Menu
G4225 πού (poú)
Greek
ADV
‹ G4224 Greek Dictionary G4226 ›

Quick Definition

somewhere

Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: genitive case of an indefinite pronoun (some) otherwise obsolete (compare G4214 (πόσος));

KJV Usage: about, a certain place

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μήπου (T Tr) or μή ποῦ (WH), that nowhere, lest anywhere (lest haply): Act_27:29 T Tr WH. (Homer, et al.) STRONGS NT 4225: πούπού, an enclitic particle, from Homer down; 1. somewhere: Heb_2:6; Heb_4:4. 2. it has a limiting force, nearly; with numerals somewhere about, about (Herodotus 1,119; 7, 22; Pausanias, 8, 11, 2; Herodian, 7, 5, 3 (2 edition, Bekker); Aelian v. h. 13, 4; others): Rom_4:19.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

που pou 4x enclitic, somewhere, in a certain place, Heb_2:6 ; Heb_4:4 ; with numerals, thereabout, Rom_4:19

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πού , enclitic particle, 1. anywhere , somewhere: Heb_2:6 ; Heb_4:4 . 2. in some degree, perhaps, about: Act_27:29 ( T , μήπου ), Rom_4:19 ; δή που ( T , δήπου ), surely : Heb_2:16 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

που [page 531] For the enclitic που cf. PSI V. 483 .5 (B.C. 258 7) ἐὰν οὖν που παραβάληι , ib. 484 .6 (B.C. 258 7) ἴσως γάρ που καὶ ἡμεῖς πού σοι χρήσιμοι ἐ̣σ̣όμ̣[εθα ] γράψαι φιλότιμον ἐπιστολὴν πρὸς Ζωίλον , ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἀφῆι , and P Oxy X. 1252 recto .4 (A.D. 288 95) καὶ πάλαι προ ]σέταξα οἷς ἐὰν προσῇ π̣ου followed by a lacuna. With the usage in Heb_2:6 ; Heb_4:4 , cf. the fragment of a vi/A.D. petition, P Flor III. 296 .17 , where after a gap the words γά ?]ρ που̣ διὰ τοῦ ἱεροψάλτου λέγων ὁ θ (εό )ς introduce a citation from Psa. 40꞉ 2 f. [MT Psa_41:1 f. ]

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

πού "anywhere, somewhere", Hom. , etc.; often with other Advs. of Place, οὐχ ἑκάς που "somewhere" not far off, Soph. ; πέλας που id=Soph. ; ἄλλοθί που Dem. :—c. gen., ἀλλά που αὐτοῦ ἀγρῶν in "some part" there of the fields, Od. ; εἴ που τῆς χώρας τοῦτο συνέβη Dem. also without reference to Place, "in some degree", καί πού τι Thuc. :—often to qualify an expression, "anyway, possibly, perhaps, I suppose, I ween", Hom. , etc.; εἴ που, ἐάν που, εἰ μή που Xen. ; τί που . . ; what "in the" world? Aesch. ;with numerals, δέκα κου "about" ten, Hdt. :— οὔ τί που denies with indignation or wonder, "surely it cannot be", Soph. , etc.; whereas οὐ δήπου adds a suspicion that it is so, οὐ δήπου Στράτων; Ar.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

πού enclitic particle, __1. anywhere, somewhere: Heb.2:6 4:4. __2. in some degree, perhaps, about: Act.27:29 (T, μήπου), Rom.4:19; δή που (T, δήπου), surely: Heb.2:16.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (7)

Everything we make is available for free because of a generous community of supporters.

Donate