ποτέ, an enclitic particle, from Homer down; 1. once, i. e. at some time or other, formerly, aforetime; a. of the Past: Joh_9:13; Rom_7:9; Rom_11:30; Gal_1:13; Gal_1:23 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 15, 7); Ephesians 2:2 f, 11 , 13 ; Eph_5:8; Col_1:21; Col_3:7; 1Th_2:5; Tit_3:3; Phm_1:11; 1Pe_2:10; 1Pe_3:5; 1Pe_3:20; ἤδη πότε, now at length, Php_4:10. b. of the future: Luk_22:32; ἤδη πότε, now at length, Rom_1:10. 2. ever: after a negative, οὐδείς πότε, Eph_5:29 (Buttmann, 202 (175).); οὐ ... πότε, 2Pe_1:21; μή πότε (see μήποτε); after οὐ μή with the aorist subjunctive 2Pe_1:10; in a question, τίς πότε, 1Co_9:7; Heb_1:5; Heb_1:13; ὁποῖοί πότε, whatsoever, Gal_2:6 (but some would render πότε here formerly, once; cf. Lightfoot ad loc.).

ποτε pote 29x enclitic particle, once, some time or other, either past or future; formerly, Joh_9:13 ; at length, Luk_22:32 ; at any time, ever, Eph_5:29 ; Heb_2:1 ; intensive after interrogatives, ever, 1Co_9:7 ; Heb_1:5

ποτέ , enclitic particle, 1. once , formerly , sometime: of the past, Joh_9:13 Rom_7:9 ; Rom_11:30 , Gal_1:13 ; Gal_1:23 ; Gal_2:6 ( Lft ., in l ), Eph_2:2-3 ; Eph_2:11 ; Eph_2:13 ; Eph_5:8 , Col_1:21 ; Col_3:7 , 1Th_2:5 , Tit_3:3 , Phm_1:11 , 1Pe_2:10 ; 1Pe_3:5 ; 1Pe_3:20 ; ἤδη ποτέ , now at length, Php_4:10 ; of the fut ., Luk_22:32 ; εἴ πως ἤδη ποτέ , if sometime soon at length , Rom_1:10 . 2. ever : after a neg ., Eph_5:29 , 2Pe_1:10 ; 2Pe_1:21 ; in a question, τίς Papyri, 1Co_9:7 , Heb_1:5 ; Heb_1:13 .†

ποτέ [page 530] an indefinite temporal particle = at any time, at some time, once, formerly : cf. PSI V. 484 .2 (B.C. 258 7) ὥς ποτε αὐτῶι ἐδόκει , P Oxy IV. 745 .7 ( c. A.D. 1) οὐκ οἶδας γὰρ πῶς μοι ἐχρήσατο ἐν Ὀξυρύγχοις οὐχ ὡς λύσα <ν >τι ἀλλ᾽ ὥς τινί ποτε ἀποστερητῆι μὴ ἀποδεδωκότι , you don t know how he treated me at Oxyrhynchus (?), not like a man who had paid but like a defrauder and a debtor (Edd.), P Fay 110 .26 (A.D. 94) Ἥρωνα τόν ποτε ἡγούμ (ενον ), Heron the former president, P Ryl II. 243 .9 (ii/A.D.) ὅσα ποτὲ οὖν ἐὰν̣ ἀνανναύλώσῃς ἰς τὴν τοῦ κλήρου κατεργασίαν , ἡμεῖν ἐνλόγησον ἐπὶ λόγου , put down to our account everything you expend on the cultivation of the holding (Edd.), P Oxy VI. 928 .6 (ii/iii A.D.) ὡμείλησας δέ μοί ποτε περὶ τούτου , you once had a conversation with me on this subject (Edd.), P Par 574 .1240 (iii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 113) ἐξορκίζω σε , δαῖμον , ὅστις ποτ᾽ οὖν εἶ , and P Oxy XIV. 1680 .15 (iii/iv A.D.) ὑπονοοῦμαι ὅτι πάντως πάλιν τί ποτε ἔχει πρὸς σέ , I suspect that he must have some further claim against you (Edd.). In illustration of Rev_2:9 mention is sometimes made of CIG II. 3148 (time of Hadrian) οἱ ποτὲ Ἰουδαῖοι , the quondam Jews, as if these were renegade Jews who had forsworn their faith, but Ramsay ( Letters , p. 272), following Mommsen, is of opinion that they were quondam in the sense that they were no longer recognised as a separate nation by the Roman law (as they had been before A.D. 70). For ἤδη ποτέ , iam tandem , as in Rom_1:10 , cf. the ostracon letter published by Deissmann LAE , p. 186 .6 καὶ ἤδη ποτὲ δὸς τῆ ἐμῆ παιδίσκη τὰς τοῦ (πυροῦ ) γ̄ ε̄ , and now at length give to my maid the 3Ύ artabae of wheat. See further s.v. μήποτε .

ποτέ enclit. Particle: "at some time or other, at some time", Hom. , etc. "at any time, ever", Soph. , etc.; often after relat. words, ὅστις ποτέ, ὅστις δήποτε, ὅστις δηποτοῦν, v. δήποτε; also after πω, v. πώποτε; and after negatives, when it often becomes one word with the negat., οὔποτε, μήποτε, οὐδέποτε, μηδέποτε. in correl. clauses it stands first, with accent, ποτὲ μέν . . , ποτὲ δέ . . , "at one time . . , at another . ." , Lat. modo . . , modo . . , Plat. of some unknown point of time, the past, "once, erst", Il. , Trag. ; in telling a story, "once upon a time", Ar. the future, "at some time", Il. , etc.:—with imperat., Lat. tandem aliquando, Soph. in questions, τίς ποτε; Lat. qui tandem? who in the world? Aesch. , etc.; v. τίποτε; τίπτε.

ποτέ enclitic particle, __1. once, formerly, sometime: of the past, Jhn.9:13 Rom.7:9 11:30, Gal.1:13, 23 2:6 (Lft., in l), Eph.2:2-3, 11 2:13 5:8, Col.1:21 3:7, 1Th.2:5, Tit.3:3, Phm 11, 1Pe.2:10 3:5 3:20; ἤδη ποτέ, now at length, Php.4:10; of the fut., Luk.22:32; εἴ πως ἤδη ποτέ, if sometime soon at length, Rom.1:10. __2. ever: after a neg., Eph.5:29, 2Pe.1:10 1:21; in a question, τίς π., 1Co.9:7, Heb.1:5, 13.† (AS)