adverb
pantote
Strong’sG3842
always, at all times
stem pantote-41 times in the New Testamentin 16 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
πάντοτε means always, at all times 1234.
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
** πάντοτε,
adv. of time(< πᾶς), [in LXX: Wi 11:21 19:18*;] in late writers (once in Arist.) for διαπαντός, ἑκάστοτε,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3842 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
adverb always, NT+4th 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.
41 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 26:11pantote gar toin ptōchoin echavō meta heautoiu, …The poor you will always have with you, but you will …
Matthew 26:11… echavō meta heautoiu, min de ouk pantote echavō;… with you, but you will not always have Me.
Mark 14:7pantote gar toin ptōchoin echavō meta heautoiu, …The poor you will always have with you, and you can …
Mark 14:7… autoi euōs poiara, min de ouk pantote echavō;… you want. But you will not always have Me.
Luke 15:31tos de legata auto; Teknem, sis pantote meta mu asō, kai panteim teim …‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and …
Luke 18:1“always”… de parabolan autoi pros tem darō pantote proseuchorō autoin kai mē enkakarō,Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
John 6:34“always”legala oun pros auton; Kurior, pantote dōasar ni ton arton houton.“Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all …
John 7:6… pareiatō, tos de kairos tos humeteros pantote atō hetoimos.… told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not …
John 8:29… hoti mis teim aresteim auto poiamō pantote.… not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
John 11:42mis de oidamelē hoti pantote mu akouasō; alla dia ton ochlon …I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this …
John 12:8toin ptōchoin gar pantote echavō meta heautoiu, min de ouk …The poor you will always have with you, but you will …
John 12:8… echavō meta heautoiu, min de ouk pantote echavō.… with you, but you will not always have Me.”
John 18:20… Mis parrēsia lalamē to kosmo; mis pantote didaskama en sunagōga kai en te …… to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at …
Romans 1:10“always”pantote epi taiu proseuchaiu mu, dorōntos ei …in my prayers at all times, asking that now …
1 Corinthians 1:4Eucharistamō to theo mu pantote peri vu epi ta charita tou …I always thank my God for you because …
1 Corinthians 15:58… perisseuarōntois en te erge tou kuriou pantote, oidarēntois hoti tos kopos vu ouk …… beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the …
2 Corinthians 2:14To de theo charitas to pantote thriambeuarōnto nin en to Christo kai …But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in …
2 Corinthians 4:10pantote tan nekrōsian tou Iēsu en te …We always carry around in our body the …
2 Corinthians 5:6Tharrarōntois oun pantote kai oidarēntois hoti endēmarōntois en te …Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while …
2 Corinthians 9:8“always”… perisseuara eis vin, hina en pante pantote pantan autarkeian echarōntois perisseuaveiō eis pantem …… able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
Galatians 4:18“always”kalem de zēlorō en kale pantote, kai mē monem en te pareiarō …… it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose — at any time, and not only when I am …
Ephesians 5:20eucharistarōntois pantote huper panteiu en onome tou kuriou …always giving thanks to God the Father …
Philippians 1:4pantote en panta deēsia mu huper pantoiu …… prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,
Philippians 1:20… aischunimi, alla en panta parrēsia hōs pantote kai nun megaluniti Christos en te …… complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my …
Philippians 2:12Hōste, agapētoir mu, kathōs pantote hupakouava, mē hōs en ta parousia …… my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence …
Philippians 4:4Chairavōr en kurio pantote; palin legami, chairavōr.Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Colossians 1:3… patro tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou pantote peri vu proseuchorōntois,We always thank God, the Father of our …
Colossians 4:6tos logos vu pantote en charita, halate artuorēntos, oidarē pōs …Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so …
Colossians 4:12… Epafros tos ek vu, doulos Christou, pantote agōnizorōntos huper vu en tai proseuchai, …… Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so …
1 Thessalonians 1:2Eucharistanō to theo pantote peri pantoiu vu mneian poiorōntois epi …We always thank God for all of you …
1 Thessalonians 2:16“always”… eis tem anaplērara autoiu tain hamartain pantote. fthanata de epi autoin tas orgas …… a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
1 Thessalonians 3:6“always”… kai hoti echavō mneian nu agathan pantote epipotharōntois nin horara kathaper kai nis …… your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see …
1 Thessalonians 4:17… tou kuriou eis aeron; kai houtōs pantote sun kurio eni.… the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 5:15… kakosem anti kakoseu tino apodōateia, alla pantote tem agathem diōkavōr eis allēloin kai …… no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one …
1 Thessalonians 5:16“always”pantote chairavōr,Rejoice at all …
2 Thessalonians 1:3“always”Eucharistarō ofeilanō to theo pantote peri vu, adelfoir, kathōs axiem atō, …… to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your …
2 Thessalonians 1:11eis hem kai proseuchonō pantote peri vu, hina vin axiateia tau …To this end, we always pray for you, that our God …
2 Thessalonians 2:13Nis de ofeilanō eucharistarō to theo pantote peri vu, adelfoir agaporēntoir hupo kuriou, …But we should always thank God for you, brothers who …
2 Timothy 3:7pantote matharōnteim kai mēdepote eis epignōsian alētheiau …who are always learning but never able to come …
Philemon 1:4Eucharistamō to theo mu pantote mneian su poiorōntos epi taiu proseuchaiu …I always thank my God, remembering you in …
Hebrews 7:25… toin proserchorōntoin dia autou to theo, pantote zōarōntos eis tem entunchanarō huper autoiu.… to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.