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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 BoxLuk 22:32 - but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:13 - They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:10 - and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:9 - And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:7 - Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:13 - For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:23 - They were only hearing, "The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:6 - But from those who were influential (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people) - those influential leaders added nothing to my message.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:2 - in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest...

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:11 - Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh - who are called "uncircumcision" by the so-called "circumcision" that is performed on the body by human hands -

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:13 - But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:8 - for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light -

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:29 - For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:10 - I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me. (Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:21 - And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:7 - You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:5 - For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed - God is our witness -

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:11 - who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you and me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:5 - For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my son! Today I have fathered you"? And in another place he says, "I will be his father and he will be my son."

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:13 - But to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:10 - You once were not a people, but now you are God's people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:5 - For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:20 - after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:10 - Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:21 - for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
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