Greek adjective · G4437
πυκνός
pyknospook-nos'
close, compact, solid.; frequent
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pyknós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4437is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4437
clasped (thick), i.e. (figuratively) frequent; neuter plural (as adverb) frequently
The King James renders it: often(-er).
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
pyknos is rendered "close, compact, solid.; frequent". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- One of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "close, compact, solid.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 5:33Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
Luke 5:33πυκνὰ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's three uses is in Luke.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: close, compact, solid., and frequent.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| close, compact, solid. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLuke 5:33Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray… |
| frequent1Ti.5:23. Neut. pl., πυκνά, as adv., much, often | Tagged as
| WhereMark 7:3Now in holding to the tradition of the elders… |
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 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- πυκνὰ1
- πυκνάς1
- πυκνότερον1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural1A-APF
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural1A-APN
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular1A-ASN-C
Luke
one use
Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
- πυκνὰpuknaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: often
Acts
one use
At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.
- πυκνότερονpuknoteronadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: often
1 Timothy
one use
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
- πυκνάςpuknasadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: frequent
Where it leads
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.