πῶς pōs · G4459

how?!

πῶς, interrog. adv., correl. of ὅπως, ; 1. prop., in direct questions, how?: with indic., Mat.12:29, Mrk.3:23, Luk.11:18, Jhn.3:4, al.; καὶ π., Mrk.4:13, Luk.20:44; π. οὖν, Mat.12:26; π. οὐ, Mat.16:11, Luk.12:56; in deliberative questions (cf. Bl., §64, 6), with subjc., Mat.23:33 26:54; π. οὖν, Rom.10:14; π. δέ, Rom.10:14, 15; before ἄν, with optative, Act.8:31. ; 2. As sometimes in cl. but more frequently and increasingly so in late writers (see WM, §57, 2; Bl., §70, 2; Thumb, MGr., 192; Jannaris, Gr., App., vi, 13f.), = ὅπως, ὥς; ; (a) in indirect discourse: with indic., Mat.6:28, Mrk.12:41, Luk.8:36, Jhn.9:15, Act.9:27, al.; with subjc., Mrk.11:18, Luk.12:11; (b) in exclamations: …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

πῶς, ; Ionic dialect κῶς, interrogative adverb of Manner, how? []; sometimes to express displeasure, []; to express astonishment or doubt, π. εἶπα; []; π. λέγει; []; π. φῄ; []; π. τοῦτ᾽ ἔλεξα; []; π. τοῦτ᾽ εἶπες α; []; also π. μὴ φῶμεν..; surely we must, []; b in dialogue, to ask explanation, with a repetition of a word used by the previous speaker, δίκαια— Answ. π. δίκαι; []; μὴ δίκαιος ὤν—Answ. π. μὴ δίκαιο; []; συμβολάς—Answ. π. συμβολά; []; πῶς alone, how so, π., ὅς γε..; []; 2 with a …

Where it's used 105 times

Matthew 6:28 · Matthew 7:4 · Matthew 10:19 · Matthew 12:4 · Matthew 12:26 · Matthew 12:29 · Matthew 12:34 · Matthew 16:11 · Matthew 21:20 · Matthew 22:12 · Matthew 22:43 · Matthew 22:45 · Matthew 23:33 · Matthew 26:54 · Mark 2:26 · Mark 3:23 · Mark 4:13 · Mark 4:30 · Mark 4:40 · Mark 5:16 · Mark 8:21 · Mark 9:12 · Mark 10:23 · Mark 10:24 · Mark 11:18 · Mark 12:26 · Mark 12:35 · Mark 12:41 · Mark 14:1 · Mark 14:11 · Luke 1:34 · Luke 6:42 · Luke 8:18 · Luke 8:36 · Luke 10:26 · Luke 11:18 · Luke 12:11 · Luke 12:27 · Luke 12:50 · Luke 12:56 · Luke 14:7 · Luke 18:24 · Luke 20:41 · Luke 20:44 · Luke 22:2 · Luke 22:4 · John 3:4 · John 3:9 · John 3:12 · John 4:9 · John 5:44 · John 5:47 · John 6:42 · John 6:52 · John 7:15 · John 8:33 · John 9:10 · John 9:15 · John 9:16 · John 9:19 … and 45 more

Source: TBESG G4459; TFLSJ G4459

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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