2001 Translation

POTERON, poteron

Sounds Like: PO-teh-ron

Translations: whether, which (of two), if, whether or not

From the root: ΠΟΤΕΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Interrogative Adverb, Interrogative Pronoun, Interrogative Adjective

Explanation: This word is an interrogative particle, pronoun, or adjective used to introduce a question, often implying a choice between two alternatives. As an adverb, it means 'whether' or 'if'. As a pronoun or adjective, it means 'which of two'. It can introduce both direct and indirect questions.

Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G4219 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 19:5

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 12:22

Codex Sinaiticus

• Job — 4:6, 4:12, 7:1, 7:12, 13:7, 13:11, 15:2, 21:22, 22:2, 22:5, 26:2, 31:15
• John — 7:17

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 33:301, 10:120
• Book Two — 10:120

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 6:125
• Book 3 — 1:20
• Book 6 — 5:71
• Book 7 — 13:321
• Book 8 — 10:257
• Book 15 — 5:140
• Book 16 — 7:211

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 3:57, 4:28

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Job — 4:6, 4:12, 7:1, 7:12, 13:7, 13:11, 15:2, 21:22, 22:2, 22:5, 26:2, 31:15

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 28:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• John — 7:17

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 4:4

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΤΕΡΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΚΑΙΠΟΤΕΡΟΙ — both, which of the two
• ΠΟΤΕΡΟΙ — which of two, whether, which
• ΠΟΤΕΡΟΙΣ — which of two, which, whether
• ΠΟΤΕΡΟΣ — which of the two, whether

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