Quick Definition
frequent, often
Strong's Definition
clasped (thick), i.e. (figuratively) frequent; neuter plural (as adverb) frequently
Derivation: from the same as G4635 (σκηνοποιός);
KJV Usage: often(-er)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πυκνός, πυκνη, πυκνόν (ΠΥΚΩ, see πυγμή), from Homer down, thick, dense, compact; in reference to time, frequent, often recurring (so in Greek writings from Aeschylus down), 1Ti_5:23; neuter plural πυκνά, as adverb (Winers Grammar, 463 (432); Buttmann, § 128, 2), vigorously, diligently (?(cf. Morison as in πυγμή)), Mar_7:3 Tdf.; often, Luk_5:33; πυκνότερον, more frequently, the oftener, Act_24:26.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πυκνός pyknos 3x
dense, thick; frequent, 1Ti_5:23 ;
πυκνά , as an adverb, frequently, often, Luk_5:33 ;
so the compar. πυκνότερον , very frequently, Act_24:26
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πυκιός , -ή , -όν ,
[in LXX : Eze_31:3 A ( H2793 ), 3Ma_1:28 ; 3Ma_4:10 , 4Ma_12:12 * ;]
1. close , compact, solid.
2. frequent : 1Ti_5:23 . Neut. pl ., πυκνά , as adv. , much, often: Mar_7:3 Τ ( see πυγμή ), Luk_5:33 . Comparat., πυκνότερον , very often or so much the oftener ( v. Bl., § 44, 3,): Act_24:26 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πυκνός [page 559]
For the original meaning of this adj. thick, close, cf. P Fay 113 .8 (A.D. 100) ἐπὶ (= εὶ ) Ἑρμοναξ ἐρώτησέ με , εἵνα ἐφίδῃ τὸν [ἐ ]λαιῶνα αὐτοῦ τὸν ἐν Κερκεσούχυ (= οι )ς ἐπὶ πυκνός ἐστιν τῦ (= οῖ )ς φυτῦ (= οῖ )ς , καὶ ἐξ αὐτο (= ω̣ )ν ἐκκόψαι θέλι φυτά , since Hermonax has asked me to allow him to look over his olive-yard at Kerkesucha, as it is overgrown with trees, and he wishes to cut down some of the trees (Edd.) : see also ib . 114 .13 . Πυκνός = frequent, as in 1Ti_5:23 , is found in Aristeas 90 πυκνὰ τὰ στόματα , frequent outlets.
For the comparative of the adverb, as in Act_24:26 ,= very often, or so much the oftener (Blass Gr . p. 142), cf. P Oxy IV. 805 (B.C. 25) ἀξιῶ δὲ ἀντιφωνεῖν [μ ]οι πυκνότερον : see also P Leid W ii. 14 (ii/iii A.D.) τῆς ὥρας πυκνότερον , similarly x. 39 , and Aristeas 318. The form πυκνοτέρως occurs in P Lond 1929 .6 (mid. iv/A.D.) παρακαλῶ οὖν πυκνο [τέ ]ρ̣ως ήμῶν̣ μ̣ν̣ήσθη [τι . For the verb πυκνόω , used intransitively, cf. Clem. Al. Paedagog . i. 6. 44 χειμῶνος μὲν πυκνοῦντος (as against Cobet 277 πυκνοῦ ὄντος : cf. philologus lxiii. (N.F. xvii.), 1904, p. 3). See also Polyb. xviii. 7. 8.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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