ὅπου (from 
ποῦ and the relative 
ὁ) (from 
Homer down), 
where; 
1. adverb of place, 
a. in which place, where; 
α. in relative sentences with the indicative it is used to refer to a preceding noun of place; as, 
ἐπί τῆς γῆς, 
ὅπου etc. 
Matthew 6:19; add, 
Matthew 6:20; 
Matthew 13:5; 
Matthew 28:6; 
Mark 6:55; 
Mark 9:44, 
46 (which verses 
T WH omit; 
Tr brackets), 48; 
Luke 12:33; 
John 1:28; 
John 4:20, 
46; 
John 6:23; 
John 7:42; 
John 10:40; 
John 11:30; 
John 12:1; 
John 18:1, 
20; 
John 19:18, 
20, 
41; 
John 20:12; 
Acts 17:1; 
Revelation 11:8; 
Revelation 20:10. it refers to 
ἐκεῖ or 
ἐκεῖσε to be mentally supplied in what precedes or follows: 
Matthew 25:24, 
26; 
Mark 2:4; 
Mark 4:15; 
Mark 5:40; 
Mark 13:14; 
John 3:8; 
John 6:62; 
John 7:34; 
John 11:32; 
John 14:3; 
John 17:24; 
John 20:19; 
Romans 15:20; 
Hebrews 9:16; 
Hebrews 10:18; 
Revelation 2:13. it refers to 
ἐκεῖ expressed in what follows: 
Matthew 6:21; 
Luke 12:34; 
Luke 17:37; 
John 12:26; 
James 3:16. in imitation of the Hebrew 
שָׁם אֲשֶׁר (
Genesis 13:3; 
Ecclesiastes 9:10, etc.): 
ὅπου ἐκεῖ, 
Revelation 12:6 (
G T Tr WH), 14 (see 
ἐκεῖ, a.); 
ὅπου... 
ἐπ' αὐτῶν, 
Revelation 17:9. 
ὅπου also refers to men, so that it is equivalent to 
with (among) whom, in whose house: 
Matthew 26:57; (add, 
Revelation 2:13; cf. 
Winers Grammar, § 54, 7 at the end); 
in which state (viz. of the renewed man), 
Colossians 3:11. it is loosely connected with the thought to which it refers, so that it is equivalent to 
wherein (
A. V. whereas), 
2 Peter 2:11 (in the same sense in indirect question, 
Xenophon, mem. 3, 5, 1). 
ὅπου ἄν, 
wherever — with imperfect indicative (see 
ἄν, II. 1), 
Mark 6:56 (
Tdf. ἐάν); with aorist subjunctive (Latin future perfect), 
Mark 9:18 (where 
L T Tr WH ὅπου ἐάν); 
Mark 14:9 (here too 
T WH ὅπου ἐάν); also 
ὅπου ἐάν (see 
ἐάν, II.), 
Matthew 26:13; 
Mark 6:10; 
Mark 14:14a (in both of the last two passages, 
L Tr ὅπου ἄν); with subjunctive present 
Matthew 24:28. 
β. in indirect questions (yet cf. 
Winer's Grammar, § 57, 2 at the end), with subjunctive aorist: 
Mark 14:14b; 
Luke 22:11. 
b. joined to verbs signifying motion into a place instead of 
ὅποι, 
into which place, whither (see 
ἐκεῖ, b.): followed by the indicative, 
John 8:21; 
John 13:33, 
36; 
John 14:4; 
John 21:18; (
James 3:4 T Tr WH (see below)); 
ὅπου ἄν, 
where (whither) soever, with indicative present, 
Revelation 14:4 L Tr WH (cf. below), cf. 
Buttmann, § 139, 30; with subjunctive present, 
Luke 9:57 R G T WH (others, 
ὅπου ἐάν, see below); 
James 3:4 (
R G L); 
Revelation 14:4 R G T (see above); 
ὅπου ἐάν, with subjunctive present, 
Matthew 8:19, and 
L Tr in 
Luke 9:57. 
2. It gets the force of a conditional particle 
if (
in case that, in so far as (
A. V. whereas (cf. 
2 Peter 2:11 above))): 
1 Corinthians 3:3 (
Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 43, 1 [ET], and often in Greek writings; cf. Grimm on 4 Macc. 2:14; Meyer on 
1 Corinthians 3:3; (Müller on the Epistle of Barnabas 16, 63). 
    THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
     Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
     All rights reserved. Used by permission. 
    BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's