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Lexicon :: Strong's G4459 - pōs

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πῶς
Transliteration
pōs (Key)
Pronunciation
poce
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
Adverb from the base of ποῦ (G4226), an interrogative particle of manner
mGNT
106x in 2 unique form(s)
TR
105x in 3 unique form(s)
LXX
102x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

πῶς pōs, poce; adverb from the base of G4226; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!:—how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 103x

The KJV translates Strong's G4459 in the following manner: how (99x), by what means (2x), after what manner (1x), that (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 103x
The KJV translates Strong's G4459 in the following manner: how (99x), by what means (2x), after what manner (1x), that (1x).
  1. how, in what way

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πῶς pōs, poce; adverb from the base of G4226; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!:—how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).
STRONGS G4459:
πῶς (from the obsolete ΠΟΣ, whence ποῦ, ποῖ, etc. (cf. Curtius, § 631)), adverb (from Homer down);
I. in interrogation; how? in what way? — in a direct question, followed by
a. the indicative, it is the expression
α. of one seeking information and desiring to be taught: Luke 1:34; Luke 10:26; John 3:9; John 9:26; 1 Corinthians 15:35 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 266 (250)); πῶς οὖν, John 9:10 Tdf. (but L WH brackets οὖν), John 9:19; Romans 4:10.
β. of one about to controvert another, and emphatically deny that the thing inquired about has happened or been done: Matthew 12:29; Mark 3:23; Luke 11:18; John 3:4, 12; John 5:44, 47; John 6:52; John 9:16; 1 John 3:17; 1 John 4:20; Romans 3:6; Romans 6:2; 1 Corinthians 14:7, 9, 16; 1 Timothy 3:5; Hebrews 2:3; καί πῶς, Mark 4:13; John 14:5 (here L text Tr WH omit καί); πῶς οὖν, Matthew 12:26; Romans 10:14 R G; πῶς δέ, Romans 10:14a R G L marginal reading, 14b R G T, 15 R G (on this see in b. below). where something is asserted and an affirmative answer is expected, πῶς οὐχί is used: Romans 8:32; 2 Corinthians 3:8.
γ. of surprise, intimating that what has been done or is said could not have been done or said, or not rightly done or said — being equivalent to how is it, or how has it come to pass, that etc.: Galatians 2:14 G L T Tr WH; Matthew 22:12; John 4:9; John 6:52; John 7:15; πῶς λέγεις, λέγουσι, κτλ., Mark 12:35; Luke 20:41; John 8:38; καί πῶς, Luke 20:44; Acts 2:8; καί πῶς σύ λέγεις, John 12:34; John 14:9 (here L T WH omit; Tr brackets καί); πῶς οὖν, John 6:42 (here T WH Tr text πῶς νῦν); Matthew 22:43; πῶς οὐ, how is it that... not, why not? Matthew 16:11; Mark 8:21 R G L marginal reading; (R G T); Luke 12:56.
b. the deliberative subjunctive (where the question is, how that can be done which ought to be done): πῶς πληρωθῶσιν αἱ γραφαί, how are the Scriptures (which ought to be fulfilled) to be fulfilled? Matthew 26:54; πῶς φύγητε, how shall ye (who wish to escape) escape etc. Matthew 23:33; add, πῶς οὖν, Romans 10:14 L T Tr WH; πῶς δέ, Romans 10:14a L text T Tr WH; 14{b} L Tr WH; 15 L T Tr WH (Sir. 49:11); cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. ii., 405f
c. followed by ἄν with the optative: πῶς γάρ ἄν δυναίμην; Acts 8:31 (on which see ἄν, III., p. 34b).
II. By a somewhat negligent use, occasionally met with, even in Attic writings, but more frequent in later authors, πῶς is found in indirect discourse, where regularly ὅπως ought to have stood; cf. Winers Grammar, § 57, 2 at the end; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, IV.).
a. with the indicative — present: Matthew 6:28; Mark 12:41; Luke 12:27; Acts 15:36; 1 Corinthians 3:10; Ephesians 5:15; Colossians 4:6; 1 Timothy 3:15; τό πῶς (on the article see , II. 10 a.); with the imperfect Luke 14:7; with the perfect, Revelation 3:3; with the aorist, Matthew 12:4; Mark 2:26 (here Tr WH brackets πῶς); Luke 8:36; Acts 9:27, etc.; after ἀναγινώσκειν, Mark 12:26 T Tr WH; how it came to pass that, etc. John 9:15; with the future: μέριμνα, πῶς ἀρέσει (because the direct question would be πῶς ἀρέσω;), 1 Corinthians 7:32-34 (but L T Tr WH ἀρέσῃ); ἐζήτουν πῶς αὐτόν ἀπολέσουσιν, how they shall destroy him (so that they were in no uncertainty respecting his destruction, but were only deliberating about the way in which they will accomplish it), Mark 11:18 R G (but the more correct reading here, according to the best manuscripts, including codex Siniaticus, is ἀπολέσωσιν 'how they should destroy him' (cf. Winers Grammar, § 41 b. 4 b.; Buttmann, § 139, 61; see the next entry)).
b. with the subjunctive, of the aorist and in deliberation: Mark 11:18 L T Tr WH; Mark 14:1, 11 (R G); Matthew 10:19; Luke 12:11; τό πῶς, Luke 22:2, 4; Acts 4:21.
III. in exclamation, how: πῶς δύσκολόν ἐστιν, Mark 10:24; πῶς παραχρῆμα, Matthew 21:20; πῶς δυσκόλως, Mark 10:23; Luke 18:24; with a verb, how (greatly): πῶς συνέχομαι, Luke 12:50; πῶς ἐφίλει αὐτόν, John 11:36.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:28; 10:19; 12:4; 12:26; 12:29; 16:11; 21:20; 22:12; 22:43; 23:33; 26:54
Mark
2:26; 3:23; 4:13; 8:21; 10:23; 10:24; 11:18; 11:18; 12:26; 12:35; 12:41; 14:1; 14:11
Luke
1:34; 8:36; 10:26; 11:18; 12:11; 12:27; 12:50; 12:56; 14:7; 18:24; 20:41; 20:44; 22:2; 22:4
John
3:4; 3:9; 3:12; 4:9; 5:44; 5:47; 6:42; 6:52; 6:52; 7:15; 8:38; 9:10; 9:15; 9:16; 9:19; 9:26; 11:36; 12:34; 14:5; 14:9
Acts
2:8; 4:21; 8:31; 9:27; 15:36
Romans
3:6; 4:10; 6:2; 8:32; 10:14; 10:14; 10:14; 10:14
1 Corinthians
3:10; 7:32; 7:33; 7:34; 14:7; 14:9; 14:16; 15:35
2 Corinthians
3:8
Galatians
2:14
Ephesians
5:15
Colossians
4:6
1 Timothy
3:5; 3:15
Hebrews
2:3
1 John
3:17; 4:20
Revelation
3:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4459 matches the Greek πῶς (pōs),
which occurs 105 times in 102 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 6:28–Jhn 5:47)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how G4459 they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:4 - Or how G4459 wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:19 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how G4459 or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:4 - How G4459 he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:26 - And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how G4459 shall then his kingdom stand?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:29 - Or else how G4459 can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:34 - O generation of vipers, how G4459 can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:11 - How G4459 is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:20 - And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How G4459 soon is the fig tree withered away!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12 - And he saith unto him, Friend, how G4459 camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:43 - He saith unto them, How G4459 then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:45 - If David then call him Lord, how G4459 is he his son?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:33 - Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how G4459 can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:54 - But how G4459 then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:26 - How G4459 he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How G4459 can Satan cast out Satan?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 - And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then G4459 will ye know all parables?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:40 - And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it G4459 that ye have no faith?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:16 - And they that saw it told them how G4459 it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:21 - And he said unto them, How G4459 is it that ye do not understand?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:12 - And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how G4459 it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:23 - And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How G4459 hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:24 - And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how G4459 hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:18 - And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how G4459 they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:35 - And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How G4459 say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:41 - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how G4459 the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 - After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how G4459 they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:11 - And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how G4459 he might conveniently betray him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:34 - Then said Mary unto the angel, How G4459 shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:42 - Either how G4459 canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:18 - Take heed therefore how G4459 ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:36 - They also which saw it told them by what means G4459 he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:26 - He said unto him, What is written in the law? how G4459 readest thou?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:18 - If Satan also be divided against himself, how G4459 shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:11 - And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how G4459 or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27 - Consider the lilies how G4459 they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:50 - But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how G4459 am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:56 - Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it G4459 that ye do not discern this time?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 - And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how G4459 they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:24 - And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How G4459 hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:41 - And he said unto them, How G4459 say they that Christ is David's son?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:44 - David therefore calleth him Lord, how G4459 is he then his son?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:2 - And the chief priests and scribes sought how G4459 they might kill him; for they feared the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:4 - And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how G4459 he might betray him unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:4 - Nicodemus saith unto him, How G4459 can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:9 - Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How G4459 can these things be?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:12 - If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how G4459 shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:9 - Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that G4459 thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:44 - How G4459 can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:47 - But if ye believe not his writings, how G4459 shall ye believe my words?

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