Strong G2259ἡνίκα
when
- Transliteration
- hēnika
- Pronunciation
- hay-nee'-kah
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
at which time: - when.
at which time: - when.
Detailed definition
ἡνίκα
rel. adv. of time,
at which time, when; before αν, with subjc., whensoever: 2Co.3:15-16.†
(AS)
rel. adv. of time,
at which time, when; before αν, with subjc., whensoever: 2Co.3:15-16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2259 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- when2
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 3:15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
- 2 Corinthians 3:16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἡνίκᾰ [ῐ],
Doric dialect ἁνίκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.24, +others, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.41)]; Aeolic dialect ἄνικα [Refs ([prev. author] 29.33:)] — adverb of Time, relative to τηνίκα, at the time when, usually with past tenses of indicative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.198 (nowhere else in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus [same place], 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1144, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.73, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 607, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 509e, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.78, etc.)]; ἡνίκ᾽ ἐχρῆν δύνειν, νῦν ἄρχεται ἡδύνεσθαι Timo17: with present indicative, ἡνίκαπερ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.9; μετὰ τὴν ζωὴν.. ἡνίκ᾽ οὐκ εἰσίν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 36)]; rarely while, ἡ. ἦν ἔτ᾽ ἐν φάει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 726.)]
2 ἡνίκ᾽ ἄν, like{ὅταν}, with Subj., of future time, whenever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 880, “OT” 1492)]: to denote repeated occurrence in present time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 310, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1179, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.4, etc.)]; ἄν should be restored in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 304.7)]; ἄν goes with Verb in ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ὠφέλει when it would have been to his advantage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.16)]; but ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ἀνέβη ἡ νεφέλη, of repeated occurrence, [LXX (LXX.Exo.40.36(30).)]
3 with optative in indirect speech, or to denote an uncertain or repeated occurrence in past time, whenever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 705 (Lyric poetry): also in indirect speech, of future time, ἡνίκα.. ἀπείη)] when he should have been absent, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 164)]; but ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ἡμεῖς μὴ δυναίμεθα, with implied protasis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.31; and so ἡνίκ᾽ <ἂν> καταλαμβάνοιμι, εἰ τυγχάνοιμι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.14.)]
4 with genitive, ἡ. τοῦ χρόνου at which point of time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.35.)]
5 ἡ. χρὴ φλεβοτομεῖν in which case.., [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Synopsis” 6.13.)]
6 after Verbs of knowing or remembering, οὐ μνημονεύεις.. ἡνίκα..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1273; οἶδ᾽ ἡνίκ᾽ Αἴας εἷλκε Κασάνδραν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 70, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 815.)]
Doric dialect ἁνίκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.24, +others, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.41)]; Aeolic dialect ἄνικα [Refs ([prev. author] 29.33:)] — adverb of Time, relative to τηνίκα, at the time when, usually with past tenses of indicative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.198 (nowhere else in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus [same place], 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1144, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.73, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 607, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 509e, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.78, etc.)]; ἡνίκ᾽ ἐχρῆν δύνειν, νῦν ἄρχεται ἡδύνεσθαι Timo17: with present indicative, ἡνίκαπερ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.9; μετὰ τὴν ζωὴν.. ἡνίκ᾽ οὐκ εἰσίν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 36)]; rarely while, ἡ. ἦν ἔτ᾽ ἐν φάει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 726.)]
2 ἡνίκ᾽ ἄν, like{ὅταν}, with Subj., of future time, whenever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 880, “OT” 1492)]: to denote repeated occurrence in present time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 310, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1179, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.4, etc.)]; ἄν should be restored in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 304.7)]; ἄν goes with Verb in ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ὠφέλει when it would have been to his advantage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.16)]; but ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ἀνέβη ἡ νεφέλη, of repeated occurrence, [LXX (LXX.Exo.40.36(30).)]
3 with optative in indirect speech, or to denote an uncertain or repeated occurrence in past time, whenever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 705 (Lyric poetry): also in indirect speech, of future time, ἡνίκα.. ἀπείη)] when he should have been absent, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 164)]; but ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ἡμεῖς μὴ δυναίμεθα, with implied protasis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.31; and so ἡνίκ᾽ <ἂν> καταλαμβάνοιμι, εἰ τυγχάνοιμι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.14.)]
4 with genitive, ἡ. τοῦ χρόνου at which point of time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.35.)]
5 ἡ. χρὴ φλεβοτομεῖν in which case.., [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Synopsis” 6.13.)]
6 after Verbs of knowing or remembering, οὐ μνημονεύεις.. ἡνίκα..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1273; οἶδ᾽ ἡνίκ᾽ Αἴας εἷλκε Κασάνδραν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 70, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 815.)]