Often

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( adv.) Frequently; many times; not seldom.

(2): ( a.) Frequent; common; repeated.

King James Dictionary

Often, adv. of'n. comp. oftener superl. oftenset. Frequently many times not seldom.

Often, a. of'n. Frequent. Improper.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

of ´' n ( πυκνός , puknós , "thick," "close"): An archaic usage for "frequent": "Thine often infirmities" (  1 Timothy 5:23 ); compare "by often rumination" (Shakespeare, As You Like It , Iv, i, 18); "The often round" (Ben Jonson, The Forest , Iii); "Of wrench'd or broken limb - an often chance" (Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette ).