GreekG4226Adverb

ποῦ

pou

43Occurrences
G4226Strong's #
AdverbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality

genitive case of an interrogative pronoun (what) otherwise obsolete (perhaps the same as G4225 (πού) used with the rising slide of inquiry);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
interrog. adv.
1.prop., where?
2.= ὅπου
3.In colloq. (as in Eng.) = ποῖ, whither
LXX: for אַי, אַיֵּה, אָן

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adverb

Morphology Code

G:ADV-I

Full Description

G:ADV-I

Occurrences

ποῦ appears 43 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
18
Luke
7
1 Corinthians
4
Matthew
4
Mark
3
1 John
1
1 Peter
1
2 Peter
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:20BSB

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

Hebrews 11:8BSB

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

John 16:5BSB

Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

John 8:14BSB

Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.

Luke 8:25BSB

“Where is your faith?” He asked.Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”

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