When?
πότεStrong’s G4219pote
Appears in 17 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pote is the Greek word usually translated “when” and “whenever”. It appears in 17 verses of the New Testament.
“Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.”
Meaning
Usually translated “when” and “whenever”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- when 18
- whenever 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 6
- Mark 4
- Luke 4
- John 2
- Revelation 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 24:3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
- Matthew 25:37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
- Matthew 25:38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
- Matthew 25:39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
- Matthew 25:44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
- Mark 9:19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
Greek dictionary
πότε pote · when?
πότε interrog. adv. of time, when?: Mat.25:37-39, 44 Luk.21:7, Jhn.6:25; ἕως π., how long: Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41, Jhn.10:24, Rev.6:10. In indir. questions, = ὁπότε, Mat.24:3, Mrk.13:4, 33 13:35, Luk.12:36 17:20 (see Bl., § 25, 4).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “when” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WHEN, adverb
[G., Latin ]
- At the time.
- At what time, interrogatively.“WHEN shall these things be?” Matthew 24:3
- Which time.
- After the time that. when the act is passed, the public will be satisfied.
All definitions
- At what time.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.