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Lexicon :: Strong's G4226 - pou

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ποῦ
Transliteration
pou (Key)
Pronunciation
poo
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Genitive case of an interrogative pronoun pos (what) otherwise obsolete (perhaps the same as πού (G4225) used with the rising slide of enquiry)
mGNT
49x in 2 unique form(s) TR
44x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
101x in 2 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

ποῦ poû, poo; genitive case of an interrogative pronoun πός pós (what) otherwise obsolete (perhaps the same as G4225 used with the rising slide of inquiry); as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality:—where, whither.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's G4226 in the following manner: where (37x), whither (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's G4226 in the following manner: where (37x), whither (10x).

  1. somewhere

  2. nearly

  3. with numerals: somewhere about, about

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποῦ poû, poo; genitive case of an interrogative pronoun πός pós (what) otherwise obsolete (perhaps the same as G4225 used with the rising slide of inquiry); as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality:—where, whither.
STRONGS G4226:
ποῦ (cf. Curtius, § 631), an interrogative adverb, from Homer down, the Sept. for אַיֵה, אָנָה, אַי, where? in what place?
a. in direct questions: Matthew 2:2; Matthew 26:17; Mark 14:12, 14; Luke 17:17, 37; Luke 22:9, 11; John 1:38(39); John 7:11; 8:10,19; 9:12; 11:34; ποῦ ἐστιν ((ἐστιν sometimes unexpressed)), in questions indicating that a person or thing is gone, or cannot be found, is equivalent to it is nowhere, does not exist: Luke 8:25; Romans 3:27; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 12:17, 19; 1 Corinthians 15:55; Galatians 4:15 L T Tr WH; 2 Peter 3:4; ποῦ φανεῖται (A. V. where shall... appear) equivalent to there will be no place for him, 1 Peter 4:18.
b. in indirect questions, for the relative ὅπου (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 57, 2 at the end): followed by the indicative, Matthew 2:4; Mark 15:47; John 1:39 (40); John 11:57; 20:2,13,15; Revelation 2:13 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 612 (569)); followed by the subjunctive, Matthew 8:20; Luke 9:58; Luke 12:17.
c. joined to verbs of going or coming, for ποῖ in direct question (cf. our colloquial, where for whither; see Winers Grammar, § 54, 7; Buttmann, 71 (62)): John 7:35 (cf. Winers Grammar, 300 (281); Buttmann, 358 (307)); John 13:36; 16:5; in indirect question, followed by the indicative: John 3:8; John 8:14; John 12:35; John 14:5; Hebrews 11:8; 1 John 2:11.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:2; 2:4; 8:20; 26:17
Mark
14:12; 14:14; 15:47
Luke
8:25; 9:58; 12:17; 17:17; 17:37; 22:9; 22:11
John
1:38; 1:39; 3:8; 7:11; 7:35; 8:10; 8:14; 8:19; 9:12; 11:34; 11:57; 12:35; 13:36; 14:5; 16:5; 20:2; 20:13; 20:15
Romans
3:27
1 Corinthians
1:20; 12:17; 12:19; 15:55
Galatians
4:15
Hebrews
11:8
1 Peter
4:18
2 Peter
3:4
1 John
2:11
Revelation
2:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4226 matches the Greek ποῦ (pou),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in 'Jhn' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - Yeshua turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you staying?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:39 - He said to them, "Come, and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:8 - The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11 - The Yehudim therefore sought him at the feast, and said, "Where is he?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:35 - The Yehudim therefore said among themselves, "Where will this man go that we won't find him? Will he go to the Diaspora among the Yevanim, and teach the Yevanim?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:10 - Yeshua, standing up, saw her and said, "Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Yeshua answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:19 - They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Yeshua answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:12 - Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:34 - and said, "Where have you laid him?" They told him, "Lord, come and see."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:57 - Now the chief Kohanim and the Perushim had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - Yeshua therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:36 - Shim`on Rock said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Yeshua answered, "Where I am going, you can't follow now, but you will follow afterwards."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:5 - T'oma says to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:5 - But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2 - Therefore she ran and came to Shim`on Rock, and to the other talmid whom Yeshua loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have laid him!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:13 - They told her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don't know where they have laid him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:15 - Yeshua said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."
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