adverb
oudepote
Greekοὐδέποτε (oudepote)
Strong’sG3763
never
stem oudepote-16 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
οὐδέ-ποτε,
adv.[in LXX: Ex 10:6 (לֹא), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3763 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
16 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 21:16“never”kai legala auto; Akouasō tinem houtois legalō? tos de Iēsus legatō autoi; Nai. oudepote anaginōskava hoti Ek stomeu nēpioiu kai thēlazarōtoiu katartizesa ainon?“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
Matthew 26:33“never”apokriniratos de tos Petros legata auto; Ei pantois skandalizili en si, mis oudepote skandalizimi.Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”
Mark 2:12“never … anything”kai egeirita kai euthuos airaratos ton krabatton exerchata emprosthen pantoiu, hōste existanerō pantoin kai doxazarō ton theon legarōtoin hoti Houtōs oudepote horana.And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
Luke 15:29“never”tos de apokriniratos legata to patēro autou; Idou tosouteim eteim douleuamō si kai oudepote entolan su parerchama, kai mi oudepote dōasa erifon hina meta toiu filoiu mu eufrainimeia;But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
Luke 15:29“never”tos de apokriniratos legata to patēro autou; Idou tosouteim eteim douleuamō si kai oudepote entolan su parerchama, kai mi oudepote dōasa erifon hina meta toiu filoiu mu eufrainimeia;But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
Acts 10:14“never”tos de Petros legata; Mēdamōs, kurior, hoti oudepote esthiama pantem koinem kai akathartem.“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
Acts 11:8“nothing … ever”legama de; Mēdamōs, kurior, hoti koinem ē akathartem oudepote eiserchata eis tem stomem mu.‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
Acts 14:8“never”Kai tinos anēros adunatos en Lustrei toi podoi kathete, chōlos ek koiliau mētērau autou, hos oudepote peripatata.In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
1 Corinthians 13:8“never”Tas agapas oudepote piptatō. eite de profēteiais, katargili; eite glōssais, paueli; eite gnōsias, katargiti.Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
Hebrews 10:1“never”Skian gar echarōtos tos nomos teiu mellarōteiu agatheiu, ouk autan tan eikōnan teiu pragmeiu, kata eniauton tai autai thusiai hain prosferalō eis tem diēnekem oudepote dunetō toin prosercherōtoin teleiara;For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
Hebrews 10:11“never”Kai pantos men hierevos histanatē kata hēmeran leitourgarōtos kai tain autain pollakis prosferarōtos thusiain, hotinais oudepote dunelō periairara hamartain.Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
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Matthew 7:23“never”kai tote homologami autoi hoti Oudepote gnōskama vin; apochōravōr apo mu toir ergazerōtoir tan anomian.Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
Matthew 9:33“nothing … ever”kai ekballirateu teu daimoneu lalata tos kōfos. kai thaumazala tois ochlois legarōtois; Oudepote fainita houtōs en to Israēl.And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
Matthew 21:42“never”Legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Oudepote anaginōskava en tai grafai; Lithon hon apodokimazala tois oikodomarōtois houtos ginita eis kefalan gōniau; para kuriou gineta houtas, kai atō thaumastas en ofthalmoi nu?Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Mark 2:25“never”kai legatō autoi; Oudepote anaginōskava tinem poiata David hote chreian echata kai peinata autos kai tois meta autou?Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
John 7:46“never”apokrinila tois hupēretois; Oudepote lalata houtōs anthrōpos.“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.