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Lexicon :: Strong's G4159 - pothen

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πόθεν
Transliteration
pothen (Key)
Pronunciation
poth'-en
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of πόσις (G4213) with enclitic adverb of origin
mGNT
29x in 1 unique form(s) TR
28x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
32x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

πόθεν póthen, poth'-en; from the base of G4213 with enclitic adverb of origin; from which (as interrogative) or what (as relative) place, state, source or cause:—whence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G4159 in the following manner: whence (28x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G4159 in the following manner: whence (28x).

  1. of place: from where, from what condition

  2. of origin or source: from what author or giver

  3. of cause: how is that?, how can that be?

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πόθεν póthen, poth'-en; from the base of G4213 with enclitic adverb of origin; from which (as interrogative) or what (as relative) place, state, source or cause:—whence.
STRONGS G4159:
πόθεν, adverb (from Homer down), whence;
a. of place,from what place: Matthew 15:33; Luke 13:25, 27; John 3:8; John 6:5; John 8:14; John 9:29, 30; John 19:9; Revelation 7:13; from what condition, Revelation 2:5.
b. of origin or source, equivalent to from what author or giver: Matt. 13:(Matthew 13:27),Matthew 13:54,56; Matthew 21:25; Mark 6:2; Luke 20:7; John 2:9; James 4:1; from what parentage, John 7:27f (cf. John 6:42), see Meyer at the passage,
c. of cause, how is it that? how can it be that? Mark 8:4; Mark 12:37; Luke 1:43; John 1:48 (John 1:49); John 4:11.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
13; 13:27; 13:54; 13:56; 15:33; 21:25
Mark
6:2; 8:4; 12:37
Luke
1:43; 13:25; 13:27; 20:7
John
1:48; 1:49; 2:9; 3:8; 4:11; 6:5; 6:42; 7:27; 8:14; 9:29; 9:30; 19:9
James
4:1
Revelation
2:5; 7:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4159 matches the Greek πόθεν (pothen),
which occurs 29 times in 26 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:54

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:54 - Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:56 - Aren't all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:33 - The talmidim said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:25 - The immersion of Yochanan, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:2 - When the Shabbat had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:4 - His talmidim answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:37 - Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:43 - Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:25 - When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27 - He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:7 - They answered that they didn't know where it was from.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:48 - Natan'el said to him, "How do you know me?" Yeshua answered him, "Before Pilipos called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:9 - When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 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 Box Jhn 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:11 - The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:5 - Yeshua therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Pilipos, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:27 - However we know where this man comes from, but when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he comes from."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:28 - Yeshua therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 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 Box Jhn 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:29 - We know that God has spoken to Moshe. But as for this man, we don't know where he comes from."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:30 - The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:9 - He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Yeshua, "Where are you from?" But Yeshua gave him no answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:1 - Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:5 - Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your menorah out of its place, unless you repent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:13 - One of the Zakenim answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?"
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