Definition

indefinite adverb, at some time, ever

Etymology

from the base of G4225 (πού) and G5037 (τέ);

Where the KJV renders it

• afore-(any
• some-)time(-s)
• at length (the last)
• (+ n- )ever
• in the old time
• in time past
• once
• when

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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