interrogative or indefinite pronoun

hopoios

Greekὁποῖος (hopoios)

Strong’sG3697

of what kind or manner

stem hopoi-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

what3×quality1×what kind of1×

What it means

ὁποῖος, -οία, -οῖον,

[in LXX: Ca 5:10, II Mac 11:37*;]

of what sort: I Co 3:13, Ga 2:6, I Th 1:9, Ja 1:24; τοιοῦτος ὁ., such as, Ac 26:29.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3697 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhop-oy'-os

of what kind that, i.e. how (as) great (excellent) (specially, as an indefinite correlative to the definite antecedent G5108 of quality)

Fromfrom G3739 and G4169;

King Jameswhat manner (sort) of, such as whatsoever.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	hopoios2×ὁποῖος	hopoias	hopoiem1×ὁποῖόν	hopoiois1×ὁποῖοί	hopoiais	hopoieim
object accusative	hopoion	hopoian1×ὁποίαν		hopoioin	hopoiain
direct address vocative	hopoior	hopoiar		hopoioir	hopoiair
of, belonging to genitive	hopoiou	hopoiau	hopoieu	hopoioiu	hopoiaiu	hopoieiu
to, for dative	hopoio	hopoia	hopoie	hopoioi	hopoiai	hopoiei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hopoistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hopoi is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

hopoios“what”subjectnominative singular2×

Acts 26:29“what”tos de Paulos; Euchemoia an to theo kai en olige kai en mege ouk monon sin alla kai pantoin toin akouarōtoin mu sēmeron ginera toioutoin hopoios kai mis amō parektos toiu desmoiu houtoiu.“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”

James 1:24“what”katanoata gar heauton kai aperchatē kai eutheōs epilanthaneta hopoios ate.and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

hopoian“what kind of”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Thessalonians 1:9“what kind of”autois gar peri nu apangellalō hopoian eisodan echana pros vin, kai pōs epistrefava pros ton theon apo teiu eidōleiu douleuarō theo zōarōto kai alēthino,For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

hopoiem“quality”subject or objectdirect singular1×

1 Corinthians 3:13“quality”hekastou tem ergem fanerem gineti, tas gar hēmeras dēlati; hoti en pure apokaluptitō, kai hekastou tem ergem hopoiem atō tem purem autem dokimazati.his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.

hopoiois“what”subjectnominative plural1×

Galatians 2:6“what”apo de toiu dokarōtoiu arō tinem hopoiois pote ale oudenem mi diaferatō; prosōpem theos anthrōpou ouk lambatō mi gar tois dokarōtois oudenem prosanatithela,But as for the highly esteemed— whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism— those leaders added nothing to me.