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pote asks about the time of an event, or presses how long a condition will continue.
The adverb most often asks when an event happened or will occur, including questions about coming, future events, and acts of care. In several appeals, it instead frames the duration of an unresolved condition as “how long” or “until when”; a smaller set of clauses concerns an unknown time or a time awaited.
Senses in use
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Asking the time of an event · dominant
The adverb introduces questions concerning the timing of arrival, future events, or remembered actions. In John 6:25 the APB renders the question about the time of coming across the sea; in Luke 21:7 and Matthew 24:3 it renders requests to know when announced events will happen, while Matthew 25:37 asks when the acts of feeding and giving drink were done.
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Pressing the duration of delay · common
In appeals and rebukes, the adverb frames a continuing situation in terms of its duration. In Luke 9:41 the APB renders Jesus' question, “how long am I to be with you and endure you?”; Revelation 6:10 similarly voices an appeal, “Until when,” before asking about judgment and avenging blood.
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An unspecified or awaited time · occasional
The adverb can point to a time not known or anticipated within a clause. In Mark 13:33 and Mark 13:35 the APB renders that the time of the householder's coming is not known; in Luke 12:36 it places the opening of the door after the lord comes and knocks.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly presents the temporal question with “when,” while appeals over continuing delay appear as “how long” or “Until when.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings indicate the clauses' temporal framing rather than a fixed English equivalent.