ποῖοςpoîos
of what quality or sort: absolutely, n.
Greek (New Testament) · G4169
Meanings
plural, Luke 24:19; with as a noun
(a) properly, in direct questions: Matthew 19:18, Matthew 21:23, Matthew 22:36, Matthew 24:42, Mark 11:28, Mark 12:28, Luke 6:32-34, John 10:32, Acts 4:7, Acts 7:49, Romans 3:27, 1 Corinthians 15:35, James 4:14 (but see ποία), 1 Peter 2:20
(b) in indirect questions = ὁποῖος: Matthew 21:24, Matthew 21:27, Matthew 24:43, Mark 11:29, Mark 11:33, Luke 12:39, Luke 20:2, Luke 20:8, John 12:33, John 18:32, John 21:19, Acts 23:34, 1 Peter 1:11, Revelation 3:3; ποίας (namely ὁδοῦ), Luke 5:19.
Same root
- ποῦpoû · G4226as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality
- οἷοςhoîos · G3634such or what sort of (as a correlation or exclamation); especially the neuter (adverbially) with negative, not so
- ὁποῖοςhopoîos · G3697of what kind that, i.e. how (as) great (excellent) (specially, as an indefinite correlative to the definite antecedent G5108 (τοιοῦτος) of quality)
Where it appears
Appears 33 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 19:18 “Which ones?” the man asked. And Jesus replied: “‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely.
- Matthew 21:23 When Jesus returned to the Temple and began teaching, the leading priests and elders came up to him. They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”
- Matthew 21:24 “I’ll tell you by what authority I do these things if you answer one question,” Jesus replied.
- Matthew 21:27 So they finally replied, “We don’t know.” And Jesus responded, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Matthew 22:36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”
- Matthew 24:42 “So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.