UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: πυκνός; -ή, -ον

Related lemmas: πυκτεύω

Sense 1: often, frequent, so often

Semantic entry: 67.12

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time without Reference to Other Points of Time: Time, Occasion, Ever, Often

Definition: pertaining to a number of related points of time occurring with limited intervals

Show passage in OET: LUK 5:33

OET-RV LUK 5:33

33 Then the religious leaders complained, “Yohan’s (John; Grk. Yoannes) followers often fast and bring their needs to God, as do the Farisaios, but your followers are eating and drinking.”

OET-LV LUK 5:33

33 And they said to him:
The apprentices/followers of _Yōannaʸs are _fasting frequently, and they _are _making petitions, likewise also the ones of _the Farisaios_party, but the ones to _yours are _eating and are _drinking.

Show passage in OET: TI1 5:23

OET-RV TI1 5:23

23 Don’t carry on just drinking only water, because a little bit of wine might be good for your stomach and help with your frequent bouts of sickness.

OET-LV TI1 5:23

23 No _longer be _drinking _water only, but be _giving _treatment with_ a_little _wine, because _of your stomach and the frequent sicknesses of _you.

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Sense 2: so often, very often, as often as possible

Semantic entry: 67.13

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time without Reference to Other Points of Time: Time, Occasion, Ever, Often

Definition: pertaining to a number of related points of time occurring with short intervals and probably somewhat more emphatic than πυκνός, πυκνά (67.12: πυκνός)

Notes: It is possible to understand πυκνότερον in OET ACT 24:26 as a comparative form of the stem πυκνο, but it is also possible that any comparative force may have been lost and thus πυκνότερον would not be significantly different in meaning from πυκνά (67.12: πυκνός).

Forms: πυκνότερον

Show passage in OET: ACT 24:26

OET-RV ACT 24:26

26 However he was also hoping that Paulos would give him money, so he often sent for him and spoke with him.

OET-LV ACT 24:26

26 Together also hoping that money will _be _being _given to _him by the Paulos, therefore also more _frequently sending _for him, he _was _conversing with _him.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πυκνός

Form 1

Sense 1: often, frequent, so often

Sense 2: so often, very often, as often as possible