pou

Strong’sG4225

somewhere

stem pou-once in the New Testamentnever changes form

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

πού,

enclitic particle,

1. anywhere, somewhere: He 2:6 4:4.

2. in some degree, perhaps, about: Ac 27:29 (T, μήπου), Ro 4:19; δή που (T, δήπου), surely: He 2:16.†

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

Strong’s G4225 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpoo

as adverb of place, somewhere, i.e. nearly

Fromgenitive case of an indefinite pronoun πός (some) otherwise obsolete (compare G4214);

King Jamesabout, a certain place.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

που,
Ionic dialect κου, Aeolic dialect ποι Refs 7th c.BC+:—enclitic adverb anywhere, somewhere, Refs 8th c.BC+; frequently with other Advs. of Place, οὐχ ἑκάς π. somewhere not far off, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ Refs 5th c.BC+ in some part there of the fields, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐμβαλεῖν π. (perhaps ποι) τῆς χώρας some part of the country, Refs 5th c.BC+
II without reference to Place, in some degree, καί πού τι Refs 5th c.BC+: frequently to qualify an expression, perhaps, I suppose, Refs 8th c.BC+; added to introductory Particles, οὕτω π... Refs 8th c.BC+; ἤν π., εἰ μή π., Refs 5th c.BC+: attached to single words to limit their significance, πάντως κ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τί π. δράσει; what in the world? Refs 5th c.BC+; with numerals, ἔτεα τρία καὶ δέκα κ. μάλιστα about thirteen years, Refs 5th c.BC+ denies with indignation or wonder, surely it cannot be.., οὔ τί π. οὗτος Ἀπόλλων Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ δήπου adds a shade of suspicion, οὐ δήπου Στράτω; Refs 5th c.BC+: for δήπου, ἦπου, (see entry).—In late writers LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ take the place of ποῖ, ποι, with Verbs of motion, as in Engl. where for whither? This idiom (condemned by Refs 2nd c.AD+ is found occasionally in early authors, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχοντα; Refs 8th c.BC+; but in pure Attic dialect only as falsa lectio for{ποῖ},{ποι}.

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

pou — ποῦ, where, whither

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

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Hebrews 2:6diamartureta de pou tinos legarōntos; Tinem atō anthrōpos hoti …But somewhere it is testified in these words …