Quick Definition
πού Adv somewhere
Strong's Definition
genitive case of an indefinite pronoun pos (some) otherwise obsolete (compare 4214); as adverb of place, somewhere, i.e. nearly
KJV Usage: about, a certain place
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ποῦ
83.7 · Spacial Positions · Where, Somewhere, Everywhere
somewhere an indefinite position in space
78.40 · Degree · About, Approximately, Almost, Hardly [Approximate Degree]
almost, nearly, about a degree which falls just short of some point on a scale of extent In some languages this expression in ROM 4:19 may be accurately represented by a translation meaning literally ‘he lacked only a little of being a hundred years old.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ποῦ, [cf. Curtius § 631], an interrog. adv., fr. Hom. down, Sept. for 778, 718, °8, where? in what place? a. in direct questions: Mt. ii. 2; xxvi.17; Mk. xiv. 12, 14; Lk. xvii. 17, 37; xxii. 9, 11; Jn. i. 38 (39) ; vii. 11; viii. 10, 19; ix.12; xi.34; ποῦ ἐστιν [(ἐστ. sometimes unexpressed) ], in questions indicating that a person or thing is gone, or cannot be found, is equiv. to it is nowhere, does not exist: Lk. viii. 25; Ro. iii. 27; 1 Co. i. 20; xii. 17,19; xv. 55; Gal. iv. 15 L T Tr WH; 2 Pet. iii. 4 ; ποῦ φανεῖται, [ A. V. where shall . . . appear] i. q. there will be no place for him, 1 Pet. iv. 18. b. in indirect questions, for the relative ὅπου [cf. W. §57, 2 fin.]: foll. by the indic., Mt. ii. 4; Mk. xv. 47; Jn. i. 89 (40); xi. 57; xx, 2,13, 15; Rev. ii. 13 [ef. W. 612 (569)] ; foll. by the subjune., Mt. viii. 20; Lk. ix. 58; xii. 17. c. joined to verbs of going or coming, for ποξ in direct quest. [cf. our collog. where for whither; see W. § 54, 7; B. 71 (62)]: In. vii. 35 [ef. W. 300 (281); Β. 358 (307)]; xiii. 36 ; xvi. 5; in indir. question, foll. by the indic.: Jn. iii. 8; viii. 14; xii. 35; xiv.5; Heb. xi. 8; 1. Jn. ii. 11.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πού, enclitic particle, anywhere, somewhere: He 2:6 4:4.
in some degree, perhaps, about: Ac 27:29 (T, μήπου), Ro 4:19; δή που (T, δήπου), surely: He 2:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ποῦ, originally a gen. of place (Proég. p. 73), is seen = ““where?” in P Fay 1191? (c. A.D. 100) τ]ὴν διαγραφὴν τοῦ χόρτου ποῦ τέθικας ; ‘‘ where did you put the notice of payment for the hay?” (Edd.), and P Oxy XIV. 167128 (iii/A.D.) περὶ τῶν ποταμειτῶν ... γράψον μοι ὅτι ποῦ εὑρίσκομεν, ‘as regards the river-workers write me where we may find them.” For ποῦ = ποῖ, as in Jn 7%, 814, cf. Epict. i. 27. 9 ποῦ φύγω τὸν θάνατον ; and the late Greek citations collected by Maidhof Segrzffsbestimmung Ὁ. 208 ff., e.g. Ausgewahlte Martyrerakten (ed. Knopf, 1901) 18. 7 ποῦ συνέρχεσθε ἢ εἰς ποῖον τόπον ἀθροίζεις τοὺς μαθητάς cov; In MGr besides ‘‘where?”, ποῦ as the usual relative means ‘‘ who,” ** which,” and also ‘‘so that.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πού (pou) — somewhere. 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}.