ἅπαξhápax
one (or a single) time (numerically or conclusively)
Greek (New Testament) · G530
Meanings
(a) once: 2 Corinthians 11:25, Hebrews 9:26, Hebrews 9:27; ἔτι ἅ., Hebrews 12:26, Hebrews 12:27; ἅ. τ. ἐνιαυτοῦ, Hebrews 9:7; καί ἅ. κ. δίς, twice: Philippians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 2:18
(b) once for all: Hebrews 6:4, Hebrews 9:28, Hebrews 10:2, 1 Peter 3:18, Jude 1:3, Jude 1:5.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- 2 Corinthians 11:25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea.
- Philippians 4:16 Even when I was in Thessalonica you sent help more than once.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:18 We wanted very much to come to you, and I, Paul, tried again and again, but Satan prevented us.
- Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened—those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit,
- Hebrews 9:7 But only the high priest ever entered the Most Holy Place, and only once a year. And he always offered blood for his own sins and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
- Hebrews 9:26 If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to die again and again, ever since the world began. But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.