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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)". ὅταν (for ὅτ᾽ ἄν = ὅτε ἄν), temporal particle, with a conditional sense, usually of things expected to occur in an indefinite future; __1.

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Meaning

when(-ever)
Extended definition

temporal particle, with a conditional sense, usually of things expected to occur in an indefinite future;

1prop., whenever;
a(a) with subjc. praes.: Mat.6:2, 5 Mrk.14:7, Luk.11:36, Jhn.7:27, Act.23:35, 1Co.3:4, al.; ἕως τ. ἡμέρας ἐκείνης, ὅ., Mat.26:29, Mrk.14:25; before τότε, 1Th.5:3;
bwith subjc. aor. (M, Pr., 185): Mat.5:11, Mrk.4:15, Luk.6:22, Jhn.2:10 8:28 (Field, Notes, 94), 10:4, al.
2As in Hom. (LS, see word), but not in cl. prose, with indic., when (M, Pr., 167f.; Bl., §65, 9): with impf., Mrk.3:11(cf. Gen.38:9, al.); with praes., Mrk.11:25; with fut.. Rev.4:9 (Swete, in l.); with aor., Mrk.11:19, Rev.8:1 (Swete, in ll.; M, Pr., 168, 248; Field, Notes, 35).
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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×
123 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

ὅταν · ἐκλείπω G3752, G1587
when it fails, runs out, gives out
ὅταν · μεθίστημι · οἰκονομία G3752, G3179, G3622
when I am removed from the management
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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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