Once
ἅπαξStrong’s G0530hapax
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hapax is the Greek word usually translated “once” and “once for all”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“Beloved, 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “once” and “once for all”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- once 13
- once for all 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 8
- Jude 2
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Philippians 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- 1 Peter 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jude 1:5In contextI 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.
- 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;
- Philippians 4:16For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:18Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
- 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,
- 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:
Greek dictionary
ἅπαξ hapax · once
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “once” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ONCE, adverb
wuns. [from one.]
- One time.
- One time, though no more.
- At one former time; formerly.
- At the same point of time; not gradually.
All definitions and other forms of “once”
ONCE, noun
ons. A quadruped of the genus Felis, less than the panther, of a whitish gray color. It is found in Africa and Asia, is easily tamed and is employed like a dog in hunting.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.