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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 49 times in 44 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:2 - “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose,[fn] and we have come to worship him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:4 - He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:20 - But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man[fn] has no place even to lay his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:17 - On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:12 - On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go to prepare the Passover meal for you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:14 - At the house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:47 - Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where Jesus’ body was laid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:25 - Then he asked them, “Where is your faith?”
The disciples were terrified and amazed. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “When he gives a command, even the wind and waves obey him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:58 - But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:17 - He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:17 - Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:37 - “Where will this happen, Lord?”[fn] the disciples asked.
Jesus replied, “Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:9 - “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:11 - say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - Jesus looked around and saw them following. “What do you want?” he asked them.
They replied, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:39 - “Come and see,” he said. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon when they went with him to the place where he was staying, and they remained with him the rest of the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:8 - The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11 - The Jewish leaders tried to find him at the festival and kept asking if anyone had seen him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:35 - The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this statement. “Where is he planning to go?” they asked. “Is he thinking of leaving the country and going to the Jews in other lands?[fn] Maybe he will even teach the Greeks!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:10 - Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Jesus told them, “These claims are valid even though I make them about myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don’t know this about me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:19 - “Where is your father?” they asked.
Jesus answered, “Since you don’t know who I am, you don’t know who my Father is. If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:12 - “Where is he now?” they asked.
“I don’t know,” he replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:34 - “Where have you put him?” he asked them.
They told him, “Lord, come and see.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:57 - Meanwhile, the leading priests and Pharisees had publicly ordered that anyone seeing Jesus must report it immediately so they could arrest him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - Jesus replied, “My light will shine for you just a little longer. Walk in the light while you can, so the darkness will not overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness cannot see where they are going.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:36 - Simon Peter asked, “Lord, where are you going?”
And Jesus replied, “You can’t go with me now, but you will follow me later.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:5 - “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:5 - “But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking where I am going.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2 - She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:13 - “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her.
“Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:15 - “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?”
She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:29 - At this rate they were afraid we would soon be driven against the rocks along the shore, so they threw out four anchors from the back of the ship and prayed for daylight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:27 - Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:20 - So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:17 - If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:19 - How strange a body would be if it had only one part!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:55 - O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:15 - Where is that joyful and grateful spirit you felt then? I am sure you would have taken out your own eyes and given them to me if it had been possible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:8 - It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:18 - And also,
“If the righteous are barely saved,
what will happen to godless sinners?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4 - They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11 - But anyone who hates another brother or sister is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:13 - “I know that you live in the city where Satan has his throne, yet you have remained loyal to me. You refused to deny me even when Antipas, my faithful witness, was martyred among you there in Satan’s city.
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