- ἅπαξ
- ἅπαξ adv. (Hom.+; Tat. 6, 1 [Hb 9:26?]) ‘once’.① as a numer. term pert. to a single occurrence, once, ἅ. ἐλιθάσθην I was stoned once 2 Cor 11:25. ἅ. πεφανέρωται Hb 9:26. ἅ. ἀποθανεῖν vs. 27 (Proverbia Aesopi 141 P.: ‹πλέον ἢ› ἅπαξ οὐδεὶς ἄνθρωπος θνῄσκει); cp. 1 Pt 3:18. ἅ. προσενεχθείς Hb 9:28. W. gen. foll. ἅ. τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ (Hdt. 2, 59; Ex 30:10; Lev 16:34) once a year Hb 9:7. ἔτι ἅ. (2 Macc 3:37; Judg 16:18, 28; TestAbr A 85, 15 [Stone p. 18] al.) once more=for the last time (Aeschyl., Ag. 1322; Judg 6:39) 12:26f (Hg 2:6). ἅ. καὶ δίς (Dionys. Hal. 8, 56, 1 οὐχ ἅ. ἀλλὰ καὶ δίς; Ael. Aristid. 36, 91 K.=48 p. 474 D.: ἅ. ἢ δίς; Anna Comn., Alexias 3, 3 ed. Reiff. I 102, 17 καὶ ἅ. καὶ δίς; 1 Km 17:39; 2 Esdr 23:20; 1 Macc 3:30) again and again, more than once (LMorris, NovT 1, ’56, 205–8) Phil 4:16; 1 Th 2:18; 1 Cl 53:3 (Dt 9:13). W. weakening of the numer. idea ἐπεὶ ἅ. (Thu. 7, 44, 7; X., An. 1, 9, 10; Menand., PDidot 36 S. p. 329; Menand., Dyscolos 392; Chion, Ep. 14, 1; POxy 1102, 8 ἐπεὶ ἄ. προσῆλθε τῇ κληρονομίᾳ) since for once Hv 3, 3, 4; m 4, 4, 1.② pert. to a single occurrence and decisively unique, once and for all (Hippocr., Ep. 27, 41; Aelian, VH 2, 30; Philostrat., Ep. 7, 2; PLips 34, 20; 35, 19; Ps 88:36; PsSol 12:6; TestAbr 20 p. 103, 1 [Stone p. 54]; Philo, Ebr. 198; Jos., Bell. 2, 158, Ant. 4, 140; Just., A I, 61, 5) Hb 10:2; Jd 3, 5.—Sim. once (Alciphron 1, 8, 4; 1, 10, 2) Hb 6:4.—DELG s.v. πάξ and πήγνυμι. EDNT. M-M. TW. Spicq.
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