ἡνίκα, a relative adverb of time (from Homer down), at which time; when: followed by the present indicative, of a thing that actually takes place, 2Co_3:15 R G; followed by ἄν with subjunctive present, whensoever: ibid. L T Tr WH; followed by ἄν and the aorist subjunctive with the force of the Latin future perfect, at length when (whensoever it shall have etc.): 2Co_3:16; Exo_1:10; Deu_7:12; Jdt_14:2. (On its construction see Winers Grammar, 296f (278f); 308 (289); Buttmann, § 139, 33.)

ἡνίκα hēnika 2x when, 2Co_3:15-16

ἡνίκα , rel. adv. of time, at which time, when; seq . αν , c . subjc ., whensoever: 2Co_3:15-16 .†

ἡνίκα [page 281] It may be well to illustrate some of the different constructions of this word. Thus it is construed with the ind. in P Goodspeed 3 .9 (iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 47) ἡνίκα ἤμελλον κοιμηθῆναι , P Ryl II. 119 .6 (A.D. 54 67) ἡνίκα ἦν δικαιοδότης , ib. 181 .5 ( c. A.D. 203 4) ἡνίκα περιῆν , P Oxy VI. 939 .83 (iv/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 130) ἡνίκα ἐβαρεῖτο τῇ νόσῳ : with the conj. without ἄν in P Oxy 1. 68 .21 (A.D. 131) ἡνίκα περιῇ , in her lifetime (Edd.) : and with the conj. with ἄν or ἐάν in ib. IO4 .26 (A.D. 96) ἡνίκα ἐὰν ἀπαλλαγῇ τοῦ ἀνδρός , P Tebt II. 317 .18 (A.D. 174 5) ἡνίκα ἐὰν εἰς τὸν νομὸν παραγένηται , whenever he visits the nome (Edd.).

ἡνίκα [Etym: adverb of Time, relat. to τηνίκα] "at which time, when", Od. , Trag. : also causal, "since", Pind. , attic with Opt. in orat. obl., or to denote an uncertain or repeated occurrence in past time, "whenever", Soph. , etc. ἡνίκ᾽ ἄν, like ὅταν, with Subj., of the future, "whenever", id=Soph. , etc.

ἡνίκα rel. adv. of time, at which time, when; before αν, with subjc., whensoever: 2Co.3:15-16.† (AS)