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G3699 ὅπου (hópou)
Greek
Adverb
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Quick Definition

where, whither

Strong's Definition

what(-ever) where, i.e. at whichever spot

Derivation: from G3739 (ὅς) and G4225 (πού);

KJV Usage: in what place, where(-as, -soever), whither (+ soever)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

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. Mat_6:19; add, Mat_6:20; Mat_13:5; Mat_28:6; Mar_6:55; Mar_9:44; Mar_9:46 (which verses T WH omit; Tr brackets), 48; Luk_12:33; Joh_1:28; Joh_4:20; Joh_4:46; Joh_6:23; Joh_7:42; Joh_10:40; Joh_11:30; Joh_12:1; Joh_18:1; Joh_18:20; Joh_19:18; Joh_19:20; Joh_19:41; Joh_20:12; Act_17:1; Rev_11:8; Rev_20:10. it refers to ἐκεῖ or ἐκεῖσε to be mentally supplied in what precedes or follows: Mat_25:24; Mat_25:26; Mar_2:4; Mar_4:15; Mar_5:40; Mar_13:14; Joh_3:8; Joh_6:62; Joh_7:34; Joh_11:32; Joh_14:3; Joh_17:24; Joh_20:19; Rom_15:20; Heb_9:16; Heb_10:18; Rev_2:13. it refers to ἐκεῖ expressed in what follows: Mat_6:21; Luk_12:34; Luk_17:37; Joh_12:26; Jas_3:16. in imitation of the Hebrew ωΘΡν ΰΒωΖΡψ (Gen_13:3; Ecc_9:10, etc.): ὅπου ἐκεῖ, Rev_12:6 (G T Tr WH), 14 (see ἐκεῖ, a.); ὅπου ... ἐπ' αὐτῶν, Rev_17:9. ὅπου also refers to men, so that it is equivalent to with (among) whom, in whose house: Mat_26:57; (add, Rev_2:13; cf. Winers Grammar, § 54, 7 at the end); in which state (viz. of the renewed man), Col_3:11. it is loosely connected with the thought to which it refers, so that it is equivalent to wherein (A. V. whereas), 2Pe_2:11 (in the same sense in indirect question, Xenophon, mem. 3, 5, 1). ὅπου ἄν, wherever with imperfect indicative (see ἄν, II. 1), Mar_6:56 (Tdf. ἐάν); with aorist subjunctive (Latin future perfect), Mar_9:18 (where L T Tr WH ὅπου ἐάν); Mar_14:9 (here too T WH ὅπου ἐάν); also ὅπου ἐάν (see ἐάν, II.), Mat_26:13; Mar_6:10; Mar_14:14 a (in both of the last two passages, L Tr ὅπου ἄν); with subjunctive present Mat_24:28. β. in indirect questions (yet cf. Winer's Grammar, § 57, 2 at the end), with subjunctive aorist: Mar_14:14 b; Luk_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, Joh_8:21; Joh_13:33; Joh_13:36; Joh_14:4; Joh_21:18; (Jas_3:4 T Tr WH (see below)); ὅπου ἄν, where (whither) soever, with indicative present, Rev_14:4 L Tr WH (cf. below), cf. Buttmann, § 139, 30; with subjunctive present, Luk_9:57 R G T WH (others, ὅπου ἐάν, see below); Jas_3:4 (R G L); Rev_14:4 R G T (see above); ὅπου ἐάν, with subjunctive present, Mat_8:19, and L Tr in Luk_9:57. 2. It gets the force of a conditional particle if (in case that, in so far as (A. V. whereas (cf. 2Pe_2:11 above))): 1Co_3:3 (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 43, 1 [ET], and often in Greek writings; cf. Grimm on 4Ma_2:14; Meyer on 1Co_3:3; (Müller on the Epistle of Barnabas 16, 63).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὅπου hopou 82x where, in which place, in what place, Mat_6:19-21 ; Rev_2:13 ; whither, to what place, Joh_8:21 ; Joh_14:4 ; ὅπου ἄν , or ἐάν , wherever, in whatever place, Mat_24:28 ; whit hersoever, Mat_8:19 ; Jas_3:4 ; met. where, in which thing, state, etc., Col_3:11 ; whereas, 1Co_3:3 ; 2Pe_2:11

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὅπου , adv. of place, correlat. of ποῦ ( q.v. ), where. I. Prop ., of place, 1. where; (a) in relative sentences, c . indic : Mat_25:24 ; Mat_25:26 , Mar_2:4 ; Mar_4:5 ; Mar_4:15 ; Mar_5:40 ; Mar_13:14 , Joh_3:8 ; Joh_6:62 ; Joh_7:34 ; Joh_7:36 ; Joh_11:32 ; Joh_14:3 ; Joh_17:24 ; Joh_20:19 , Rom_15:20 , Rev_2:13 ; after nouns of place, for relat. prepositional phrase (ἐν ᾧ ,, etc.), Mat_6:19-20 ; Mat_13:5 ; Mat_26:57 ; Mat_28:6 , Mar_6:55 ; Mar_9:48 Luk_12:33 , Joh_1:28 ; Joh_4:20 ; Joh_4:46 ; Joh_6:23 ; Joh_7:42 ; Joh_10:40 ; Joh_11:30 ; Joh_12:1 ; Joh_18:1 ; Joh_18:20 ; Joh_19:18 ; Joh_19:20 ; Joh_19:41 ; Joh_20:12 , Act_17:1 , Rev_2:13 ; Rev_11:8 ; Rev_20:10 ; seq . ἐκεῖ ., Mat_6:21 , Luk_12:34 ; Luk_17:37 Joh_12:26 ; id . pleonast. ( = Heb . ωΡΘν . . . ΰΒωΡΖψ ; Aram. ϊΜΗξΜΘο . . דּ ; of. Gen_13:3 ), ὅ . . . . ἐκεῖ , Rev_12:6 ; Rev_12:14 ; ὅ . . . . ἐπ᾿ αὐτῶν , Rev_17:9 ; ὅ . ἄν , wherever ( M , Pr., 168), c . impf . indic ., Mar_6:56 ; c . Pres . subjc ., Mat_24:28 ; ὅ . ἐάν , Mat_26:13 , Mar_6:10 ; Mar_9:18 ; Mar_14:9 ; Mar_14:14 a ; (b) in quaest. indir., c . aor. subjc .: Mar_14:14 b , Luk_22:11 . 2. In late writers (sometimes also in cl .; Bl., § 25, 2), with verbs of motion, = ὅποι , whither : c . indic ., Joh_8:21-22 ; Joh_13:33 ; Joh_13:36 ; Joh_14:4 ; Joh_21:18 , Heb_6:20 , Jas_3:4 ; ὅ . ἄν , whithersoever , c . pres. ind., Rev_14:4 ; subjc ., Luk_9:57 ; ὅ . ἐάν , Mat_8:19 . II. Without strict local sense, 1. of time or condition: Col_3:11 , Heb_9:16 ; Heb_10:18 , Jas_3:16 , 2Pe_2:11 . 2. Of cause or reason ( AV , whereas ): 1Co_3:3 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὅπου [page 453] where, as in Mar_2:4 , is seen in P Oxy I. 76 .13 (A.D. 179) ὅπου σὺν τῷ ἀνδρὶ καταμένω , where I live with my husband, in P Lond 854 .8 (i/ii A.D.) (= III. p. 206), an interesting account of a journey εἰς Λιβύην ὅπου Ἄμμων πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις χρησμῳδεῖ , to Libya, where Ammon sings oracles to all men, and in the question to an oracle P Oxy XII. 1477 .2 (iii/iv A.D.) εἶ μένω ὅπου ὑπάγω ; shall I remain where I am going? For the meaning whither (ὅποι is not found in the NT), as in Joh_7:34 , see Ostr 1162 .5 (Rom.) ὅπου θέλει with reference to the sending of certain measures of wheat. Ὅπου ἄν (ἐάν ) = wheresoever, as in Mar_9:18 , may be illustrated from P Eleph 1 .5 (B.C. 311 10) (= Selections , p. 2) εἶναι δὲ ἡμᾶς κατὰ ταὐτὸ (cf. Act_14:1 ) ὅπου ἂν δοκῆι ἄριστον εἶναι , and that we shall live to-gether wherever may seem best, P Oxy XIV. 1639 .20 (B.C. 73 or 44?) ὅπου ἂν τῶι καθόλου περιπίπτῃς ἡμῖν , in any place whatsoever where you may encounter us (Edd.), and ib. III. 484 .20 (A.D. 138) ὅπου ἐὰν ὁ κράτιστος ἡγεμὼν Αὐίδιος Ἡλιόδωρος ἐπ᾽ ἀγαθῷ τὸν νόμον διαλογίζηται , wherever his highness the praefect Avidius Heliodorus holds his auspicious court for the nome, (Edd.); and = whithersoever, as in Luk_9:57 , from ib. IV. 728 .11 (A.D. 142) μετενέγκαι ὅ [π ]ου ἐὰν αἱρῆται , transport it to any place that he may choose, with reference to a crop that had been cut. With Joh_14:4 cf. Epict. iv. 7. 14 ὅπου ἂν ἀπέλθω , ἐκεῖ μοι καλῶς ἔσται (cited by Sharp, p. 89), and with 2Pe_2:11 whereas, cf. Aristeas 149 and see P Flor I. 61 .46 (A.D. 85) (as revised Chrest. II. p. 89) οὐχ ὅπου διαλογισμοὶ καὶ ἡγεμόνες παραγενόμενοι . The use of the relative adv. ὅπου (ὁποῦ , ποῦ ) for the ordinary relative in MGr is illustrated by Thumb Handbook p. 93, e.g. ὁ ἄθρωπος (ὁ )ποῦ ἦρθε , the man who came.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ὅπου [Etym: relat. adv. of Place, properly gen. of an obsol. Pron. ὅπος, correlat. to ποῦ:] as a relat., Hdt. , attic;—sometimes with gen. loci, ὅπου γῆς, Lat. ubi terrarum, Plat. :— ἔσθ᾽ ὅπου "in some places", Lat. est ubi, Aesch. , Dem. :—with other Particles, ὅκου δή "somewhere or other", Lat. nescio ubi, Hdt. :— ὅπου ἄν or ὅπουπερ ἄν, "wherever", with Subjunct., Trag. :— ὁπουοῦν, Lat. ubicunque, Plat. in indirect questions, ὄφρα πύθηαι πατρός, ὅπου κύθε γαῖα Od. , etc.: —with Verbs of motion in pregnant sense, just as, reversely, ὅποι is used with Verbs of rest, κεῖνος δ᾽ ὅπου βέβηκεν, οὐδεὶς οἶδε Soph. :—in repeating a question, ἡ Λακεδαίμων ποῦ 'στιν; Answ. ὅπου 'στίν; (do you ask) "where" it is? Ar. of Time or Occasion, like Lat. ubi, σιγᾶν ὅπου δεῖ Aesch. , etc. of Manner, οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὅπου there are no means "by which", it is impossible "that", Soph. , Eur. of Cause, "whereas", Lat. quando, quoniam, Hdt. , attic;— ὅπουγε, Lat. quandoquidem Xen.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ὅπου adv. of place, correlat. of ποῦ (which see), where. __I. Prop., of place, __1. where; __(a) in relative sentences, with indic: Mat.25:24, 26, Mrk.2:4 4:5, 15 5:40 13:14, Jhn.3:8 6:62 7:34, 36 11:32 14:3 17:24 20:19, Rom.15:20, Rev.2:13; after nouns of place, for relat. prepositional phrase (ἐν ᾧ., etc.), Mat.6:19-20 13:5 26:57 28:6, Mrk.6:55 9:48 Luk.12:33, Jhn.1:28 4:20, 46 6:23 7:42 10:40 11:30 12:1 18:1, 20 19:18, 20 19:41 20:12, Act.17:1, Rev.2:13 11:8 20:10; before ἐκεῖ., Mat.6:21, Luk.12:34 17:37 Jhn.12:26; id. pleonast. (= Heb. שָׁם . . . אֲשֶׁר; Aram. תַּמָּן . . דּ; of. Gen.13:3), ὅ. . . . ἐκεῖ, Rev.12:6, 14; ὅ. . . . ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν, Rev.17:9; ὅ. ἄν, wherever (M, Pr., 168), with imperfect indic., Mrk.6:56; with Pres. subjc., Mat.24:28; ὅ. ἐάν, Mat.26:13, Mrk.6:10 9:18 14:9, 14 a; __(b) in quaest. indir., with aor. subjc.: Mrk.14:14 b, Luk.22:11. __2. In late writers (sometimes also in cl.; Bl., § 25, 2), with verbs of motion, = ὅποι, whither: with indic., Jhn.8:21-22 13:33, 36 14:4 21:18, Heb.6:20, Jas.3:4; ὅ. ἄν, whithersoever, with present ind., Rev.14:4; subjc., Luk.9:57; ὅ. ἐάν, Mat.8:19. __II. Without strict local sense, __1. of time or condition: Col.3:11, Heb.9:16 10:18, Jas.3:16, 2Pe.2:11. __2. Of cause or reason (AV, whereas): 1Co.3:3.† (AS)

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