Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NET

NET

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G4226 - pou

Choose a new font size and typeface
ποῦ
Transliteration
pou (Key)
Pronunciation
poo
Listen
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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 49 times in 44 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:2 - saying, "Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:4 - After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:20 - Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:17 - Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:12 - Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:14 - Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:47 - Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:25 - Then he said to them, "Where is your faith?" But they were afraid and amazed, saying to one another, "Who then is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:58 - Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:17 - so he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:17 - Then Jesus said, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:37 - Then the disciples said to him, "Where, Lord?" He replied to them, "Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:9 - They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:11 - and tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, "What do you want?" So they said to him, "Rabbi" (which is translated Teacher), "where are you staying?"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:39 - Jesus answered, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o'clock in the afternoon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:8 - The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11 - So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking, "Where is he?"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:35 - Then the Jewish leaders said to one another, "Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:10 - Jesus stood up straight and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:19 - Then they began asking him, "Who is your father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:12 - They said to him, "Where is that man?" He replied, "I don't know."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:34

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:57 - (Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:36 - Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:5 - Thomas said, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:5 - But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2 - So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:13 - They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" Mary replied, "They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:15 - Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:27 - Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:20 - Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:17 - If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:19 - If they were all the same member, where would the body be?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:55 - "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:15 - Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:8 - By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:18 - And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4 - and saying, "Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11 - But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:13 - 'I know where you live - where Satan's throne is. Yet you continue to cling to my name and you have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NET
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NET
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.