ποτέ pote

Greek word for “once/when” · Strong’s G4218 · used 29 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

ποτέ; enclitic particle;

How it is translated

Glosses given for pote in context, with how often each is used:

• once 11
• formerly 4
• any time 4
• last 2
• ever 2
• when 1
• once was 1
• any time? 1
• former 1
• once were 1
• one time 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ephesians 2 (4), Galatians 1 (2), Ephesians 5 (2), Hebrews 1 (2), 1 Peter 3 (2), 2 Peter 1 (2), Luke 22 (1), John 9 (1), Romans 1 (1), Romans 7 (1)

Forms

• ποτε 22
• ποτέ 4
• ποτὲ 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pote more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• νῦν nun “now” 5
• νυνί nuni “now” 3
• πορθέω portheō “to lay waste” 2
• θέλημα thelēma “will/desire” 3
• ἀπείθεια apeitheia “disobedience” 2
• περιπατέω peripateō “to walk” 3
• διάνοια dianoia “mind” 2
• ἀπειθέω apeitheō “to disobey” 2
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 3
• δέομαι deomai “to pray” 2
• ἐλεέω eleeō “to have mercy” 2
• ἐχθρός echthros “enemy” 2

Key verses

The verses using pote that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 22:32 — But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
• Romans 7:9 — For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
• Ephesians 2:2 — Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the…
• Ephesians 2:3 — Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature…
• Ephesians 2:11 — Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made…
• Ephesians 2:13 — But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
• Ephesians 5:8 — For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
• 1 Thessalonians 2:5 — For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
• Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one…
• 1 Peter 3:20 — Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight…
• 2 Peter 1:10 — Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
• 2 Peter 1:21 — For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.