Strong G4225πού
somewhere
- Transliteration
- pou
- Pronunciation
- poo
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Genitive case of πός pos an indefinite pronoun (some) otherwise obsolete (compare G4214); as adverb of place somewhere that is nearly: - about a certain place.
Detailed definition
πού
enclitic particle,
1. anywhere, somewhere: Heb.2:6 4:4.
2. in some degree, perhaps, about: Act.27:29 (T, μήπου), Rom.4:19; δή που (T, δήπου), surely: Heb.2:16.†
(AS)
enclitic particle,
1. anywhere, somewhere: Heb.2:6 4:4.
2. in some degree, perhaps, about: Act.27:29 (T, μήπου), Rom.4:19; δή που (T, δήπου), surely: Heb.2:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4225 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- place2
- where2
- about1
- whither1
First verses
- Mark 15:47And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
- John 1:39He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
- Romans 4:19And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
- Hebrews 2:6But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
- Hebrews 4:4For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
- 1 John 2:11But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
που,
Ionic dialect κου, Aeolic dialect ποι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 25.17, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.101, “BCH” 37.157 (Cyme, 3rd c.BC), probably in 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 9)]:—enclitic adverb anywhere, somewhere, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.514, etc.)]; frequently with other Advs. of Place, οὐχ ἑκάς π. somewhere not far off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 41; πέλας π. [prev. work] 163 (_anapaest meter_); μηδαμοῦ.. π. [prev. work] 256 (uncertain reading))]; π. πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.3; ἄλλοθί π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.41; τῇδέ π. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.108.3, etc.: with _genitive_, ἀλλά π. αὐτοῦ ἀγρῶν)] in some part there of the fields, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.639)]; ἐμβαλεῖν π. (perhaps ποι) τῆς χώρας some part of the country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.42; εἴ π. τῆς χώρας ταὐτὸ τοῦτο πάθος συνέβη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.195.)]
II without reference to Place, in some degree, καί πού τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.87)]: frequently to qualify an expression, perhaps, I suppose, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]; added to introductory Particles, οὕτω π... [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.116; Ζεὺς μέν π. τό γε οἶδε 3.308; ὡς ὅτε π. 11.292)]; ἤν π., εἰ μή π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 3.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372a: strengthened, τάχ᾽ ἄν π. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1116; ἴσως π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 518)]: attached to single words to limit their significance, πάντως κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.73)]; τί π. δράσει; what in the world? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 743; οὐδείς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 64d)]; with numerals, ἔτεα τρία καὶ δέκα κ. μάλιστα about thirteen years, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, compare 209, 7.22, etc.: οὔ τί που)] denies with indignation or wonder, surely it cannot be.., οὔ τί π. οὗτος Ἀπόλλων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.87, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1233, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1260, “Pax” 1211, “Ra.” 522, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 362d, etc.)]; οὐ δήπου adds a shade of suspicion, οὐ δήπου Στράτω; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 122, compare “Av.” 269, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 194b)]: for δήπου, ἦπου, (see entry).—In late writers [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ ((LXX.Josh.2.5, +others, NT.John.7.35, +others, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.27.9, 4.1.93, etc.) ποῦ, που)] take the place of ποῖ, ποι, with Verbs of motion, as in Engl. where for whither? This idiom (condemned by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 30, ποῦ ἄπει.. ἁμάρτημα))] is found occasionally in early authors, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχοντα; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.219; ἐξελθών που 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.8; ἰόντα που 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.16)]; but in pure Attic dialect only as falsa lectio for{ποῖ},{ποι}.
Ionic dialect κου, Aeolic dialect ποι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 25.17, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.101, “BCH” 37.157 (Cyme, 3rd c.BC), probably in 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 9)]:—enclitic adverb anywhere, somewhere, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.514, etc.)]; frequently with other Advs. of Place, οὐχ ἑκάς π. somewhere not far off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 41; πέλας π. [prev. work] 163 (_anapaest meter_); μηδαμοῦ.. π. [prev. work] 256 (uncertain reading))]; π. πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.3; ἄλλοθί π. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.41; τῇδέ π. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.108.3, etc.: with _genitive_, ἀλλά π. αὐτοῦ ἀγρῶν)] in some part there of the fields, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.639)]; ἐμβαλεῖν π. (perhaps ποι) τῆς χώρας some part of the country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.42; εἴ π. τῆς χώρας ταὐτὸ τοῦτο πάθος συνέβη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.195.)]
II without reference to Place, in some degree, καί πού τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.87)]: frequently to qualify an expression, perhaps, I suppose, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]; added to introductory Particles, οὕτω π... [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.116; Ζεὺς μέν π. τό γε οἶδε 3.308; ὡς ὅτε π. 11.292)]; ἤν π., εἰ μή π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 3.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372a: strengthened, τάχ᾽ ἄν π. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1116; ἴσως π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 518)]: attached to single words to limit their significance, πάντως κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.73)]; τί π. δράσει; what in the world? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 743; οὐδείς π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 64d)]; with numerals, ἔτεα τρία καὶ δέκα κ. μάλιστα about thirteen years, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, compare 209, 7.22, etc.: οὔ τί που)] denies with indignation or wonder, surely it cannot be.., οὔ τί π. οὗτος Ἀπόλλων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.87, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1233, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1260, “Pax” 1211, “Ra.” 522, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 362d, etc.)]; οὐ δήπου adds a shade of suspicion, οὐ δήπου Στράτω; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 122, compare “Av.” 269, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 194b)]: for δήπου, ἦπου, (see entry).—In late writers [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ ((LXX.Josh.2.5, +others, NT.John.7.35, +others, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.27.9, 4.1.93, etc.) ποῦ, που)] take the place of ποῖ, ποι, with Verbs of motion, as in Engl. where for whither? This idiom (condemned by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 30, ποῦ ἄπει.. ἁμάρτημα))] is found occasionally in early authors, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχοντα; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.219; ἐξελθών που 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.8; ἰόντα που 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.16)]; but in pure Attic dialect only as falsa lectio for{ποῖ},{ποι}.