Lexical Definition

‎ποτέ‎ poté (pot-eh') once/when G:PRT
from the base of ‎πού‎ and ‎τέ‎

afore-(any, some-)time(-s), at length (the last), (+ n- )ever, in the old time, in time past, once, when.

Usage: 5 forms in 63 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ποτὲ at last Rom.1.10 • Phil.4.10
formerly Eph.2.11
ποτε at any time Eph.5.29 • 1Thess.2.5 • 2Pet.1.10
at one time 1Pet.3.20
at some time or other LXX.Josh.22.28 • LXX.Job.31.16 • LXX.Isa.48.5
ever Heb.1.5 • Heb.1.13
former Gal.1.13
formerly Gal.1.23 • Gal.2.6 • 1Pet.3.5
once John.9.13 • Rom.11.30 • Gal.1.23 • Eph.2.2 • Eph.2.3 • Eph.2.13 • Eph.5.8 • Col.1.21 • Col.3.7 • Titus.3.3 • 1Pet.2.10
perhaps LXX.Lam.3.29
when Luke.22.32
ποτέ and perhaps LXX.2Sam.11.25
at any time 1Cor.9.7 • 2Pet.1.21
at some other time LXX.Deut.1.46
at some time or other LXX.Ps.94.8
once Rom.7.9 • Phlm.1.11
perhaps LXX.2Sam.11.25 • LXX.Job.31.38
μήποτε μήποτε lest when Matt.13.29
otherwise Matt.4.6 • Matt.7.6 • Matt.13.15 • Matt.15.32 • Matt.25.9 • Matt.27.64 • Mark.4.12 • Mark.14.2 • Luke.4.11 • Luke.12.58 • Luke.14.8 • Luke.14.12 • Luke.14.29 • Luke.21.34 • John.7.26 • Acts.5.39 • Acts.28.27 • 2Tim.2.25 • Heb.2.1 • Heb.3.12 • Heb.4.1 • Heb.9.17
whether Luke.3.15
μήποτέ μήποτέ otherwise Matt.5.25

Abbott-Smith

ποτέ, enclitic particle,
1. once, formerly, sometime: of the past, Jo 9:13, Ro 7:9 11:30, Ga 1:13, 23 2:6 (Lft., in l.), Eph 2:2, 3, 11, 13 5:8, Col 1:21 3:7, I Th 2:5, Tit 3:3, Phm 11, I Pe 2:10 3:5, 20; ἤδη ποτέ, now at length, Phl 4:10; of the fut., Lk 22:32; εἴ πως ἤδη ποτέ, if sometime soon at length, Ro 1:10.
2. ever: after a neg., Eph 5:29, II Pe 1:10, 21; in a question, τίς π., I Co 9:7, He 1:5, 13.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
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 · 2:3 · 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

Liddell-Scott-Jones

Included with: ποτέ,

Ionic dialect κότε, Doric dialect πόκα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—interrogative Particle used in direct and indirect questions, when? at what time? [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πότ᾽ ἆρ; ={ποτέ} with ἆρα [ποτέ δ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 720 (Lyric poetry); ἐς ποτέ λήξε; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1185 (Lyric poetry); ἐκ ποτέ.. ἤρξασθε “SIG” 832.9 (Astypalaea, 2nd c.AD). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II indefinite ποτε (Attic dialect, also [Refs 4th c.BC+], Ionic dialect κοτε, Doric dialect ποκα, Aeolic dialect ποτα [Refs 7th c.BC+]
__II.1 at some time or other, at some time, τάχ᾽ ἄν ποτε θυμὸν ὀλέσσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. καὶ ἄλλοτε at certain other times, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 in hypothetical clauses, questions, etc., at any time, ever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare εἴ ποτε: also with relatives (compare δήποτε), Ζεὺς ὅστις ποτ᾽ ἐστίν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅποι ποτέ, ὅπου π., etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; after πω, πη, see at {πώποτε, πήποκα}: very frequently with negatives, οὔτε ποτ᾽.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare οὔποτε, μήποτε, οὐδέποτε, μηδέποτε, οὐπώποτε, μηπώποτε.
__II.3 in correlative clauses it stands first, with accent, ποτὲ μὲν.., ποτὲ δὲ.. at one time.., at another.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποτὲ δὲ.., without any preceding Part., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III of some unknown point of time,
__III.1 in reference to the past, once, ὅν ποτ᾽ Ἀθήνη θρέψε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially in telling a story, once upon a time, οὕτω ποτ᾽ ἦν μῦς καὶ γαλῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with historic present, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with a substantive, εἰς τήν π. φιλίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.1.b at length, μόγις δή κοτε εἶπε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 in reference to the future, at some time, καί π. τοι.. παρέσσεται.. δῶρα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: also to denote earnest expectation, at length, εὔχεταί π. οἶκον ἰδεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]dimitte tandem aliquando, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀψέ π. [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III.3 with intensive force, in questions, τίς ποτ; who in the world? τίνες ποτ᾽ ἐστ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί ποτ᾽ ἐστὶ τοῦτο τὸ πάθος what it can possibly be, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to strengthen ἀεί, ἀεί ποτε from all time, always in the past, ἀεί ποτε ζῇ ταῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+]