Strong's Lexicon
G3740
G3740 — ὁσάκις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3740 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὁσάκις |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Etymology: | multiple adverb from G3739 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | hosakis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hos-ak'-is |
| Meaning: | 1. as often as {with G302} |
| KJV Renderings: | as oft(-en) as |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὁσάκις (ὅσος), relative adverb, as often as; with the addition of ἄν, as often soever as, 1Co 11:25 f. (R G; cf. Winers Grammar, § 42, 5a.; Buttmann, § 139, 34); also of ἐάν (L T Tr WH in 1 Corinthians, in the passage cited); Rev 11:6. ((Lysias, Plato, others.))
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὁσάκις (as oft(-en) as)
1 Corinthians 11:25
- KJV: After the same manner also the cup when he had supped saying This cup is the new testament in my blood this do ye as oft as ye drink in remembrance of me
- GK: ωσαύτως και το ποτήριον μετά το δειπνήσαι λέγων τούτο το ποτήριον η καινή διαθήκη εστίν εν τω εμώ αίματι τούτο ποιείτε οσάκις αν πίνητε εις την εμήν ανάμνησιν
1 Corinthians 11:26
- KJV: For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come
- GK: οσάκις γαρ αν εσθίητε τον άρτον τούτον και το ποτήριον τουτο πίνητε τον θάνατον του κυρίου καταγγέλλετε άχρις ου αν έλθη
Revelation 11:6
- KJV: These have power to shut heaven that it rain not in the days of their prophecy and have power over waters to turn them to blood and to smite the earth with all plagues as often as they will
- GK: ούτοι έχουσιν εξουσίαν κλείσαι τον ουρανόν ίνα μη υετός βρέχη τας ημέρας της προφητείας αυτών και εξουσίαν έχουσιν επί των υδάτων στρέφειν αυτά εις αίμα και πατάξαι την γην εν πάση πληγή οσάκις εάν θελήσωσιν