Strong G4219πότε
when?
- Transliteration
- pote
- Pronunciation
- pot'-eh
- Morphology
- Greek Particle - Interogative
Definition
Detailed definition
πότε
interrog. adv. of time,
when?: Mat.25:37-39, 44 Luk.21:7, Jhn.6:25; ἕως π., how long: Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41, Jhn.10:24, Rev.6:10. In indir. questions, = ὁπότε, Mat.24:3, Mrk.13:4, 33 13:35, Luk.12:36 17:20 (see Bl., § 25, 4).†
(AS)
interrog. adv. of time,
when?: Mat.25:37-39, 44 Luk.21:7, Jhn.6:25; ἕως π., how long: Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41, Jhn.10:24, Rev.6:10. In indir. questions, = ὁπότε, Mat.24:3, Mrk.13:4, 33 13:35, Luk.12:36 17:20 (see Bl., § 25, 4).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4219 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- when12
- long4
- how1
First verses
- Matthew 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
- Matthew 24:3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
- Matthew 25:37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
- Matthew 25:38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
- Matthew 25:39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
- Matthew 25:44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
- Mark 9:19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
- Mark 13:4Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
- Mark 13:33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
- Mark 13:35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
- Luke 9:41And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
- Luke 12:36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
- Luke 17:20And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
- Luke 21:7And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
- John 6:25And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
- John 10:24Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
- Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πότε,
Ionic dialect κότε, Doric dialect πόκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.7, +others)]:I interrogative Particle used in direct and indirect questions, when? at what time? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.227, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.642; πότ᾽ εἰ μὴ νῦν..; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 101 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ch.” 394 (Lyric poetry))]; πότ᾽ ἆρ; ={πότε} with ἆρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.4 or 11, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 563; πότε δ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 720 (Lyric poetry); ἐς πότε λήξε; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1185 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ πότε.. ἤρξασθε “SIG” 832.9 (Astypalaea, 2nd c.AD).)]
II indefinite ποτε (Attic dialect, also [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus in οὔποτε “IG” 5(2).343.48,66 (Orchom., 4th c.BC), οὔτε ποτέ “Tab.Defix.” in “Philol.” 59.201, and 5th c.AD: Cypria in μήποτε “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 144H.))], Ionic dialect κοτε, Doric dialect ποκα, Aeolic dialect ποτα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.5, _enclitic_ Particle:)]
II.1 at some time or other, at some time, τάχ᾽ ἄν ποτε θυμὸν ὀλέσσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.205, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.76, etc.)]; π. καὶ ἄλλοτε at certain other times, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.12, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451a9, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 24.)]
II.2 in hypothetical clauses, questions, etc., at any time, ever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 755, 1133; εἴ κοτε Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.69)]; compare εἴ ποτε: also with relatives (compare δήποτε), Ζεὺς ὅστις ποτ᾽ ἐστίν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 160 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; ὅποι ποτέ, ὅπου π., etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 780, “Aj.” 194 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; after πω, πη, see at {πώποτε, πήποκα}: very frequently with negatives, οὔτε ποτ᾽.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.226; οὐδέ ποτ᾽ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 759; οὐδέν ποτ᾽ ἄλλο 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 16; οὐδεὶς ἐρεῖ ποθ᾽ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 481; οὐκ ἂν δή ποτε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.271, etc.; τοῦτο μὴ δόξῃς ποτέ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 762, compare 648, 750, etc.)]; compare οὔποτε, μήποτε, οὐδέποτε, μηδέποτε, οὐπώποτε, μηπώποτε.
II.3 in correlative clauses it stands first, with accent, ποτὲ μὲν.., ποτὲ δὲ.. at one time.., at another.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 170c (assuming variant), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.38.6, etc.; ποτὲ μὲν.., αὖθις δὲ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560a; ποτὲ.., τοτὲ δ᾽ οὔ [prev. author] “Tht.” 192d; ποτ᾽ εἶχε.., εἶτά γε νῦν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.50; ποτὲ μὲν.. νῦν δέ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 11.1)]; ποτὲ δὲ.., without any preceding Part., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 9.7 (uncertain).)]
III of some unknown point of time,
III.1 in reference to the past, once, ὅν ποτ᾽ Ἀθήνη θρέψε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.547, etc.; οὕς ποτ᾽ ἀπ᾽ Αἰνείαν ἑλόμην, of the day before, 8.108 (see. Scholia), compare 14.45; ἤδη π. 1.260, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1142, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 346, “Ra.” 931; ποτ᾽ ἤδη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 50; πρόσθε πού ποτ᾽ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1549; χρόνῳ ποτ᾽ [prev. author] “Ant.” 303)]; especially in telling a story, once upon a time, οὕτω ποτ᾽ ἦν μῦς καὶ γαλῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1182, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 237b)]: with historic present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 715, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 416, “Ba.” 2)]: with a substantive, εἰς τήν π. φιλίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.22; τυράννου.. πάλαι π. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1043, compare “Ph.” 677 (Lyric poetry), “Tr.” 555.)]
III.1.b at length, μόγις δή κοτε εἶπε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; μόγις οὖν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314e, etc.; ὀψὲ γοῦν π. 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 27p.484M.)]
III.2 in reference to the future, at some time, καί π. τοι.. παρέσσεται.. δῶρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.213, compare 240, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 386, “Ant.” 912, etc.)]: also to denote earnest expectation, at length, εὔχεταί π. οἶκον ἰδεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.293; ἔμελλον ἄρα παύσειν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 268; especially with _imperative_, μέθες π.)]dimitte tandem aliquando, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 816; τείσασθ᾽, ἀλλὰ τῷ χρόνῳ π. [prev. work] 1041, etc.)]; ὀψέ π. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.31d.)]
III.3 with intensive force, in questions, τίς ποτ; who in the world? τίνες ποτ᾽ ἐστ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 408, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 220, etc.)]; τί ποτ᾽ ἐστὶ τοῦτο τὸ πάθος what it can possibly be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 187d; οὐκ ἐξερεῖς ποτ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 335, compare 754, “Aj.” 1290, etc.)]; to strengthen ἀεί, ἀεί ποτε from all time, always in the past, ἀεί ποτε ζῇ ταῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 456, compare “Aj.” 320, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.82, +others, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 42.5; ἀεὶ δή π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13, 8.73.)]
Ionic dialect κότε, Doric dialect πόκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.7, +others)]:I interrogative Particle used in direct and indirect questions, when? at what time? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.227, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.642; πότ᾽ εἰ μὴ νῦν..; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 101 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ch.” 394 (Lyric poetry))]; πότ᾽ ἆρ; ={πότε} with ἆρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.4 or 11, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 563; πότε δ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 720 (Lyric poetry); ἐς πότε λήξε; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1185 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ πότε.. ἤρξασθε “SIG” 832.9 (Astypalaea, 2nd c.AD).)]
II indefinite ποτε (Attic dialect, also [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus in οὔποτε “IG” 5(2).343.48,66 (Orchom., 4th c.BC), οὔτε ποτέ “Tab.Defix.” in “Philol.” 59.201, and 5th c.AD: Cypria in μήποτε “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 144H.))], Ionic dialect κοτε, Doric dialect ποκα, Aeolic dialect ποτα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.5, _enclitic_ Particle:)]
II.1 at some time or other, at some time, τάχ᾽ ἄν ποτε θυμὸν ὀλέσσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.205, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.76, etc.)]; π. καὶ ἄλλοτε at certain other times, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.12, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451a9, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 24.)]
II.2 in hypothetical clauses, questions, etc., at any time, ever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 755, 1133; εἴ κοτε Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.69)]; compare εἴ ποτε: also with relatives (compare δήποτε), Ζεὺς ὅστις ποτ᾽ ἐστίν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 160 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; ὅποι ποτέ, ὅπου π., etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 780, “Aj.” 194 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; after πω, πη, see at {πώποτε, πήποκα}: very frequently with negatives, οὔτε ποτ᾽.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.226; οὐδέ ποτ᾽ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 759; οὐδέν ποτ᾽ ἄλλο 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 16; οὐδεὶς ἐρεῖ ποθ᾽ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 481; οὐκ ἂν δή ποτε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.271, etc.; τοῦτο μὴ δόξῃς ποτέ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 762, compare 648, 750, etc.)]; compare οὔποτε, μήποτε, οὐδέποτε, μηδέποτε, οὐπώποτε, μηπώποτε.
II.3 in correlative clauses it stands first, with accent, ποτὲ μὲν.., ποτὲ δὲ.. at one time.., at another.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 170c (assuming variant), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.38.6, etc.; ποτὲ μὲν.., αὖθις δὲ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560a; ποτὲ.., τοτὲ δ᾽ οὔ [prev. author] “Tht.” 192d; ποτ᾽ εἶχε.., εἶτά γε νῦν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.50; ποτὲ μὲν.. νῦν δέ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 11.1)]; ποτὲ δὲ.., without any preceding Part., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 9.7 (uncertain).)]
III of some unknown point of time,
III.1 in reference to the past, once, ὅν ποτ᾽ Ἀθήνη θρέψε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.547, etc.; οὕς ποτ᾽ ἀπ᾽ Αἰνείαν ἑλόμην, of the day before, 8.108 (see. Scholia), compare 14.45; ἤδη π. 1.260, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1142, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 346, “Ra.” 931; ποτ᾽ ἤδη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 50; πρόσθε πού ποτ᾽ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1549; χρόνῳ ποτ᾽ [prev. author] “Ant.” 303)]; especially in telling a story, once upon a time, οὕτω ποτ᾽ ἦν μῦς καὶ γαλῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1182, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 237b)]: with historic present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 715, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 416, “Ba.” 2)]: with a substantive, εἰς τήν π. φιλίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.22; τυράννου.. πάλαι π. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1043, compare “Ph.” 677 (Lyric poetry), “Tr.” 555.)]
III.1.b at length, μόγις δή κοτε εἶπε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; μόγις οὖν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314e, etc.; ὀψὲ γοῦν π. 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 27p.484M.)]
III.2 in reference to the future, at some time, καί π. τοι.. παρέσσεται.. δῶρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.213, compare 240, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 386, “Ant.” 912, etc.)]: also to denote earnest expectation, at length, εὔχεταί π. οἶκον ἰδεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.293; ἔμελλον ἄρα παύσειν π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 268; especially with _imperative_, μέθες π.)]dimitte tandem aliquando, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 816; τείσασθ᾽, ἀλλὰ τῷ χρόνῳ π. [prev. work] 1041, etc.)]; ὀψέ π. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.31d.)]
III.3 with intensive force, in questions, τίς ποτ; who in the world? τίνες ποτ᾽ ἐστ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 408, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 220, etc.)]; τί ποτ᾽ ἐστὶ τοῦτο τὸ πάθος what it can possibly be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 187d; οὐκ ἐξερεῖς ποτ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 335, compare 754, “Aj.” 1290, etc.)]; to strengthen ἀεί, ἀεί ποτε from all time, always in the past, ἀεί ποτε ζῇ ταῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 456, compare “Aj.” 320, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.82, +others, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 42.5; ἀεὶ δή π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13, 8.73.)]