Greek word · G4455

πώποτε

pōpote

ever

Appears 6 times in 6 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

πώ-ποτε

adv.,

ever yet: Luke 19:30, John 1:18 5:37 6:35 8:33, 1 John 4:12.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Luke · 1
  1. Luke 19:30 πώποτε ever yet

    saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

John · 4
  1. John 1:18 πώποτε· ever yet;

    No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

    Here: "Ever yet", "at any time." It sweeps across all of Israel's history up to this point, including Sinai.

  2. John 5:37 πώποτε at any time

    And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

    Here: 'Ever, at any time'. It is the same word as in 1:18, 'No one has ever seen God.' The echo ties this verse to the Gospel's prologue.

  3. John 6:35 πώποτε. at any time.

    Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

    Here: Elsewhere in the New Testament this word nearly always looks back ('no one has ever seen God', 1:18). Only here does it look forward, adding 'not ever, at any point' to the closing words of the promise.

  4. John 8:33 πώποτε· ever;

    “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”

1 John · 1
  1. 1 John 4:12 πώποτε at any time

    No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

    Here: Widens the denial to all of history. The same word appears in the near-identical line of John 1:18.

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