When(-ever)

Usually translated “when”, “whenever” and “while”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• when 116
• whenever 7
• while 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Luke 27
• Mark 22
• Matthew 19
• John 16
• 1 Corinthians 11
• Revelation 9

17 books in all.

• 1 Timothy 5:11In contextBut the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
• Titus 3:12In contextWhen I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
• Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
• Matthew 6:2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matthew 6:5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matthew 6:6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “whenever” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.