Strong G4455πώποτε
ever
- Transliteration
- pōpote
- Pronunciation
- po'-pot-e
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Detailed definition
πώ-ποτε
adv.,
ever yet: Luk.19:30, Jhn.1:18 5:37 6:35 8:33, 1Jn.4:12.†
(AS)
adv.,
ever yet: Luk.19:30, Jhn.1:18 5:37 6:35 8:33, 1Jn.4:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4455 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- time3
- never2
First verses
- Luke 19:30Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.
- John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- John 5:37And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
- John 6:35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
- John 8:33They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
- 1 John 4:12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πώποτε,
(πω, ποτέ) ever yet, in early Epic dialect always with negative and best written divisim, οὐ γάρ πώ ποτέ μ᾽ ὧδέ γ᾽ ἔρως φρένας ἀμφεκάλυψεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.442, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 650, etc.)] (referring to future, οὐκ ἄν πώ ποτ᾽ ἐγώ.. ἐλθοίμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 178); usually preceded by _negative_ in post- 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus writers, but πώ ποτ᾽ οὐδαμοῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1188: with)]future in later Gr., κακία οὐχ εὑρεθήσεται ἐν σοὶ π[LXX (. LXX.1Ki.25.28)]; οὐ μὴ διψήσει π. [NT (NT.John.6.35, compare “PMag.Par.” 1.291)]; also οὐ μὴ γένωνται καθαραὶ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 78.27 (2nd c.BC))]; μηδ᾽ ὄψον.. μετὰ τούτου π. δαίσῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Cratinus Junior Comicus 8)]: with present, [Refs (“PMag.Leid.V.” 11.30)]; compare οὐ π., μὴ π., οὐδεπώποτε, μηδεπώποτε.
II sometimes, later, without a negative,
II.1 with questions which imply a negative (compare πω 11), ποῦ γὰρ π. ἄνευ νεφελῶν ὕοντ᾽ ἤδη τεθέασα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 370)]; ἤδή π. του ἤκουσα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 493d, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.7, etc.: with)]future, τίς γὰρ ἁλώσεται π.; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.45 (assuming variant).)]
II.2 with a conditional clause, εἴ που ξένον τις ἠδίκησε πώποτε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 147, compare “V.” 556, “Ach.” 405, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 196a, etc.)]
II.3 after Relatives, οὕς φαμεν πώποτέ τι.. πρᾶξαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 352c; ἄλλον ὅστις πώποτέ τι γέγραφεν ἢ γράψει [prev. author] “Phdr.” 258d; ὅσοι ἐμοῦ π. ἀκηκόατε [prev. author] “Ap.” 19d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.5, 4.50, +others)]
II.4 with the Article and Part., οἱ π. γενόμενοι who ever yet existed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.38, compare 16.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116c, etc.)]: the Part. may be omitted, οἱ π. προδόται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 134)]; μεγίστους τῶν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.14, compare “PLips.” 119v. ii 4 (3rd c.AD).)]
(πω, ποτέ) ever yet, in early Epic dialect always with negative and best written divisim, οὐ γάρ πώ ποτέ μ᾽ ὧδέ γ᾽ ἔρως φρένας ἀμφεκάλυψεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.442, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 650, etc.)] (referring to future, οὐκ ἄν πώ ποτ᾽ ἐγώ.. ἐλθοίμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 178); usually preceded by _negative_ in post- 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus writers, but πώ ποτ᾽ οὐδαμοῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1188: with)]future in later Gr., κακία οὐχ εὑρεθήσεται ἐν σοὶ π[LXX (. LXX.1Ki.25.28)]; οὐ μὴ διψήσει π. [NT (NT.John.6.35, compare “PMag.Par.” 1.291)]; also οὐ μὴ γένωνται καθαραὶ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 78.27 (2nd c.BC))]; μηδ᾽ ὄψον.. μετὰ τούτου π. δαίσῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Cratinus Junior Comicus 8)]: with present, [Refs (“PMag.Leid.V.” 11.30)]; compare οὐ π., μὴ π., οὐδεπώποτε, μηδεπώποτε.
II sometimes, later, without a negative,
II.1 with questions which imply a negative (compare πω 11), ποῦ γὰρ π. ἄνευ νεφελῶν ὕοντ᾽ ἤδη τεθέασα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 370)]; ἤδή π. του ἤκουσα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 493d, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.7, etc.: with)]future, τίς γὰρ ἁλώσεται π.; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.45 (assuming variant).)]
II.2 with a conditional clause, εἴ που ξένον τις ἠδίκησε πώποτε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 147, compare “V.” 556, “Ach.” 405, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 196a, etc.)]
II.3 after Relatives, οὕς φαμεν πώποτέ τι.. πρᾶξαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 352c; ἄλλον ὅστις πώποτέ τι γέγραφεν ἢ γράψει [prev. author] “Phdr.” 258d; ὅσοι ἐμοῦ π. ἀκηκόατε [prev. author] “Ap.” 19d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.5, 4.50, +others)]
II.4 with the Article and Part., οἱ π. γενόμενοι who ever yet existed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.38, compare 16.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116c, etc.)]: the Part. may be omitted, οἱ π. προδόται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 134)]; μεγίστους τῶν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.14, compare “PLips.” 119v. ii 4 (3rd c.AD).)]