Often
πυκνόςStrong’s G4437puknos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Puknos is the Greek word usually translated “often” and “frequent”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.”
Meaning
Usually translated “often” and “frequent”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- often 2
- frequent 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- 1 Timothy 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 5:33And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
- Acts 24:26He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
Greek dictionary
πυκνός puknos · often
πυκιός, -ή, -όν [in LXX: Eze.31:3 A (חֹרֶשׁ), 3Ma.1:28 3Mac 4:10, 4Ma.12:12 * ;] 1. close, compact, solid. 2. frequent: 1Ti.5:23. Neut. pl., πυκνά, as adv., much, often: Mrk.7:3 Τ (see: πυγμή), Luk.5:33. Comparat., πυκνότερον, very often or so much the oftener (seeBl., § 44, 3,): Act.24:26.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “often” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OFTEN, adverb
of'n. comparative oftener; superlative oftenset. Frequently; many times; not seldom.
All definitions and other forms of “often”
OFTEN, adjective
of'n. Frequent. [Improper.]
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.