
- 1 Thessalonians 2:18Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
Hebrews
- Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
- Hebrews 9:7But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
- Hebrews 9:26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
- Hebrews 9:27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
- Hebrews 9:28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
- Hebrews 10:2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.
- Hebrews 12:26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
- Hebrews 12:27And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
1 Peter
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Jude
- Jude 1:3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
- Jude 1:5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).