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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.
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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 44 times in 39 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:2 - saying, 'Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:4 - and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:20 - and Jesus saith to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:17 - And on the first day of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, 'Where wilt thou that we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:12 - And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, 'Where wilt thou, that, having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:14 - and wherever he may go in, say ye to the master of the house -- The Teacher saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where the passover, with my disciples, I may eat?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:25 - and he said to them, 'Where is your faith?' and they being afraid did wonder, saying unto one another, 'Who, then, is this, that even the winds he doth command, and the water, and they obey him?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:58 - and Jesus said to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:17 - and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:17 - And Jesus answering said, 'Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine -- where?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:37 - And they answering say to him, 'Where, sir?' and he said to them, 'Where the body is, there will the eagles be gathered together.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:9 - and they said to him, 'Where wilt thou that we might prepare?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:11 - and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher saith to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where the passover with my disciples I may eat?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:38 - And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, 'What seek ye?' and they said to them, 'Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:8 - the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11 - the Jews, therefore, were seeking him, in the feast, and said, 'Where is that one?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:35 - The Jews, therefore, said among themselves, 'Whither is this one about to go that we shall not find him? -- to the dispersion of the Greeks is he about to go? and to teach the Greeks;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:10 - And Jesus having bent himself back, and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, 'Woman, where are those -- thine accusers? did no one pass sentence upon thee?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:14 - Jesus answered and said to them, 'And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:19 - They said, therefore, to him, 'Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, 'Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:12 - they said, therefore, to him, 'Where is that one?' he saith, 'I have not known.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:34 - 'Where have ye laid him?' they say to him, 'Sir, come and see;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:57 - and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew it, so that they may seize him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:36 - Simon Peter saith to him, 'Sir, whither dost thou go away?' Jesus answered him, 'Whither I go away, thou art not able now to follow me, but afterward thou shalt follow me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:5 - Thomas saith to him, 'Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:5 - and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2 - she runneth, therefore, and cometh unto Simon Peter, and unto the other disciple whom Jesus was loving, and saith to them, 'They took away the Lord out of the tomb, and we have not known where they laid him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:13 - And they say to her, 'Woman, why dost thou weep?' she saith to them, 'Because they took away my Lord, and I have not known where they laid him;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:15 - Jesus saith to her, 'Woman, why dost thou weep? whom dost thou seek;' she, supposing that he is the gardener, saith to him, 'Sir, if thou didst carry him away, tell me where thou didst lay him, and I will take him away;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:27 - Where then is the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:20 - where is the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:17 - If the whole body were an eye, where the hearing? if the whole hearing, where the smelling?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:19 - and if all were one member, where the body?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:55 - where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:8 - By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:18 - And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, the ungodly and sinner -- where shall he appear?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4 - and saying, 'Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:13 - I have known thy works, and where thou dost dwell -- where the throne of the Adversary is -- and thou dost hold fast my name, and thou didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was put to death beside you, where the Adversary doth dwell.
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