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Koine Greek wordlink #38161

SR GNT Luke 1:29 ποταπὸς (potapos) ‘was thoroughly_perplexed and was reasoning what_kind_of might_be greeting this’ Strongs=42170 Lemma=potapos
Word role=pronoun case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular

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Only use of identical word form ποταπὸς (R-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ποταπὸς’ (R-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘what_kind_of’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘potapos’ have 3 different glosses: ‘what_kind_of’, ‘what_kind_of man’, ‘what_kind_of people’.

Greek words (6) other than ποταπὸς (R-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘what_kind_of’

MARK 13:1 ποταποὶ (potapoi) E-NMP ‘of him Teacher see what_kind_of stones and what_kind_of’ SR GNT Mark 13:1 word 17

MARK 13:1 ποταπαὶ (potapai) E-NFP ‘what_kind_of stones and what_kind_of buildings’ SR GNT Mark 13:1 word 20

MAT 8:27 ποταπός (potapos) R-NMS ‘people marvelled saying what_kind_of man is this that’ SR GNT Mat 8:27 word 6

LUKE 7:39 ποταπὴ (potapaʸ) E-NFS ‘would who and what_kind_of woman who is touching’ SR GNT Luke 7:39 word 25

2PET 3:11 ποταποὺς (potapous) R-AMP ‘thus all being destroyed what_kind_of people it is fitting to_be being you_all’ SR GNT 2Pet 3:11 word 8

1YHN 3:1 ποταπὴν (potapaʸn) E-AFS ‘see what_kind_of love has given to us’ SR GNT 1Yhn 3:1 word 2

Key: E=determiner/case-marker R=pronoun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular AMP=accusative,masculine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NMP=nominative,masculine,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular