Strong G3697ὁποῖος

what sort?

Transliteration
hopoios
Pronunciation
hop-oy'-os
Morphology
Greek Correlative or Interrogative

Definition

From G3739 and G4169; of what kind that that is how (as) great (excellent) (specifically as indefinite correlation to antecedent definitely G5108 of quality): - what manner (sort) of such as whatsoever.

Detailed definition

ὁποῖος, -οία, -οῖον
[in LXX: Sng.5:10, 2Ma.11:37 *;]
of what sort: 1Co.3:13, Gal.2:6, 1Th.1:9, Jas.1:24; τοιοῦτος ὁ., such as, Act.26:29.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3697 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • as1
  • man1
  • manner1
  • sort1
  • whatsoever1

First verses

  1. Acts 26:29
    And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:13
    Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
  3. Galatians 2:6
    But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
  4. 1 Thessalonians 1:9
    For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
  5. James 1:24
    For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὁποῖος, α, ον,
Epic dialect ὁπποῖος, η, ον, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, but twice ὁποῖος, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.421, 19.77)]; Ionic dialect ὁκοῖος, η, ον, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 70, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.82, +others, “GDI” iv p.883 (Erythrae, 4th c.BC))]; Cretan dialect ὀτεῖος (which see): correlated to ποῖος: replaced by οἷος in Attic dialect Inscrr. after [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC:)]
1 as Relat., of what sort or quality, ὁπποῖόν κ᾽ εἴπῃσθα ἔπος, τοῖόν κ᾽ ἐπακούσαις as [is] the word thou hast spoken, such shalt thou hear again, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.250)]; τοίῳ ὁποῖος ἔοι such as he might be, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.421; οὔθ᾽ οἷ᾽ ἔπασχεν οὔθ᾽ ὁποῖ᾽ ἔδρα κακά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1272.)]
2 in indirect questions, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.171, etc.; εὑρεῖν ὁποίοις φαρμάκοις ἰάσιμος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 475)]: in direct questions only as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (_falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 878, “Ba.” 663: sometimes followed by ποῖος)] in the same clause, οὐ γὰρ αἰσθάνομαί σου ὁποῖον νόμιμον ἢ ποῖον δίκαιον λέγεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.13; οὐκ οἶδα ὁποίᾳ τόλμῃ ἢ ποίοις λόγοις χρώμενος ἐρῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 414d.)]
II with indefinite words added, ὁποῖός τις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.38, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.2.2; ὁκοῖόν τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.158; γιγνομένων ὁποῖοί τινες ἔτυχον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286b24; so in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ὁπποῖ᾽ ἄσσα)] of what sort, for ὁποῖά τινα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.218; ὁποῖ᾽ ἄττα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 465a; ὁποιοσοῠν)]of what kind soever, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 152d, +others)]; ὁποῖος δή, δήποτε, δηποτοῦν, and οὖν δή, as ὁποία δὴ φλέψ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.58; τοὺς ὁποιουσδήποτε.. ἐξεπέμπετε στρατηγούς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.146: _genitive_, ὁποίου τινὸς οὖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.10: _accusative_ _feminine_, ὁποιαντινοῦν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.11; ὁποῖόσπερ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 669; ὁποιοσποτοῦν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 253b23; ὁποιοσδητισοῦν 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus cited in 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 639.30)]; πόλιν.. οὐδ᾽ ὁποίας ἥττω inferior to none, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.65.3; οὔτ᾽ ἄλλους οὐδ᾽ ὁποίους 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 217)] (c); μηδὲ καθ᾽ ὁποῖον τρόπον [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 672.14 (Delph., 2nd c.BC))]; μηδ᾽ ὁτίη or μηδοτίη, see at {μηδοτίη}.
III neuter plural used as adverb, like as, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 915, 1076, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 398.)]
IV adverb ὁποίως, qualiter, [Refs (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)]