G3698 ὁπότε (hopóte)

Greek

Adverb

Quick Definition

ὁπότε Adv when

Strong's Definition

what(-ever) then, i.e. (of time) as soon as

Derivation: from G3739 (ὅς) and G4218 (ποτέ);

KJV Usage: when

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὁπότε, (πότε w. the rel. 6), [fr. Hom. down], when [ef. B. § 139, 34; W. § 41 b. 3]: Lk. vi. 3 RGT (where L Tr WH Gre).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

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Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὁπότε, when: Lk 6:3, Rec. (WH, R, ὅτε).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὁπότε (in classical Greek ‘‘whenever’’) is freely used for ““when” in the papyri, as in the later uncials in Lk 63, cf. e.g. PSI IV. 432 (iii/B.c.) ὁπότε οὖν δοκιμάζεις, συντόμως χορηγείσθω, iva μὴ ὑστερῶμεν τοῖς καιροῖς, P Oxy II. 24319 (Α.Ὁ. 79) ὁπότε περιῆν, ‘when she was alive,” and P Ryl II. 245% (iii/A.p.) περὶ τῶν ἀξόνων ἠμέλησας ὁπότ᾽ ἐδεήϊσα]μεν αὐτῶν, ‘you neglected the matter of the axles when we were in need of them ᾿ (Edd.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὁπότε (hopote) — when(-ever). ὁπότε, Epic dialect ὁππότε, both in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ὁκότε; Cyrenaic ὁπόκᾰ [Refs]; in Doric dialect Poets ὁππόκᾰ [Refs 3rd c.BC+] adverb of Time, correlated to πότε, used much like{ὅτε}, except that the sense is less definite [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. Relat., with the indicative, mostly with reference to the past, when, [Refs 8th c.BC+] when she was alive, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: with the present in a simile, ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότε.. ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with subjunctive, like{ὁπόταν}, with reference to an indefinite number of occasions in the present or to the future, ὁππότ᾽ Ἀχαιοὶ Τρώων ἐκπέρσωσ᾽ εὖ ναιόμενον πτολίεθρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ὁπότ᾽ ἄν, Epic dialect ὁπότε or ὁππότε κεν, is more common with subjunctive, and in Attic dialect Prose ἄν must be used, see at {ὁπόταν}: Cyrenaic ὁπόκα κα δήληται [Refs]

I.2. with optative:

I.2. a to express an event that occurred often, ὁπότε Κρήτηθεν ἵκοιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I.2. b after a verb of waiting, of a time future relatively to the past, ἷζε.. δέγμενος ὁππότε ναῦφιν ἀφορμηθεῖεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I.2. c in indirect speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in implied indirect speech, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀποδοτέον.. ὁ. μανεὶς ἀπαιτοῖ we were not [as you remember] to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. d where the principal clause has an optative, μηδ᾽ ἀντιάσειας ἐκείνῳ ὁππότε νοστήσειε [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II. in indirect questions, with indicative, ἦ ῥά τι ἴδμεν.. ὁππότε Τηλέμαχος νεῖτα; when he is to return, [Refs 8th c.BC+]by what time, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III. ὁποτεοῦν at any time whatever, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B in causal sense, because, since, with indicative, [Refs 6th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

1. of Time, correlated to πότε, much like ὅτε: 2. with the indicative, when , Lat. quando, (Homer): —; εἰς ὁπότε, with future, when, by what time , λέγειν εἰς ὁπότ᾽ ἔσται (Aeschines Orator) 3. with the optative in reference to the past, whenever , to express an event that has often occurred, ὁπότε Κρήτηθεν ἵκοιτο (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;also in oratio obliqua, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc. 4. in indirect phrases, ἴδμεν, ὁππότε Τηλέμαχος νεῖται when he is to return , (Odyssey by Homer); with optative, δέγμενος ὁππότε ναυσὶν ἐφορμηθεῖεν (Iliad by Homer) 5. in causal sense, for that, because, since , like Lat. quando for quoniam , (Theognis Elegiacus), etc.: so ὁπότε γε, Lat. quandoquidem, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)