What does ὅταν (hótan) mean in the Bible?
ὅταν (hótan) is a Greek word meaning "when(-ever)".
Greek · G3752
ὅταν
When(-ever)
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ὅταν G3752
Pronunciation hótan
What does ὅταν (hótan) mean in the Bible?
ὅταν (hótan) is a Greek word meaning "when(-ever)".
Full entry for ὅταν (G3752) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3752?
The BSB source-word alignment has 123 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include when (88), - (7), after (6), As soon as (6), vvv (4).
Where does ὅταν (hótan) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (29), Mark (21), Matthew (19), John (17).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It when 88× Matthew 5:11, Matthew 6:2, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:6
- 7× Matthew 13:32, Mark 3:11, Mark 4:16, Mark 4:31
after 6× Mark 4:32, Luke 16:4, John 2:10, 1 Corinthians 15:24
As soon as 6× Matthew 24:32, Mark 13:28, Luke 12:54, 2 Corinthians 10:6
vvv 4× John 16:21, 1 Corinthians 16:3, Revelation 9:5, Revelation 18:9
. . . 2× Mark 4:15, Mark 4:29
whenever 2× Mark 14:7, Revelation 4:9
While 2× John 9:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:3
[that] 1× Luke 21:7
[then] 1× Mark 12:23
before 1× Matthew 15:2
that 1× Mark 13:4
though 1× Luke 11:36
until 1× Mark 9:9
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 5:11 ὅταν to when Conjunction Matthew 6:2 Ὅταν to when Conjunction Matthew 6:5 ὅταν to when Conjunction Matthew 6:6 ὅταν to when Conjunction Matthew 6:16 Ὅταν to When Conjunction Matthew 9:15 ὅταν to when Conjunction Matthew 10:19 ὅταν to when Conjunction Matthew 10:23 Ὅταν to When Conjunction Matthew 12:43 Ὅταν to When Conjunction Matthew 13:32 ὅταν to - Conjunction
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 5:11
Aligned rows 123
Books represented 17
Matthew 19 Mark 21 Luke 29 John 17 Acts 2 Romans 2 1 Corinthians 12 2 Corinthians 3 Colossians 2 1 Thessalonians 1 2 Thessalonians 1 1 Timothy 1 Titus 1 Hebrews 1 James 1 1 John 1 Revelation 9
Source forms
ὅταν 98x hotan Matthew 5:11, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:6, Matthew 9:15
Ὅταν 25x Hotan Matthew 6:2, Matthew 6:16, Matthew 10:23, Matthew 12:43
Parsing patterns
Conjunction 123x Matthew 5:11, Matthew 6:2, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. when(-ever)
Strong's G3752
Lexical occurrences 123 verses Greek text appearances 122 times 16 shown below Word forms 2 forms 123 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
when(-ever)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 122 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 5:11 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 6:2 Conjunction
Ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 6:5 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 6:6 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 6:16 Conjunction
Ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 9:15 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 10:19 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 10:23 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 12:43 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 13:32 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 15:2 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 19:28 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 21:40 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 23:15 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 24:15 Conjunction
Ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verse Matthew 24:32 Conjunction
ὅταν otan
when, whensoever
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 123
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 5:11 · Matt 6:2 · Matt 6:5 · Matt 6:6 · Matt 6:16 · Matt 10:19 · Matt 10:23 · Matt 12:43 · Matt 13:32 · Matt 15:2 · Matt 19:28 · Matt 21:40 · Matt 23:15 · Matt 24:15 · Matt 24:32 · Matt 24:33 115×
Matt 9:15 · Matt 26:29 · Mark 2:20 · Mark 12:23 · Mark 14:25 · 1 Cor 15:24 · Rev 10:7 8×
Word Origins
ὅταν is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain