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G2259 ἡνίκα (hēníka)
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ἡνίκα Adv when, whenever

Strong's Definition

of uncertain affinity; at which time

KJV Usage: when

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

conj.

67.36 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

Collocation: ἡνίκα ἄν · ἡνίκα ἐάν

whenever, as often as indefinite and multiple points of time, simultaneous with other corresponding points of time

2CO 3:15 · 2CO 3:16

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἡνίκα, a rel. adv. of time, [fr. Hom. down], at which time; when: foll. by the indic. pres., of a thing that actually takes place, 2 Co. iii. 15 RG; foll. by av with subj. pres., whensoever: ibid. L T Tr WH; foll. by ἄν and the aor. subj. with the force of the Lat. fut. pf., αἱ length when (whensoever it shall have ete.) : 2 Co. iii. 16; Ex. i. 10; Deut. vii. 12; Judith xiv. 2. [On its constr. see W. 296 (278) sq.; 308 (289); Β. § 139, 33.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἡνίκα hēnika 2x

when, 2 Cor. 3:15, 16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἡνίκα, rel. adv. of time, at which time, when; seq. ἂν, c. subjc., whensoever: II Co 3:15, 16.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἡνίκα. It may be well to illustrate some of the different constructions of this word. Thus it is construed with the ind. in P Goodspeed 3° (iii/B.c.) (== Witkowski?, p. 47) ἡνίκα ἤμελλον κοιμηθῆναι, P Ryl II. 1198 (A.D. 54-67) ἡνίκα ἣν δικαιοδότης, 7. 1815 (c. A.D. 203-4) ἡνίκα περιῆν, P Oxy VI. 939% (iv/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 130) ἡνίκα ἐβαρεῖτο τῇ νόσῳ : with the conj. without ἄν in P Oxy I. 6851 (Α.Ὁ. 131) ἡνίκα περιῇ» “in her lifetime ’’ (Edd.): and with the conj. with ἄν or ἐάν in 16. 104° (A.D. 96) ἡνίκα ἐὰν ἀπαλλαγῇ τοῦ ἀνδρός, P Tebt 11. 31718 (A.D. 174-5) ἡνίκα ἐὰν els τὸν νομὸν παραγένηται, ‘ whenever he visits the nome ”’ (Edd.), +

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἡνίκα (hēnika) — when. ἡνίκᾰ [ῐ], Doric dialect ἁνίκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect ἄνικα [Refs] — adverb of Time, relative to τηνίκα, at the time when, usually with past tenses of indicative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡνίκ᾽ ἐχρῆν δύνειν, νῦν ἄρχεται ἡδύνεσθαι Timo17: with present indicative, ἡνίκαπερ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely while, ἡ. ἦν ἔτ᾽ ἐν φάει [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. ἡνίκ᾽ ἄν, like{ὅταν}, with Subj., of future time, whenever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: to denote repeated occurrence in present time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄν should be restored in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄν goes with Verb in ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ὠφέλει when it would have been to his advantage, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ἀνέβη ἡ νεφέλη, of repeated occurrence, [LXX]

3. with optative in indirect speech, or to denote an uncertain or repeated occurrence in past time, whenever, [Refs 5th c.BC+] when he should have been absent, [Refs]; but ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ἡμεῖς μὴ δυναίμεθα, with implied protasis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. with genitive, ἡ. τοῦ χρόνου at which point of time, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

5. ἡ. χρὴ φλεβοτομεῖν in which case.., [Refs 4th c.AD+]

6. after Verbs of knowing or remembering, οὐ μνημονεύεις.. ἡνίκα..; [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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