King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4437
Transliteration: pyknos
Phonetic Spelling: (pook-nos')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: close, frequent
Meaning: close, frequent
πυκνός, πυκνη, πυκνόν (ΠΥΚΩ, see πυγμή), from Homer down, thick, dense, compact; in reference to time, frequent, often recurring (so in Greek writings from Aeschylus down), 1 Timothy 5:23; neuter plural πυκνά, as adverb (Winers Grammar, 463 (432); Buttmann, § 128, 2), vigorously, diligently (?(cf. Morison as in πυγμή)), Mark 7:3 Tdf.; often, Luke 5:33; πυκνότερον, more frequently, the oftener, Acts 24:26.
Word Summary
pyknos: close, frequent
Original Word: πυκνόςTransliteration: pyknos
Phonetic Spelling: (pook-nos')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: close, frequent
Meaning: close, frequent
Strong's Concordance
oftenFrom the same as skenopoios; clasped (thick), i.e. (figuratively) frequent; neuter plural (as adverb) frequently -- often(-er).
see GREEK skenopoios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4437: πυκνόςπυκνός, πυκνη, πυκνόν (ΠΥΚΩ, see πυγμή), from Homer down, thick, dense, compact; in reference to time, frequent, often recurring (so in Greek writings from Aeschylus down), 1 Timothy 5:23; neuter plural πυκνά, as adverb (Winers Grammar, 463 (432); Buttmann, § 128, 2), vigorously, diligently (?(cf. Morison as in πυγμή)), Mark 7:3 Tdf.; often, Luke 5:33; πυκνότερον, more frequently, the oftener, Acts 24:26.