Quick Definition
ποῦ Irg.adv. where, whither
Strong's Definition
genitive case of an interrogative pronoun pos (what) otherwise obsolete (perhaps the same as 4225 used with the rising slide of inquiry); as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality
KJV Usage: where, whither
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ποταπός · ποτέ · πότε · πότερον · που
83.6 · Spacial Positions · Where, Somewhere, Everywhere
where? an interrogative reference to a position
MAT 2:2 · MAT 2:4 · MAT 8:20 · MAT 26:17 · MRK 14:12 · MRK 14:14 · MRK 15:47 · LUK 8:25 · LUK 9:58 · LUK 12:17 · LUK 17:17 · LUK 17:37 · LUK 22:9 · LUK 22:11 · JHN 1:38 · JHN 1:39 · JHN 3:8 · JHN 7:11 · JHN 7:35 · JHN 8:10 · JHN 8:14 · JHN 8:14 · JHN 8:19 · JHN 9:12 · JHN 11:34 · JHN 11:57 · JHN 12:35 · JHN 13:36 · JHN 14:5 · JHN 16:5 · JHN 20:2 · JHN 20:13 · JHN 20:15 · 1CO 1:20 · 1CO 1:20 · 1CO 1:20 · 1CO 12:17 · 1CO 12:17 · 1CO 12:19 · HEB 11:8 · 2PE 3:4 · 1JN 2:11 · REV 2:13
92.28 · Discourse Referentials · Relative Reference
where, in which a relative reference to a set of circumstances
13.118 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
Collocation: ποῦ φανεῖται
what will happen to, what may become of (an idiom, literally: where will it appear) a question as to what may have happened to someone or something
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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.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ποῦ pou 48x
interrogative, where? In what place? direct, Mt. 2:2; Lk. 8:25; Jn. 1:39; indirect, Mt. 2:4; Jn. 1:40; whither, Jn. 3:8; 7:35; 13:36
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ποῦ, interrog. adv.,
[in LXX for אַי, אַיֵּה, אָנָה;]
prop., where?: Mt 2:2 26:17, Mk 14:12, 14, Lk 17:17, 37 22:9, 11, Jo 1:39 7:11 8:[10], 19 9:12 11:34; ποῦ (ἐστιν), indicating that the subject in question is not to be found, Lk 8:25, Ro 3:27, I Co 1:20 12:17, 19 15:55, Ga 4:15, II Pe 3:4; ποῦ φανεῖται, I Pe 4:18.
= ὅπου (WM, 640; Bl., § 50, 5): c. indic., Mt 2:4, Mk 15:47, Jo 1:40 11:57 20:2, 13, 15, Re 2:13; c. subjc., Mt 8:20, Lk 9:58 12:17.
In colloq. (as in Eng.) = ποῖ, whither: in direct questions, Jo 7:35 9:12 13:36 16:5; in indir. quest., Jo 3:8 8:14 12:35 14:5, He 11:8, I Jo 2:11.†
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
ποῦ (pou) — where?. ποῦ, Ionic dialect κοῦ, interrogative adverb where? [Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely with Verbs of motion in early authors, see που entry near the end:—with genitive loci, π. χθονό; where in the world? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν σοφίαν.. π. χοροῦ τάξομε; in what part of the chorus? [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. so in a sense not strictly local, π. ποτ᾽ εἶ φρενῶ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. σοι τύχης ἕστηκε; at what point of fortune stands he? [Refs]
II. of manner, how? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to express an inference very strongly, κοῦ γε δὴ.. οὐκ ἂν χωσθείη κόλπος..; how then would it not.. ? i.e. it certainly would.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Trag., in indignant questions, how? by what right? π. σὺ στρατηγεῖς τοῦδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]