Quick Definition
πώποτε Adv at any time, ever
Strong's Definition
at any time, i.e. (with negative particle) at no time
Derivation: from G4452 (-πω) and G4218 (ποτέ);
KJV Usage: at any time, + never (…to any man), + yet, never man
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πώ-ποτε, adv., ever, at any time: Lk. xix. 30; Jn.i. 18; v.37; vi. 35; viii. 33; 1Jn.iv.12. [(From Hom. down.)]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πώποτε pōpote 6x
ever yet, ever, at any time, Lk. 19:30; Jn. 1:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πώ-ποτε, adv., ever yet: Lk 19:30, Jo 1:18 5:37 6:35 8:33, I Jo 4:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πώποτε, “ever yet”: P Par 47° (B.C. 152-1) (= UPZ i. p. 332) οὐκ ἄν pe [Ses τὸ πόρσωπόν (/. πρόσωπόν) μου πόποτε (cf. Gen 432), 26. 5137 (B.c. 159) (= ΡΖ i. p. 360, Selections p- 21) ἐὰν μιανθῶσιν [οὐ μ]ὴ γένονται καθαραὶ πώποτε, ‘if they (women) are defiled, they shall never at all be pure.” In BGU IV. τ2οςῖ 11 (B.c. 28) πέπρακα, πέποτε [. . lov πεπράκαμεν, Olsson Pafyrusbriefe p. 30 proposes to read πώποτε [δ᾽] ov (Ὁ), “1 have sold, but we have not yet (?) sold.” For perfects with πώποτε, as in Jn 118, expressing “ἐᾷ close nexus with present time,” see Pro/eg. p. 144. For οὐδεπώποτε c. pres. cf. P Leid V τὶ. 30 (iji/iv a,b.) (= II. Pp: 37) λύσιν οὐκ ἔχει τοῦτο οὐδεπώποτε.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πώποτε (pōpote) — ever. πώποτε, (πω, ποτέ) ever yet, in early Epic dialect always with negative and best written divisim, οὐ γάρ πώ ποτέ μ᾽ ὧδέ γ᾽ ἔρως φρένας ἀμφεκάλυψεν [Refs 8th c.BC+] (referring to future, οὐκ ἄν πώ ποτ᾽ ἐγώ.. ἐλθοίμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]future in later Gr., κακία οὐχ εὑρεθήσεται ἐν σοὶ π[LXX]; οὐ μὴ διψήσει π. [NT]; also οὐ μὴ γένωνται καθαραὶ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μηδ᾽ ὄψον.. μετὰ τούτου π. δαίσῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with present, [Refs]; compare οὐ π., μὴ π., οὐδεπώποτε, μηδεπώποτε.
II. sometimes, later, without a negative,
II.1. with questions which imply a negative (compare πω 11), ποῦ γὰρ π. ἄνευ νεφελῶν ὕοντ᾽ ἤδη τεθέασα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤδή π. του ἤκουσα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]future, τίς γὰρ ἁλώσεται π.; [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. with a conditional clause, εἴ που ξένον τις ἠδίκησε πώποτε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. after Relatives, οὕς φαμεν πώποτέ τι.. πρᾶξαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4. with the Article and Part., οἱ π. γενόμενοι who ever yet existed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: the Part. may be omitted, οἱ π. προδόται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μεγίστους τῶν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]