when(-ever)

Greek Conjunction

ὅταν (for ὅτ᾽ ἄν = ὅτε ἄν), temporal particle, with a conditional sense, usually of things expected to occur in an indefinite future; 1) prop, whenever; (a) (a) with subjc. praes: Mat.6:2, 5 Mrk.14:7, Luk.11:36, Jhn.7:27, Act.23:35, 1Co.3:4, al; ἕως τ. ἡμέρας ἐκείνης, ὅ, Mat.26:29, Mrk.14:25; before τότε, 1Th.5:3; (b) with subjc. aor. (M, Pr., 185): Mat.5:11, Mrk.4:15, Luk.6:22, Jhn.2:10 8:28 (Field, Notes, 94), 10:4, al. 2) As in Hom. (LS, see word), but not in cl. prose, with indic, when (M, Pr., 167f; Bl, §65, 9): with impf, Mrk.3:11 (cf. Gen.38:9, al.); with praes, Mrk.11:25; with fut. Rev.4:9 (Swete, in l.); with aor, Mrk.11:19, Rev.8:1 (Swete, in ll; M, Pr., 168, 248; Field, Notes, 35). (AS)

when(-ever)

Greek Conjunction

ὅταν, for ὅτ᾽ ἄν (ὅτε ἄν) as sometimes in codices: adverb of Time, A) whenever, with a conditional force, so as nearly to ={ἐάν} (see. εἰ [Refs 5th c.BC+], referring to an indefinite future [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of events like ly to recur,[Refs]: also in Epic dialect ὅτε κεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: repeated for rhetorical effect, ὅ. ὡς ὑβρίζων, ὅ. ὡς ἐχθρὸς ὑπάρχων, ὅ. κονδύλοις, ὅ. ἐπὶ κόρρης [Refs 4th c.BC+] A.b) later causal, since, ὅταν. ᾖ since it is, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; in earlier examples the application to the particular case is less directly expressed, καὶ τοῦτο τυφλὸν ὅταν ἐγὼ βλέπω βραχύ this too (i.e. my staff) is blind when I am (= when its owner is) short-sighted, [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.2) never with indicative in early authors, except in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; and in [Refs 8th c.BC+]: but frequently in LXX with imperfect indicative, as ὅταν εἰσήρχετο [LXX+2nd c.BC+]: also with aorist indicative, [LXX+NT]: with future indicative, ὅταν ἕξουσι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὅταν ὄψεσθε (variant{ὄψησθε}) [NT]: with present indicative, ὅταν δείκνυται [Refs 1st c.BC+] A.3) never with optative in early authors, except in indirect speech, where in orat. recta the subjunctive with ὅταν would have stood, as perhaps [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅτε κεν followed by ἵκοι, [Refs 8th c.BC+] A.II) Special usages: A.II.1) to introduce a simile,[Refs 8th c.BC+] A.II.2) πρίν γ᾽ ὅ, ={πρίν γε ἢ ὅ}. (see. ὅτε [Refs 4th c.BC+] A.II.3) εἰς ὅτε κεν until such time as, [Refs] A.II.4) ὅ. τάχιστα, Latin cum primum, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as; as long (soon) as, that, + till, when(-soever), while; from g3753 (ὅτε) and g302 (ἄν)