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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 101 times in 87 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 3:9–Pro 23:30)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9 - Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 -

Then Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - And he said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant-woman, where have you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:9 -

Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “There, in the tent.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:5 - and they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may [fn]know them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:7 -

Then Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:17 - And he commanded the first one in front, saying, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16 - And he said, “I am seeking my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:30 - Then he returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - So he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the cult prostitute who was by the road at Enaim?” But they said, “There has been no cult prostitute here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:20 - And he said to his daughters, “Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Call him so that he may eat bread.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - ‘Where can we go up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And moreover, we saw the sons of the Anakim there.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37 -

“And He will say, ‘Where are their gods,

The rock in which they sought refuge?

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “Now it happened when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:20 - Then the men of Ai turned [fn]back and looked, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended to the sky, and they had no place to flee this way or that, for the people who had been fleeing to the wilderness turned against the pursuers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His wondrous deeds which our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:18 -

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” And they said, “They were like you, each one [fn]resembling the son of a king.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your [fn]boasting now with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Is this not the people whom you rejected? Go out now and fight with them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - (Then the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the sons of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this evil take place?”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - Her mother-in-law then said to her, “Where did you glean today and where did you [fn]work? May he who took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had [fn]worked and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:14 -

Now Saul’s uncle said to him and his young man, “Where did you go?” And he said, “To look for the donkeys. And we saw that they were not anywhere, so we went to Samuel.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22 - Then he himself went to Ramah and came as far as the large well that is in Secu; and he asked and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And someone said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - “This thing that you have done is not good. As Yahweh lives, all of you [fn]must surely die because you did not keep watch over your lord, the anointed of Yahweh. So now, see where the king’s spear is and the jug of water that was at his head.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:1 -

Now it happened afterwards that David asked of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” And Yahweh said to him, “Go up.” So David said, “Where shall I go up?” And He said, “To Hebron.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - And Abner repeated again to Asahel, “Turn [fn]aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:4 - So the king said to him, “Where is he?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - “As for me, where could I [fn]get rid of my reproach? And as for you, you will be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. So now, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:3 - Then the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will return the kingdom of my father to me.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - Then Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman said to them, “They have crossed the brook of water.” And when they searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12 - And the king made of the almug trees supports for the house of Yahweh and for the king’s house, also lyres and harps for the singers; such almug trees have not come in again nor have they been seen to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:14 - And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and struck the waters and said, “Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?” Indeed, he himself also struck the waters, and they were divided here and there! And Elisha crossed over.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:6 - Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there and made the iron float.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:13 - So he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him.” And it was told to him, saying, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:34 - ‘Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and [fn]Ivvah? When have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13 - ‘Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 -

Where now is my hope?

And who beholds my hope?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:29 -

Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves,

For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,

So that you may know there is judgment.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 -

He perishes forever like his refuse;

Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28 -

“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the nobleman,

And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:10 -

“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,

Who gives songs of praise in the night,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 -

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?

Tell Me, if you know understanding,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3 -

My tears have been my food day and night,

While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 -

As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries reproach me,

While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 -

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Let it be known among the nations before our eyes:

Vengeance for the blood of Your slaves which has been poured out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:49 -

Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord,

Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:2 -

Why should the nations say,

“Where, now, is their God?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:7 -

Where can I go from Your Spirit?

Or where can I flee from Your presence?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:31 -

If the righteous will be repaid in the earth,

How much more the wicked and the sinner!

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:30 -

Those who linger long over wine,

Those who go to search out mixed wine.


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