μήποτε (= μή ποτε, and so written in WH, exc.
Mat.25:9),
negative particle, related to οὔποτε as μή to οὐ.
1. As neg. particle,
never:
Heb.9:17 (R, mg., but see infr.; WH, txt., μή τότε).
2. As conjc., lest ever, lest haply (the idea of chance rather than of time seems to prevail in NT) :
Mat.4:6 (LXX)
Mat.5:25;
7:6;
13:15" (LXX),
Mat.13:29;
15:32;
27:64,
Mrk.4:12" (LXX)
Mrk.14:2,
Luk.4:11;
12:58;
14:12, 29,
Act.28:27; after verbs of fearing or taking heed,
Luk.21:34,
Heb.2:1;
3:12;
4:1; with ellipse of the verb or ptcp.,
Luk.14:8,
Act.5:39; in later writers (see M,
Pr., 192 f.), perhaps,
Mat.25:9 3.
As interrogative;
(a)
in direct questions, like μή, expecting a negative answer:
Jhn.7:26,
Heb.9:17, (R, txt., cf. Westc., in l; but see supr.);
(b)
in indirect questions, whether haply, if haply:
Luk.3:15,
2Ti.2:25.†
(AS)
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