ποῦ (pou) — where? / where / in which

Form 1

Part of speech: advb.

Related lemmas: ποταπός · ποτέ · πότε · πότερον · που

Sense 1: where?

Semantic entry: 83.6

Semantic domains: Spacial Positions

Subdomains: Where, Somewhere, Everywhere

Definition: an interrogative reference to a position

Show passage in OET: MAT 2:2

OET-RV MAT 2:2

2 and asked, “Where’s the one born as king of the Yehudim (Jews)? We saw his star in the east and we came to worship him.”

OET-LV MAT 2:2

2 saying:
Where is the one, having _been _born king of _the Youdaiōns?
For/Because we _saw the star of _him in the east and we _came to _prostrate before _him.

Show passage in OET: MAT 2:4

OET-RV MAT 2:4

4 He gathered together all the chief priests and religious teachers and asked them where the Messiah was expected to be born.

OET-LV MAT 2:4

4 And having _gathered _together all the chief _priests and scribes of _the people, he _was _inquiring from them where the chosen _one /messiah is _being _born.

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All 39 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 2:2 · OET MAT 2:4 · OET MAT 8:20 · OET MAT 26:17

MRK: OET MRK 14:12 · OET MRK 14:14 · OET MRK 15:47

LUK: OET LUK 8:25 · OET LUK 9:58 · OET LUK 12:17 · OET LUK 17:17 · OET LUK 17:37 · OET LUK 22:9 · OET LUK 22:11

JHN: OET JHN 1:38–39 · OET JHN 3:8 · OET JHN 7:11 · OET JHN 7:35 · OET JHN 8:10 · OET JHN 8:14 · OET JHN 8:19 · OET JHN 9:12 · OET JHN 11:34 · OET JHN 11:57 · OET JHN 12:35 · OET JHN 13:36 · OET JHN 14:5 · OET JHN 16:5 · OET JHN 20:2 · OET JHN 20:13 · OET JHN 20:15

CO1: OET CO1 1:20 · OET CO1 12:17 · OET CO1 12:19

HEB: OET HEB 11:8

PE2: OET PE2 3:4

JN1: OET JN1 2:11

REV: OET REV 2:13

Sense 2: where, in which

Semantic entry: 92.28

Semantic domains: Discourse Referentials

Subdomains: Relative Reference

Definition: a relative reference to a set of circumstances

Show passage in OET: ROM 3:27

OET-RV ROM 3:27

27 So where does that leave boasting? It’s not in the picture. How come? Through obeying Mosheh’s laws? No, through a law about faith.

OET-LV ROM 3:27

27 Therefore is where the boasting?
It _was _excluded.
Through what law?
Of_ The _works?
No, but through a_law of _faith.

Show passage in OET: CO1 15:55

OET-RV CO1 15:55

55 ‘Death, where is your victory?
⇔ Yes death, where is your sting?’

OET-LV CO1 15:55

55 Where is of _you, death, the victory?
Where is of _you, death, the sting?

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All 4 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: OET ROM 3:27

CO1: OET CO1 15:55

GAL: OET GAL 4:15

PE1: OET PE1 4:18

Sense 3: what will happen to, what may become of

Semantic entry: 13.118

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Happen

Definition: (an idiom, literally: where will it appear) a question as to what may have happened to someone or something

Collocations: ποῦ φανεῖται

Show passage in OET: PE1 4:18

OET-RV PE1 4:18

18 Yes,
⇔ ‘if it’s difficult for godly people to be saved,
⇔ what will it be like for the ungodly and for sinners?’

OET-LV PE1 4:18

18 And if the righteous is _being _saved with _difficulty, where will _be _appearing the ungodly and sinner?

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ποῦ

Form 1

Sense 1: where?

Sense 2: where, in which

Sense 3: what will happen to, what may become of