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adjective

Greekπυκνά (pukna)
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puknem

Strong’sG4437

frequent, often

stem pukn-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

πυκιός, -ή, -όν,

[in LXX: Ez 31:3 A (חֹרֶשׁ), III Mac 1:28 4:10, IV Mac 12:12*;]

1. close, compact, solid.
2. frequent: I Ti 5:23. Neut. pl., πυκνά, as adv., much, often: Mk 7:3 T (v.s. πυγμή), Lk 5:33. Comparat., πυκνότερον, very often or so much the oftener (v. Bl., § 44, 3n): Ac 24:26.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4437 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpook-nos'

clasped (thick), i.e. (figuratively) frequent; neuter plural (as adverb) frequently

Fromfrom the same as G4635;

King Jamesoften(-er).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
πυκνός, ή, όν,
poetry also πῠκῐνός, ή, όν, both forms in Epic dialect (see. below) and Lyric poetry, Refs 5th c.BC+; Aeolic dialect πύκνος Refs 7th c.BC+ is uncertain reading Refs; Trag. πυκνός, except Refs 5th c.BC+; πυκινός once in Comedy texts, Refs 4th c.BC+:— close, compact.
I of a thing with reference to the close union of its parts, close, firm, solid, πυκινὸς θώρηξ Refs 8th c.BC+; πυκινὸν λέχος well-stuffed, firm bed,Refs 8th c.BC+; of a sponge, Refs 5th c.BC+; [σάρκες] Refs 5th c.BC+; χρυσοῦ πυκνότερονRefs 4th c.BC+; [ὁ ἐλαιὼν] πυκνός ἐστι τοῖς φυτοῖς overgrown with plants, Refs 1st c.AD+; ξοῒς χαρακτὴ π. Refs 2nd c.BC+; of a woman, thick-set, stocky, Refs 2nd c.AD+
I.2 narrow, constricted, οὐ διέρχεται.. ἀρκέουσα ἰκμάς.., πυκνῆς τῆς ὁδοῦ ἐούσης Refs 5th c.BC+
II of the parts of a thing, close-packed, crowded, πυκιναὶ κίνυντο φάλαγγες Refs 8th c.BC+; of thick plumage, πυκινὰ πτερά Refs 8th c.BC+; but πύκνα πτέρα fast-beating wings, Refs 8th c.BC+; frequently of thick foliage, ὕλη, λόχμη, θάμνοι, ὄζοι, ῥωπήϊα, δρυμά, πέταλα, Refs 8th c.BC+; πυκινοῖσι λίθοισι with close-laid stones, Refs 8th c.BC+; πυκινοῖσι.. βελέεσσι with a thick shower of darts,Refs 8th c.BC+; πυκνοῖς ὄσσοις δεδορκώς, of Argus, Refs 4th c.BC+; πεπλεκτανημέναι π. δράκουσιν, of the Furies, Refs; of thick-falling rain, snow, etc., πυκνῆς ἀκοῦσαι ψακάδος Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ῥόος a dense current, Refs 5th c.BC+; [δένδρεα] Refs 5th c.BC+
II.b in Tactics, in close order, opposed to ἀραιός, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.2 of a repeated action, frequent, numerous, πυκνοὺς θεοπρόπους ἴαλλε Refs 5th c.BC+; π. βαίνων ἤλυσιν, of a blind man, Refs; ἐν πυκνῷ θεοῦ τροχῷ κυκλεῖται on the oft-revolving wheel, Refs 5th c.BC+ quicker breathing, Refs 1st c.AD+; continuous, constant, φῶς Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive, πυκνοτέραν εἰσαφικνεῖσθαι πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν more frequently visited by.., Refs 5th c.BC+
III of artificial union, well put together, compact, strong, πυκινὸς δόμος, χηλός, θύραι, θάλαμος, κευθμῶνες (see. below Refs 8th c.BC+: hence, close, concealed, πυκινὸς δόλος Refs 8th c.BC+
III.2 in Music, πυκνόν, τό, part of the tetrachord in which the intervals are small, defined as τὸ ἐκ δύο διαστημάτων συνεστηκὸς ἃ συντεθέντα ἔλαττον διάστημα περιέξει τοῦ λειπομένου διαστήματος ἐν τῷ διὰ τεσσάρων Refs 4th c.BC+
IV generally, strong of its kind, sore, excessive, ἄτη Refs 8th c.BC+
V metaphorically of the mind, shrewd, wise, πυκιναὶ φρένες Refs 8th c.BC+; θυμός, βουλαί, Refs 5th c.BC+; μήτιδι πυκνῇ Oracle texts cited in Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ π. terseness of expression, Refs 1st c.BC+
V.2 of persons, sagacious, shrewd, crafty, cunning, Σίσυφος πυκνότατος παλάμαις Refs 5th c.BC+; πυκινοί the wise, Refs 5th c.BC+
B adverb πυκινῶς, and after Refs 8th c.BC+ close or fast shut, Refs 8th c.BC+
B.2 sorely (see. above Refs 8th c.BC+; constantly, ὅταν π. διᾴττωσι Refs 5th c.BC+
B.3 sagaciously, shrewdly, π. ὑποθήσομαι Refs 8th c.BC+
B.II neuter singular and plural, πυκνόν, πυκνά, πυκινόν, πυκινά as adverb, especially in the sense much, often, πήρην πυκνὰ ῥωγαλέην a much torn wallet, a wallet full of holes, Refs 8th c.BC+; πυκνότερον ἰέναι, παρέρχεσθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -οτέρωςRefs 2nd c.AD+: superlative πυκνότατα Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.2 πυκινὰ φρονεῖν (see. supr. A.V) Refs 8th c.BC+
B.III poetry adverb πύκα [??], thickly, solidly, θαλάμου πύκα ποιητοῖο Refs 8th c.BC+; πύλαι π. στιβαρῶς ἀραρυῖαι Refs
B.III.2 θάλαμος πύκ᾽ ἐβάλλετο with thick-falling darts, Refs
B.III.3 wisely, π. φρονεῖν Refs 4th c.AD+; τρέφειν rear carefully, Refs 8th 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.

often1×

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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 casemasculine singularfeminine singularneuter singularmasculine pluralfeminine pluralneuter plural
subject nominativepuknospuknaspuknempuknoispuknaispukneim1×πυκνὰ
object accusativepuknonpuknanpuknoinpuknain
direct address vocativepuknorpuknarpuknoirpuknair
of, belonging to genitivepuknoupuknaupukneupuknoiupuknaiupukneiu
to, for dativepuknopuknapuknepuknoipuknaipuknei

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
puknstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

pukn 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

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

pukneim“often”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Luke 5:33“often”… pros auton; Tois mathētois Iōannou nēsteualō pukneim kai deēsiain poiolō, homoiōs kai tois …… they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but …