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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 brothers.”

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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 - always in my prayers, 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 came alive and I died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:30 - For just as you were at one time 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? Or 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 were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute 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 seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential 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 whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[fn] and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[fn]

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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 by the blood of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:8 - for at one time 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 one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:10 - I rejoiced 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 alienated 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 too once walked, when you were living in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:5 - For we never came with words of flattery,[fn] as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—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 others 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 which of the angels did God ever say,
“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”? 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 - And 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 - Once you were not a 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 - For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:20 - because[fn] they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:10 - Therefore, brothers,[fn] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:21 - For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
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