adjective
hapantos
Strong’sG537
all, the whole
stem hapant-32 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books8 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
ἅπας means all, the whole, used to speak of something in its entirety or of a group taken together 1234. It is an emphatic, strengthened form of the more common word for "all" 13, and appears with a noun either before or after it, and also on its own, in the masculine ("all") or neuter ("everything," "all things") 1.
The word can also be used of a single item within a group to mean every one, each one, with the neuter form used for "everything" in this distributive sense 23.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἅπας, -ασα, -αν
(strengthened form of πᾶς, v.s. ἅ-),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G537 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(also ἅπανσα Refs 5th c.BC+, ἅπαν (ἅ- = sṃ-, compare εἷς), strengthened for πᾶς, quite all, the whole, and in plural all together, frequently from Refs 8th c.BC+in all things, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with adjective, ἀργύρεος δὲ ἔστιν ἅ. all silver, i.e. of massive silver, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἡ ἐναντία ἅπασα ὁδός the exactly contrary way, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 with abstract substantive, all possible, absolute, ἅπασ᾽ ἀνάγκηRefs 5th c.BC+
4 sometimes with Article, Refs 5th c.BC+
II after Refs 8th c.BC+ in singular, every one, neuter everything, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ πρὸς [τοῦ] ἅπαντος ἀνδρός not in the power of every man, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐξἅπαντος εὖ λέγει in any cause whatever, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἅπαν γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἤδη nihil non.., Refs 5th c.BC+: with substantive, ἅπαντι λόγῳ in every matter, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἅπαν, as adverb, altogether, Refs 5th c.BC+; καθ᾽ ἅπαν as a whole, Refs 5th c.BC+at all, Refs 8th c.BC+; but ᾰπᾱν Refs 4th c.BC+; ᾰπᾰν in anapaest meter, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hapantos2×ἅπας | hapantas | hapantem4×ἅπαν | hapantois10×ἅπαντες | hapantais | hapanteim7×ἅπαντα |
| object accusative | hapanton2×ἅπαντα | hapantan2×ἅπασαν | hapantoin4×ἅπαντας | hapantain | ||
| direct address vocative | hapantor | hapantar | hapantoir | hapantair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hapantou | hapantau | hapanteu | hapantoiu | hapantaiu | hapanteiu1×ἁπάντων |
| to, for dative | hapanto | hapanta | hapante | hapantoi | hapantai | hapantei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hapant is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
32 occurrences, every one of them listed
hapantos“all”subjectnominative singular2×
Luke 19:48… tem tinem poialeia, tos laos gar hapantos ekkremeta autou akouarōntos.… a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.
Luke 20:6… de leganeia; Ek anthrōpoiu, tos laos hapantos katalithazati nin, peithorēntos gar atō Iōannon …But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for …
hapanton“all”objectaccusative singular2×
Mark 16:15… legata autoi; Poreuirantois eis ton kosmon hapanton kērussavar tem euangeliem panta ta ktisia.… He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel …
Luke 3:21Geneta de en te baptizira hapanton ton laon kai Iēsu baptizirantou kai …When all the people were being baptized, Jesus …
hapantan“all”objectaccusative singular2×
Luke 4:6… diabolos; Si dōami tan exousian houtan hapantan kai tan doxan autaiu, hoti mi …“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory …
1 Timothy 1:16… mi prōto endeiketeia Christos Iēsus tan hapantan makrothumian, pros hupotupōsian toiu mellarōntoiu pisteuarō …… sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those …
hapantem“whole”subject or objectdirect singular4×
Luke 8:37kai erōtata auton hapantem tem plēthem tau perichōrau toiu Gerasēnoiu …Then all the people of the region of …
Luke 19:37… katabasia teu Oreu taiu Elaiaiu archela hapantem tem plēthem toiu mathētoiu chairarōntois ainarō …… from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise …
Luke 23:1Kai anastēarantem hapantem tem plēthem autoiu agala auton epi …Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away …
Acts 25:24… ni androir, theōravō houton peri hou hapantem tem plēthem toiu Ioudaioiu entunchanala mi …… us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about …
hapantois“all”subjectnominative plural10×
Mark 1:27kai thambila hapantois, hōste suzētarō pros heautoin legarōntoin; Tinem …All the people were amazed and began …
Mark 11:32… leganeia; Ek anthrōpoiu fobole ton ochlon, hapantois gar echale ton Iōannon ontōs hoti …… afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a …
Luke 4:40Dusarōntou de tou hēliou hapantois hosois echale asthenarōntoin nosai poikilai agala …At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases …
Luke 21:15“all”… ha ouk duneli antistēara ē antilegara hapantois tois antikeiorōntois vi.… and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
Acts 4:31… en ho ale sunagorēntois, kai pimplēila hapantois teu hagieu pneumeu, kai lalale ton …… place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and …
Acts 5:12“all”… en to lao; kai ale homothumadōs hapantois en ta Stoa Solomōnou;… and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
Acts 5:16… ochlorōntoin hupo pneumeiu akatharteiu, hotinois therapeuole hapantois.… those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.
Acts 16:3… en toi topoi ekeinoi, oidalelē gar hapantois hoti Hellēnos tos patros autou huparchate.… Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a …
Acts 16:28… Paulos legarōntos; Mēdenem prassaseia siauto kakosem, hapantois gar anō enthade.… Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”
James 3:2polleim gar ptaianō hapantois. ei tinos en logo ouk ptaiatō, …We all stumble in many ways. If anyone …
hapantoin“all”objectaccusative plural4×
Matthew 24:39… heōs erchata tos kataklusmos kai airata hapantoin, houtōs eti kai tas parousias tou …… the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at …
Luke 5:26“all”kai ekstasias labata hapantoin kai doxazale ton theon, kai pimplēila …… taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We …
Luke 9:15“all”kai poiala houtōs kai kataklinala hapantoin.They did so, and everyone was …
Acts 27:33… hēmeras mellate genorō parakalate tos Paulos hapantoin metalabara trofēau legarōntos; Tessareskaidekatan sēmeron hēmeran …… to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth …
hapanteim“everything”subject or objectdirect plural7×
Matthew 28:11“everything”… eis tan polan apangelala toi archierevoi hapanteim teim generanteim.… guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.
Mark 8:25… diablepata kai apokatastēata kai emblepate tēlaugōs hapanteim.… was restored, and he could see everything clearly.
John 4:25“all”… christos; hotan erchateia ekeinos, anangelati ni hapanteim.… Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
Acts 2:44“all”… ale epi tem autem kai echale hapanteim koineim,… the believers were together and had everything in common.
Acts 10:8“everything”kai exēgerantos hapanteim autoi apostelata autoin eis tan Ioppan.He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.
Ephesians 6:13… en ta hēmera ta ponēra kai hapanteim katergazerantois stēara.… stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
Acts 11:10… geneta epi tris, kai anaspita palin hapanteim eis ton ouranon.This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.
hapanteiu“all”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Matthew 6:32“all”… vu tos ouranios hoti chrēzavō houteiu hapanteiu.… things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.