Midvash

ὅπουhópou

of place, correlat.

Greek (New Testament) · G3699

Meanings

of ποῦ (see that word), where.

I. Prop., of place

1. where

(a) in relative sentences, with indic: Matthew 25:24, Matthew 25:26, Mark 2:4, Mark 4:5, Mark 4:15, Mark 5:40, Mark 13:14, John 3:8, John 6:62, John 7:34, John 7:36, John 11:32, John 14:3, John 17:24, John 20:19, Romans 15:20, Revelation 2:13; after nouns of place, for relat. prepositional phrase (ἐν ᾧ., etc.), Matthew 6:19, Matthew 6:20, Matthew 13:5, Matthew 26:57, Matthew 28:6, Mark 6:55, Mark 9:48, Luke 12:33, John 1:28, John 4:20, John 4:46, John 6:23, John 7:42, John 10:40, John 11:30, John 12:1, John 18:1, John 18:20, John 19:18, John 19:20, John 19:41, John 20:12, Acts 17:1, Revelation 2:13, Revelation 11:8, Revelation 20:10; followed by ἐκεῖ., Matthew 6:21, Luke 12:34, Luke 17:37, John 12:26; id. pleonast. (= Heb. אֲשֶׁר... שָׁם; Aram. דְּ... תַּמָּן; cf. Genesis 13:3), ὅ.... ἐκεῖ, Revelation 12:6, Revelation 12:14; ὅ.... ἐπ' αὐτῶν, Revelation 17:9; ὅ. ἄν, wherever, with imperfect indic., Mark 6:56; with present subjc., Matthew 24:28; ὅ. ἐάν, Matthew 26:13, Mark 6:10, Mark 9:18, Mark 14:9, Mark 14:14

(b) in quaest. indir., with aorist subjc.: Mark 14:14, Luke 22:11.

2. In late writers (sometimes also in classical Greek; Bl., § 25, 2), with verbs of motion, = ὅποι, whither: with indicative, John 8:21, John 8:22, John 13:33, John 13:36, John 14:4, John 21:18, Hebrews 6:20, James 3:4; ὅ. ἄν, whithersoever, with present ind., Revelation 14:4; subjc., Luke 9:57; ὅ. ἐάν, Matthew 8:19.

II. Without strict local sense

1. of time or condition: Colossians 3:11, Hebrews 9:16, Hebrews 10:18, James 3:16, 2 Peter 2:11.

2. Of cause or reason (AV, whereas): 1 Corinthians 3:3.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 82 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 6:19 “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.
  • Matthew 6:20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
  • Matthew 6:21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
  • Matthew 8:19 Then one of the teachers of religious law said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
  • Matthew 13:5 Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seeds sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow.
  • Matthew 24:28 Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.