ἅπαξ
hapax
“once”
Definition
one (or a single) time (numerically or conclusively)
probably from G537 (ἅπας);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adverb
G:ADV
Greek Adverb
Occurrences
ἅπαξ appears 14 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
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