Strong G3752ὅταν
when(-ever)
- Transliteration
- hotan
- Pronunciation
- hot'-an
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
Detailed definition
ὅταν (for ὅτ᾽ ἄν = ὅτε ἄν),
temporal particle,
with a conditional sense, usually of things expected to occur in an indefinite future;
1. prop., 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;
__(b) with 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.
2. As 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).
(AS)
temporal particle,
with a conditional sense, usually of things expected to occur in an indefinite future;
1. prop., 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;
__(b) with 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.
2. As 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).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3752 appears in 118 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- when111
- soon2
- long1
- that1
- till1
- whensoever1
- while1
First verses
- 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.
- Matthew 6:16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 9:15And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
- Matthew 10:19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
- Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
- Matthew 12:43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
- Matthew 13:32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
- Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
- Matthew 19:28And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Matthew 21:40When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
- Matthew 23:15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
- Matthew 24:15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
- Matthew 24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
- Matthew 24:33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
- Matthew 25:31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
- Matthew 26:29But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.
- Mark 2:20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὅταν,
for ὅτ᾽ ἄν (ὅτε ἄν) as sometimes in codices: adverb of Time,
A whenever, with a conditional force, so as nearly to ={ἐάν} (see. εἰ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus II))], referring to an indefinite future [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (ὅτε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus I. IC), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.519, etc.)]; also of events like ly to recur,[Refs (2.397, “IG” 12.97.9, etc.)]: also in Epic dialect ὅτε κεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.567, 6.225: strengthened, ὅ. περ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 301, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565a, 565d)]: repeated for rhetorical effect, ὅ. ὡς ὑβρίζων, ὅ. ὡς ἐχθρὸς ὑπάρχων, ὅ. κονδύλοις, ὅ. ἐπὶ κόρρης [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.72.)]
A.b later causal, since, ὅταν.. ᾖ since it is, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 395a19, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 7.105, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Gaurum - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 11.2)]; in earlier examples the application to the particular case is less directly expressed, καὶ τοῦτο τυφλὸν ὅταν ἐγὼ βλέπω βραχύ this too (i.e. my staff) is blind when I am (= when its owner is) short-sighted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 744, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 137 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 241a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.9.)]
A.2 never with indicative in early authors, except in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.410, ὡς δ᾽ ὅταν.. σκαίρουσι (assuming variant); in 24.88, ὅτε κεν.. ζώννυνταί τε νέοι καὶ ἐπεντύνονται ἄεθλα)]; and in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.41, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἔν τε κύνεσσι καὶ ἀνδράσι.. στοέφεται (ἔναντα κύνεσσι conjecture Monro))]: but frequently in LXX with imperfect indicative, as ὅταν εἰσήρχετο [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.38.9, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.32.5, NT.Mark.3.11)]: also with aorist indicative, [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.16.3, NT.Rev.8.1)]: with future indicative, ὅταν ἕξουσι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 187.12)]; ὅταν ὄψεσθε (variant{ὄψησθε}) [NT (NT.Luke.13.28)]: with present indicative, ὅταν δείκνυται [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.3.27 (assuming variant): generally, ὅταν supersedes ὅτε in Hellenistic Greek.)]
A.3 never with optative in early authors, except in indirect speech, where in orat. recta the subjunctive with ὅταν would have stood, as perhaps [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 450 may be explained (ὅτ᾽ ἐκνεῶν Elmsl.))]; ὅτε κεν followed by ἵκοι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.525.)]
A.II Special usages:
A.II.1 to introduce a simile,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (10.5, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.394.)]
A.II.2 πρίν γ᾽ ὅ., ={πρίν γε ἢ ὅ}. (see. ὅτε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.2), 2.374.)]
A.II.3 εἰς ὅτε κεν until such time as.., [Refs ([prev. work]99, 19.144.)]
A.II.4 ὅ. τάχιστα, Latin cum primum, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1205, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.33; ὅ. πρῶτον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 211b. [ὅτᾱν only in later Poetry, “Lyric poetry Alex. Adesp.” 37.17.])]
for ὅτ᾽ ἄν (ὅτε ἄν) as sometimes in codices: adverb of Time,
A whenever, with a conditional force, so as nearly to ={ἐάν} (see. εἰ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus II))], referring to an indefinite future [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (ὅτε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus I. IC), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.519, etc.)]; also of events like ly to recur,[Refs (2.397, “IG” 12.97.9, etc.)]: also in Epic dialect ὅτε κεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.567, 6.225: strengthened, ὅ. περ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 301, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565a, 565d)]: repeated for rhetorical effect, ὅ. ὡς ὑβρίζων, ὅ. ὡς ἐχθρὸς ὑπάρχων, ὅ. κονδύλοις, ὅ. ἐπὶ κόρρης [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.72.)]
A.b later causal, since, ὅταν.. ᾖ since it is, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 395a19, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 7.105, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Gaurum - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 11.2)]; in earlier examples the application to the particular case is less directly expressed, καὶ τοῦτο τυφλὸν ὅταν ἐγὼ βλέπω βραχύ this too (i.e. my staff) is blind when I am (= when its owner is) short-sighted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 744, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 137 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 241a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.9.)]
A.2 never with indicative in early authors, except in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.410, ὡς δ᾽ ὅταν.. σκαίρουσι (assuming variant); in 24.88, ὅτε κεν.. ζώννυνταί τε νέοι καὶ ἐπεντύνονται ἄεθλα)]; and in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.41, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἔν τε κύνεσσι καὶ ἀνδράσι.. στοέφεται (ἔναντα κύνεσσι conjecture Monro))]: but frequently in LXX with imperfect indicative, as ὅταν εἰσήρχετο [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.38.9, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.32.5, NT.Mark.3.11)]: also with aorist indicative, [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.16.3, NT.Rev.8.1)]: with future indicative, ὅταν ἕξουσι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 187.12)]; ὅταν ὄψεσθε (variant{ὄψησθε}) [NT (NT.Luke.13.28)]: with present indicative, ὅταν δείκνυται [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.3.27 (assuming variant): generally, ὅταν supersedes ὅτε in Hellenistic Greek.)]
A.3 never with optative in early authors, except in indirect speech, where in orat. recta the subjunctive with ὅταν would have stood, as perhaps [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 450 may be explained (ὅτ᾽ ἐκνεῶν Elmsl.))]; ὅτε κεν followed by ἵκοι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.525.)]
A.II Special usages:
A.II.1 to introduce a simile,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (10.5, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.394.)]
A.II.2 πρίν γ᾽ ὅ., ={πρίν γε ἢ ὅ}. (see. ὅτε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.2), 2.374.)]
A.II.3 εἰς ὅτε κεν until such time as.., [Refs ([prev. work]99, 19.144.)]
A.II.4 ὅ. τάχιστα, Latin cum primum, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1205, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.33; ὅ. πρῶτον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 211b. [ὅτᾱν only in later Poetry, “Lyric poetry Alex. Adesp.” 37.17.])]