adverb
oudepote
Strong’sG3763
never
stem oudepote-16 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Never, at any time 124 — used as a simple negative adverb meaning "not ever," including in questions where it expects a negative answer 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G3763 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
in Ionic dialect Prose οὐδέκοτε, Doric dialect οὐδέποκα probably in Refs, etc.:—conjunction and adverb and not ever or nor ever, not even ever or never, in Refs 8th c.BC+ mostly with past tenses, Refs 8th c.BC+: but with present, Refs 8th c.BC+: with future, Refs 8th c.BC+; in Attic dialect, οὐδέποτε is commonly found with present or future (or its equivalent, as in οὐδέποτε μὴ λειφθῇ Refs 1st c.AD+ with past tenses, so οὐδέποτε ἐπὶ μέλλοντος.., ἐπὶ δὲ παρῳχημένου τὸ οὐδεπώποτε Refs 5th c.BC+ occurs with past tenses in Refs 5th c.BC+; compare οὐδέποτε tam in praeterito quam in futuro, quomodo et nos 'nunquam', Refs 5th c.AD+: in late writers the reference of πω to past time was neglected, see at {οὐδεπώποτε}, andRefs 1st c.AD+; compare οὐδέπω, οὔποτε, οὔπω, οὐπώποτε, also μηδέποτε, μηπώποτε.—In Refs 8th c.BC+ should probably be written divisim: sometimes a word is put between, as in Refs 8th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
16 occurrences, every one of them listed
oudepote11×
Matthew 21:16… tos de Iēsus legatō autoi; Nai. oudepote anagnōskava hoti Ek stomeu nēpioiu kai …… asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children …
Matthew 26:33… Ei pantois skandalizili en si, mis oudepote skandalizimi.… away on account of You, I never will.”
Mark 2:12… doxazarō ton theon legarōntoin hoti Houtōs oudepote horana.… and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
Luke 15:29… Idou tosouteim eteim douleuamō si kai oudepote entolan su parerchama, kai mi oudepote …… years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet …
Luke 15:29… oudepote entolan su parerchama, kai mi oudepote dōasa erifon hina meta toiu filoiu …… a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat …
Acts 10:14… 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… 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… chōlos ek koiliau mētērau autou, hos oudepote peripatata.… was lame from birth and had never walked.
1 Corinthians 13:8Tas agapas oudepote piptatō. eite de profēteiais, katargili; eite …Love never fails. But where there are prophecies …
Hebrews 10:1… thusiai hain prosferalō eis tem diēnekem oudepote dunotō toin proserchorōntoin teleiara;… not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year …
Hebrews 10:11… tain autain pollakis prosferarōntos thusiain, hotinais oudepote dunolō periairara hamartain.… again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
Oudepote5×
Matthew 7:23kai tote homologami autoi hoti Oudepote gnōskama vin; apochōravōr apo mu tois …… I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you …
Matthew 9:33… kōfos. kai thaumazala tois ochlois legarōntois; Oudepote fanita houtōs en to Israēl.… The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
Matthew 21:42Legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Oudepote anagnōskava en tai grafai; Lithon hon …Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone …
Mark 2:25kai legatō autoi; Oudepote anagnōskava tinem poiata David hote chreian …Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he …
John 7:46apokrinila tois hupēretois; Oudepote lalata houtōs anthrōpos.“Never has anyone spoken like this man …