Strong G4458πως
how
- Transliteration
- pōs
- Pronunciation
- poce
- Morphology
- Greek Particle
Definition
Detailed definition
πως,
enclit. part.,
at all; see: εἴπως, μήπως.
μήπως
or μή πως (so WH),
negative particle,
1. as conjc., lest haply: in final sentences, 1Co.9:27, 2Co.2:7 9:4; after verbs of fearing or taking heed, 1Co.8:9, 2Co.11:3 12:20, Gal.4:11; with an ellipse of ptcp. (sc. φοβούμενος; cf. B1., § 65, 3; Burton, § 225), 1Th.3:5 (but see infr.).
2. As interrogative, whether haply: Gal.2:2, 1Th.3:5 (cf. M, Th., in l, but see supr.).†
μήπου
(WH, μή που),
lest anywhere, lest haply: Act.27:29.†
(AS)
enclit. part.,
at all; see: εἴπως, μήπως.
μήπως
or μή πως (so WH),
negative particle,
1. as conjc., lest haply: in final sentences, 1Co.9:27, 2Co.2:7 9:4; after verbs of fearing or taking heed, 1Co.8:9, 2Co.11:3 12:20, Gal.4:11; with an ellipse of ptcp. (sc. φοβούμενος; cf. B1., § 65, 3; Burton, § 225), 1Th.3:5 (but see infr.).
2. As interrogative, whether haply: Gal.2:2, 1Th.3:5 (cf. M, Th., in l, but see supr.).†
μήπου
(WH, μή που),
lest anywhere, lest haply: Act.27:29.†
(AS)
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
πως,
Ionic dialect κως, enclitic adverb of Manner, in any way, at all, by any means, οὐ μέν π. ἅλιον πέλει ὅρκιον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.158, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.392)]; ἀλλὰ μὴ γένοιτό π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1249)]; compare οὔπως, μήπως: frequently after other adverbs of Manner, ὧδέ π. somehow so, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.7)]; ἄλλως π. in some other way, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 3.1.20; τεχνικῶς π. [prev. work] 6.1.5)]; εὐσχημόνως π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.3.9)]; sometimes merely to qualify their force, when it cannot be always rendered by any one English equivalent, ἀεί π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.211)]; μάλα π[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. 14.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.54)]; μόγις π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328d, etc.: with Verbs, καὶ ἔτυχέ κως τοῦ μάγου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.78, compare 150)]; τὸ γὰρ κάταγμα τυγχάνω ῥίψασά π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 695; ἠθάς εἰμί π. τῶν τῆσδε μύθων [prev. author] “El.” 372; πράσσοντές π. ταῦτα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.3)]; ἀπώκνησάν π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.20; frequently after γάρ, ἔνεστι γάρ π... τῇ τυραννίδι νόσημα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 226, compare “Ch.” 958 (Lyric poetry), etc.: most frequently after hypothet. Particles, εἴ πως 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.460)]; ἐάν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1770 (_anapaest meter_), “Tr.” 584)]; ἤν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 399)]: expressing uncertainty, I suppose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.95, 3.108.)]
II πως, πῶς, or πώς, in a certain way, opposed to ἁπλῶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275a16; οὐδ᾽ ὁ ἁπλῶς ὀργιζόμενος, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ πῶς [prev. author] “EN” 1106a1; ἀλλὰ πῶς πραττόμενα καὶ πῶς νεμόμενα δίκαια [prev. work] 1137a12.)]
II.2 πὼς μὲν.., πὼς δὲ.. in one way.., in another.. , [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 13, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista in “de An.” 4.25-28, +others)]; πῶς μὲν.., ὅλως δὲ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1263a26. (πῶς is)] adverb of stem πο-[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((I.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] q[uglide]o-), whence ποῦ, ποῖ, πῇ, etc.)
Ionic dialect κως, enclitic adverb of Manner, in any way, at all, by any means, οὐ μέν π. ἅλιον πέλει ὅρκιον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.158, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.392)]; ἀλλὰ μὴ γένοιτό π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1249)]; compare οὔπως, μήπως: frequently after other adverbs of Manner, ὧδέ π. somehow so, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.7)]; ἄλλως π. in some other way, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 3.1.20; τεχνικῶς π. [prev. work] 6.1.5)]; εὐσχημόνως π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.3.9)]; sometimes merely to qualify their force, when it cannot be always rendered by any one English equivalent, ἀεί π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.211)]; μάλα π[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. 14.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.54)]; μόγις π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328d, etc.: with Verbs, καὶ ἔτυχέ κως τοῦ μάγου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.78, compare 150)]; τὸ γὰρ κάταγμα τυγχάνω ῥίψασά π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 695; ἠθάς εἰμί π. τῶν τῆσδε μύθων [prev. author] “El.” 372; πράσσοντές π. ταῦτα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.3)]; ἀπώκνησάν π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.20; frequently after γάρ, ἔνεστι γάρ π... τῇ τυραννίδι νόσημα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 226, compare “Ch.” 958 (Lyric poetry), etc.: most frequently after hypothet. Particles, εἴ πως 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.460)]; ἐάν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1770 (_anapaest meter_), “Tr.” 584)]; ἤν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 399)]: expressing uncertainty, I suppose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.95, 3.108.)]
II πως, πῶς, or πώς, in a certain way, opposed to ἁπλῶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275a16; οὐδ᾽ ὁ ἁπλῶς ὀργιζόμενος, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ πῶς [prev. author] “EN” 1106a1; ἀλλὰ πῶς πραττόμενα καὶ πῶς νεμόμενα δίκαια [prev. work] 1137a12.)]
II.2 πὼς μὲν.., πὼς δὲ.. in one way.., in another.. , [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 13, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista in “de An.” 4.25-28, +others)]; πῶς μὲν.., ὅλως δὲ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1263a26. (πῶς is)] adverb of stem πο-[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((I.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] q[uglide]o-), whence ποῦ, ποῖ, πῇ, etc.)