Greek adverb · G2178
ἐφάπαξ
ephapaxef-ap'-ax
once for all; at once
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ephápax
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2178is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2178
upon one occasion (only)
The King James renders it: (at) once (for all).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ephapax is rendered "once for all; at once". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "once for all".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 6:10The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
Romans 6:10ἐφάπαξ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's five uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: once for all, and at once.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| once for all | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 6:10The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. |
| at once1Co.15:6.† (AS) | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 15:6After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐφάπαξ4
- ἐφάπαξ.¶1
The grammar of each form
- adverb5ADV
Romans
one use
The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
- ἐφάπαξephapaxadverbtagged: once for all
1 Corinthians
one use
After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
- ἐφάπαξephapaxadverbtagged: at once
Hebrews
three uses
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
- ἐφάπαξephapaxadverbtagged: once for all
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- ἐφάπαξephapaxadverbtagged: once for all
And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
- ἐφάπαξ.¶ephapaxadverbtagged: once for all
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.