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πῶς

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greekNew TestamentParticle118 occurrences18 books114 verses

Definition

πῶς, interrog. adv., correl. of ὅπως,

1. prop., in direct questions, how?: with indic., Matthew 12:29, Mark 3:23, Luke 11:18, John 3:4, al.; καὶ π., Mark 4:13, Luke 20:44; π. οὖν, Matthew 12:26; π. οὐ, Matthew 16:11, Luke 12:56; in deliberative questions (cf. Bl., §64, 6), with subjc., Matthew 23:33; 26:54; π. οὖν, Romans 10:14; π. δέ, Romans 10:14, 15; before ἄν, with optative, Acts 8:31.

2. As sometimes in cl. but more frequently and increasingly so in late writers (see WM, §57, 2; Bl., §70, 2; Thumb, MGr., 192; Jannaris, Gr., App., vi, 13f.), = ὅπως, ὥς;

(a) in indirect discourse: with indic., Matthew 6:28, Mark 12:41, Luke 8:36, John 9:15, Acts 9:27, al.; with subjc., Mark 11:18, Luke 12:11;

(b) in exclamations: Matthew 21:20, Mark 10:23, 24, Luke 12:50; 18:24, John 11:36.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

118 total
  1. Matthew 6:28πῶς · how
    And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.
  2. Matthew 7:4πῶς · How
    How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
  3. Matthew 10:19πῶς · how [to respond]
    But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
  4. Matthew 12:4πῶς
    He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
  5. Matthew 12:26πῶς · How
    If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
  6. Matthew 12:29πῶς · how
    Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
  7. Matthew 12:34πῶς · how
    You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
  8. Matthew 16:11πῶς · How
    How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
  9. Matthew 21:20Πῶς · How {did}
    When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
  10. Matthew 22:12πῶς · how
    ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
  11. Matthew 22:43Πῶς · How
    Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
  12. Matthew 22:45πῶς · how
    So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”
  13. Matthew 23:33πῶς · How
    You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
  14. Matthew 26:54πῶς · But how
    But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
  15. Mark 2:26πῶς
    During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”
  16. Mark 3:23Πῶς · How
    So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
  17. Mark 4:13πῶς · how
    Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
  18. Mark 4:30Πῶς · To what
    Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
  19. Mark 5:16πῶς · what
    Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.
  20. Mark 9:12πῶς · Why
    He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
  21. Mark 10:23Πῶς · How
    Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
  22. Mark 10:24πῶς · how
    And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
  23. Mark 11:18πῶς · a way
    When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
  24. Mark 12:26πῶς · how
    But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
  25. Mark 12:35Πῶς · How
    While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
  26. Mark 12:41πῶς
    As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
  27. Mark 14:1πῶς · way
    Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
  28. Mark 14:11πῶς
    They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
  29. Luke 1:34Πῶς · How
    “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
  30. Luke 6:42πῶς · How
    How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  31. Luke 8:18πῶς · to how
    Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
  32. Luke 8:36πῶς · how
    Meanwhile, those who had seen it reported how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
  33. Luke 10:26πῶς · How
    “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
  34. Luke 11:18πῶς · how
    If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
  35. Luke 12:11πῶς · how
    When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
  36. Luke 12:27πῶς · how
    Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
  37. Luke 12:50πῶς · how
    But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
  38. Luke 12:56πῶς · Why
    You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?
  39. Luke 14:7πῶς · how
    When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
  40. Luke 18:24Πῶς · How
    Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
  41. Luke 20:41Πῶς · How
    Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
  42. Luke 20:44πῶς · how
    Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”
  43. Luke 22:2πῶς · for a way
    …and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.
  44. Luke 22:4πῶς · how
    And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.
  45. John 3:4Πῶς · How
    “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
  46. John 3:9Πῶς · How
    “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
  47. John 3:12πῶς · how
    If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
  48. John 4:9Πῶς · How
    “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
  49. John 5:44πῶς · How
    How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
  50. John 5:47πῶς · how
    But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”