Lexicon pote: once, ever Original Word: ποτέPart of Speech: Particle, Disjunctive Particle Transliteration: pote Phonetic Spelling: (pot-eh') Short Definition: at one time or other Definition: at one time or other, at some time, formerly. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originenclitic particle from the same as posos and teDefinitiononce, ever NASB Translationany time (1), ever (4), former (1), former times (1), formerly (8), last (2), never* (2), once (8), when (1), when once (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4218: ποτέποτέ, an enclitic particle, from Homer down; 1. once, i. e. at some time or other, formerly, aforetime; a. of the Past: John 9:13; Romans 7:9; Romans 11:30; Galatians 1:13, 23 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 15, 7); Ephesians 2:2f, 11, 13; Ephesians 5:8; Colossians 1:21; Colossians 3:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; Titus 3:3; Philemon 1:11; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 3:5, 20; ἤδη πότε, now at length, Philippians 4:10. b. of the future: Luke 22:32; ἤδη πότε, now at length, Romans 1:10. 2. ever: after a negative, οὐδείς πότε, Ephesians 5:29 (Buttmann, 202 (175).); οὐ ... πότε, 2 Peter 1:21; μή πότε (see μήποτε); after οὐ μή with the aorist subjunctive 2 Peter 1:10; in a question, τίς πότε, 1 Corinthians 9:7; Hebrews 1:5, 13; ὁποῖοί πότε, whatsoever, Galatians 2:6 (but some would render πότε here formerly, once; cf. Lightfoot ad loc.).
Strong's formerly, in the old time From the base of pou and te; indefinite adverb, at some time, ever -- afore-(any, some-)time(-s), at length (the last), (+ n-)ever, in the old time, in time past, once, when. see GREEK pou see GREEK te |
