ὅταν hotan
Greek word for “when(-ever)” · Strong’s G3752 · used 123 times in 119 verses
Meaning
ὅταν (for ὅτ᾽ ἄν = ὅτε ἄν);
How it is translated
Glosses given for hotan in context, with how often each is used:
- when 115
- whenever 7
- while 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke | 29 | 1.5 | |
| Mark | 21 | 1.9 | |
| Matthew | 19 | 1.0 | |
| John | 17 | 1.1 | |
| 1 Corinthians | 12 | 1.8 | |
| Revelation | 9 | 0.9 | |
| 2 Corinthians | 3 | 0.7 | |
| Acts | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Romans | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Colossians | 2 | 1.3 | |
| 1 Thessalonians | 1 | 0.7 | |
| 2 Thessalonians | 1 | 1.2 |
Also in 5 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Mark 13 (6), Mark 4 (5), Luke 11 (5), Luke 21 (5), Matthew 6 (4), Luke 14 (4), 1 Corinthians 15 (4), 1 Corinthians 16 (4), Matthew 24 (3), Luke 12 (3)
Forms
- ὅταν 112
- Ὅταν 11
Words used with it
Words that share verses with hotan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- τότε tote “then” 15
- ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 12
- γινώσκω ginōskō “to know” 11
- υἱός uhios “son” 12
- πατήρ patēr “father” 11
- ἐγγύς engus “near” 6
- μετά meta “with/after” 11
- ἀμήν amēn “amen” 7
- δόξα doxa “glory” 7
- βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 7
- κλάδος klados “branch” 4
- ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 8
Key verses
The verses using hotan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 5:11 — Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Matthew 6:2 — Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory…
- Matthew 19:28 — And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory,…
- Matthew 25:31 — When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
- Mark 8:38 — Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he…
- Luke 6:22 — Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the…
- Luke 8:13 — They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall…
- John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no…
- John 16:13 — Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3 — For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10 — When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
- Revelation 18:9 — And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke…
See all 119 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.