Lexicon
ὁσάκις
hosakis
G3740
G:CONJ Greek

whenever

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Hosakis marks each occasion on which an action is done or a desire is acted upon.

As a conjunction, hosakis introduces the occasions or instances connected with an action: drinking in 1 Corinthians 11:25, eating and drinking in 1 Corinthians 11:26, and the desired striking of the earth in Revelation 11:6.

Senses in use

  1. Conjunction marking the occasions of an action · dominant

    The form is tagged as a conjunction in all three verses. In 1 Corinthians 11:25 the APB renders the drinking clause "as often as you drink it," and in 1 Corinthians 11:26 it renders the eating-and-drinking clause "as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup." In Revelation 11:6, the APB renders the clause "whenever they desire" in connection with striking the earth with every plague.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the conjunction with "as often as" in 1 Corinthians 11:25 and 1 Corinthians 11:26, and with "whenever" in Revelation 11:6. These are clause-level renderings rather than definitions.

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