GreekG4459PRT-I

πῶς

pōs

102Occurrences
G4459Strong's #
PRT-IPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!

adverb from the base of G4226 (ποῦ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
with subjc.; π. οὖν; π. δέ; with optative.
2.As sometimes in cl. but more frequently and increasingly so in late writers (see WM, §57, 2; Bl., §70, 2; Thumb, MGr., 192; Jannaris, Gr., App., vi, 13f.), = ὅπως, *ὥς; *(a) in indirect discourse
(b)in exclamations

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

PRT-I

Morphology Code

G:PRT-I

Full Description

G:PRT-I

Occurrences

πῶς appears 102 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
20
Luke
16
Mark
16
Matthew
14
1 Corinthians
9
Acts
8
Romans
6
1 Thessalonians
2

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 14:7BSB

Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?

Acts 20:18BSB

When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

John 6:52BSB

At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

Luke 22:2BSB

and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people.

Mark 10:24BSB

And the disciples were amazed at His words.But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

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