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Lexicon :: Strong's G4218 - pote

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ποτέ
Transliteration
pote (Key)
Pronunciation
pot-eh'
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of πού (G4225) and τέ (G5037)
mGNT
29x in 3 unique form(s) TR
29x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
10x in 3 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ποτέ poté, pot-eh'; from the base of G4225 and G5037; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's G4218 in the following manner: in time past (5x), at any time (3x), in times past (3x), sometimes (3x), sometime (3x), once (2x), not translated (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's G4218 in the following manner: in time past (5x), at any time (3x), in times past (3x), sometimes (3x), sometime (3x), once (2x), not translated (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. once i.e. formerly, aforetime, at some time

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποτέ poté, pot-eh'; from the base of G4225 and G5037; 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.
STRONGS G4218:
ποτέ, 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.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
22:32
John
9:13
Romans
1:10; 7:9; 11:30
1 Corinthians
9:7
Galatians
1:13; 1:23; 2:6
Ephesians
2:2; 2:11; 2:13; 5:8; 5:29
Philippians
4:10
Colossians
1:21; 3:7
1 Thessalonians
2:5
Titus
3:3
Philemon
1:11
Hebrews
1:5; 1:13
1 Peter
2:10; 3:5; 3:20
2 Peter
1:10; 1:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4218 matches the Greek ποτέ (pote),
which occurs 29 times in 28 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:32 - but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:13 - They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:10 - asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:9 - I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:30 - Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:7 - Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:13 - For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:23 - they only heard it said, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:6 - And from those who were reputed to be something (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)--those, I say, who were of repute added nothing to me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:2 - in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:11 - Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands--

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:13 - But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:8 - for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:29 - For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:10 - I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me; you were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:21 - And you, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:7 - In these you once walked, when you lived in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:5 - For we never used either words of flattery, as you know, or a cloak for greed, as God is witness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:11 - (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:5 - For to what angel did God ever say, "Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:13 - But to what angel has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet"?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:10 - Once you were no people but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:5 - So once the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves and were submissive to their husbands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:20 - who formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:10 - Therefore, brethren, be the more zealous to confirm your call and election, for if you do this you will never fall;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:21 - because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
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