What does οὐδέποτε (oudépote) mean in the Bible?
οὐδέποτε (oudépote): Absolute negation of past or future occurrence, emphasizing that something has never happened at any time.
Greek · G3763
οὐδέποτε
Never
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οὐδέποτε G3763
Pronunciation oudépote
What does οὐδέποτε (oudépote) mean in the Bible?
οὐδέποτε (oudépote): Absolute negation of past or future occurrence, emphasizing that something has never happened at any time.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3763?
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include vvv (6), never (5), Nothing (2), . . . (1), {had} never (1).
Where does οὐδέποτε (oudépote) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (5), Acts (3), Hebrews (2), Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It vvv 6× Matthew 21:16, Matthew 21:42, Mark 2:12, Mark 2:25
never 5× Matthew 26:33, Luke 15:29, 1 Corinthians 13:8, Hebrews 10:1
Nothing 2× Matthew 9:33, Acts 11:8
. . . 1× Matthew 7:23
{had} never 1× Acts 14:8
Never {has} 1× John 7:46
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 7:23 Οὐδέποτε to . . . Adverb Matthew 9:33 Οὐδέποτε to Nothing Adverb Matthew 21:16 οὐδέποτε to vvv Adverb Matthew 21:42 Οὐδέποτε to vvv Adverb Matthew 26:33 οὐδέποτε to never Adverb Mark 2:12 οὐδέποτε to vvv Adverb Mark 2:25 Οὐδέποτε to vvv Adverb Luke 15:29 οὐδέποτε to never Adverb Luke 15:29 οὐδέποτε to vvv Adverb John 7:46 Οὐδέποτε to Never {has} Adverb
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 7:23
Aligned rows 16
Books represented 7
Matthew 5 Mark 2 Luke 2 John 1 Acts 3 1 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 2
Source forms
οὐδέποτε 11x oudepote Matthew 21:16, Matthew 26:33, Mark 2:12, Luke 15:29
Οὐδέποτε 5x Oudepote Matthew 7:23, Matthew 9:33, Matthew 21:42, Mark 2:25
Parsing patterns
Adverb 16x Matthew 7:23, Matthew 9:33, Matthew 21:16, Matthew 21:42
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Absolute negation of past or future occurrence, emphasizing that something has never happened at any time.
Strong's G3763
Lexical occurrences 16 verses Greek text appearances 16 times Word forms 1 form 16 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Mat.7:23 Source Gloss
never
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Absolute negation of past or future occurrence, emphasizing that something has never happened at any time.
adv. [in LXX: Exo.10:6 (לֹא), etc. ;] never: Mat.7:23 9:33 26:33, Mrk.2:12, Luk.15:29, Jhn.7:46, Act.10:14 11:8 14:8, 1Co.13:8, Heb.10:1, 11. Interrog., Mat.21:16, 42, Mrk.2:25
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 7:23 Adverb
οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Matthew 9:33 Adverb
Οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Matthew 21:16 Adverb
οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Matthew 21:42 Adverb
Οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Matthew 26:33 Adverb
οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Mark 2:12 Adverb
Οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Mark 2:25 Adverb
Οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Luke 15:29 Adverb
οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Luke 15:29 Adverb
οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse John 7:46 Adverb
Οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Acts 10:14 Adverb
οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Acts 11:8 Adverb
οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Acts 14:8 Adverb
οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse 1 Corinthians 13:8 Adverb
οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Hebrews 10:1 Adverb
οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verse Hebrews 10:11 Adverb
οὐδέποτε oudepote
never
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 16
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 7:23 · Matt 9:33 · Matt 21:16 · Matt 21:42 · Matt 26:33 · Mark 2:12 · Mark 2:25 · Luke 15:29 · John 7:46 · Acts 10:14 · Acts 11:8 · Acts 14:8 · 1 Cor 13:8 · Heb 10:1 · Heb 10:11 16×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Emphatic negation of future knowledge or relationship with lawbreakers
Absolute negation emphasizing unprecedented quality of someone's speech
Eternal negation stating that love will never fail or cease
Negation of sacrificial effectiveness to make worshippers perfect
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 16 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
οὐδέποτε is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain