Ever
πώποτεStrong’s G4455pōpote
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pōpote is the Greek word usually translated “at any time”, “ever yet” and “ever”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.”
Meaning
Usually translated “at any time”, “ever yet” and “ever”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- at any time 3
- ever yet 2
- ever 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 4
- Luke 1
- 1 John 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- John 5:37And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
- John 6:35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
- John 8:33They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
- 1 John 4:12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Greek dictionary
πώποτε pōpote · ever
πώ-ποτε adv., ever yet: Luk.19:30, Jhn.1:18 5:37 6:35 8:33, 1Jn.4:12.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ever” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EV'ER, adverb
At any time; at any period or point of time, past or future. Have you ever seen the city of Paris, or shall you ever see it?
- “No man ever yet hated his own flesh” Ephesians 5:29
- At all times; always; continually.“He will ever by mindful of his covenant” Psalms 111:5“Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” 2 Timothy 3:7
- Forever, eternally; to perpetuity; during everlasting continuance.“His master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever” Exodus 21:6
- ever and anon, at one time and another; now and then.
All definitions
- In any degree.
- A word of enforcement or emphasis; thus, as soon as ever he had done it; as like him as ever he can look.“They broke all their bones in pieces or ever they came to the bottom of the den” Daniel 6:24
- In poetry, and sometimes in prose, ever is contracted into e'er.
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.