μηδέποτε
mēdepote
G3368
G:ADV-N
Greek
never
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Greek
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Medepote marks an absolute negation: continual learning does not result in reaching knowledge of the truth.
Its sole attested use marks the claimed inability of those always learning to reach knowledge of the truth.
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Never reaching knowledge of the truth · dominant
In 2 Timothy 3:7, the adverb qualifies the statement that people are always learning yet do not reach knowledge of the truth; the APB renders the clause "never able to come to knowledge of the truth."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Timothy 3:7, the APB presents the clause as "never able to come to knowledge of the truth." This rendering confirms the clause's overall negation rather than isolating each Greek word.