UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: It is possible that ἐφάπαξ is somewhat more emphatic in meaning than ἅπαξ, but this cannot be determined from existing NT contexts.

Form 1

Part of speech: advb.

Related lemmas: ἐφάπαξ

Sense 1: once, one time

Semantic entry: 60.67

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: Once, Twice, Three Times, Etc. [Cardinals of Time]

Definition: a single occurrence{N:001}

CO2 11:25: RV CO2 11:25 · LV CO2 11:25 · Read together CO2 11:25

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OET-RV CO2 11:25

25 was beaten three times with rods, was stoned once, shipwrecked three times, and I was in the ocean for a day and a night.

OET-LV CO2 11:25

25 three-times I _was _beating _with _rods, once I _was _stoned, three-times I _suffered _shipwreck, a_night _and _day in the deep I _have _done,

HEB 9:7: RV HEB 9:7 · LV HEB 9:7 · Read together HEB 9:7

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OET-RV HEB 9:7

7 However, only the high priest enters the second room, and then only once a year. He can’t go with taking in blood which he offers for the sins of ignorance done by both himself and by the people.

OET-LV HEB 9:7

7 on _the _other _hand into the second, once in _the year only the chief _priest goes, not without blood, which he _is _offering for himself and the of _the people sins _of _ignorance.

All 8 recorded passages for this sense

CO2: RV CO2 11:25 · LV CO2 11:25 · Read together CO2 11:25

HEB: RV HEB 9:7 · RV HEB 9:27–28 · RV HEB 10:2 · RV HEB 12:26–27 · LV HEB 9:7 · LV HEB 9:27–28 · LV HEB 10:2 · LV HEB 12:26–27 · Read together HEB 9:7 · Read together HEB 9:27–28 · Read together HEB 10:2 · Read together HEB 12:26–27

PE1: RV PE1 3:18 · LV PE1 3:18 · Read together PE1 3:18

Sense 2: once and for all, once and never again

Semantic entry: 60.68

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: Once, Twice, Three Times, Etc. [Cardinals of Time]

Definition: a single occurrence to the exclusion of any other similar occurrence

Notes: In a number of languages the equivalent of ‘once and for all’ is simply ‘once and not again’ or ‘once and not twice.’

HEB 6:4: RV HEB 6:4 · LV HEB 6:4 · Read together HEB 6:4

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OET-RV HEB 6:4

4 It’s impossible for those who’ve understood this and who’ve tasted the heavenly gift and become partakers of the holy spirit

OET-LV HEB 6:4

4 For/Because impossible it _is the ones once having _been _enlightened, and having _tasted of _the gift the heavenly, and partakers having _been _become of_the_spirit holy,

HEB 9:26: RV HEB 9:26 · LV HEB 9:26 · Read together HEB 9:26

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OET-RV HEB 9:26

26 otherwise he would have needed to suffer over and over since the creation of the world. Instead he appeared just once throughout all the ages because sin has been annulled by his sacrifice.

OET-LV HEB 9:26

26 otherwise it _was _fitting him often to _suffer from the_foundation of_the_world.
But right _now once in the_completion of _the ages, because/for the_annulment of _sin by the sacrifice of _him he _has _been _revealed.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

HEB: RV HEB 6:4 · RV HEB 9:26 · RV HEB 10:2 · RV HEB 12:26 · LV HEB 6:4 · LV HEB 9:26 · LV HEB 10:2 · LV HEB 12:26 · Read together HEB 6:4 · Read together HEB 9:26 · Read together HEB 10:2 · Read together HEB 12:26

PE1: RV PE1 3:18 · LV PE1 3:18 · Read together PE1 3:18

JDE: RV JDE 1:3 · RV JDE 1:5 · LV JDE 1:3 · LV JDE 1:5 · Read together JDE 1:3 · Read together JDE 1:5

Sense 3: more than once, several times

Semantic entry: 60.70

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: Once, Twice, Three Times, Etc. [Cardinals of Time]

Definition: (an idiom, literally: once and twice) an indefinite low number, but more than once

Collocations: ἅπαξ καὶ δίς

PHP 4:16: RV PHP 4:16 · LV PHP 4:16 · Read together PHP 4:16

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16 Even when I was in Thessalonikai, once you sent me what I needed—actually twice—

OET-LV PHP 4:16

16 Because even in Thessalonikaʸ, both once and twice, because/for the need to _me you _all _sent.

TH1 2:18: RV TH1 2:18 · LV TH1 2:18 · Read together TH1 2:18

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OET-RV TH1 2:18

18 We wanted to come and see you all—I, Paulos, even tried twice to come—but Satan held us back.

OET-LV TH1 2:18

18 Because we _wanted to _come to you _all, I indeed Paulos, both once and twice, and hindered us the Satan/(Sāţān).

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἅπαξ

Form 1

Sense 1: once, one time

Sense 2: once and for all, once and never again

Sense 3: more than once, several times