πῶςpōs
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
Greek (New Testament) · G4459
Meanings
1. properly, in direct questions, how?: with indicative, Matthew 12:29, Mark 3:23, Luke 11:18, John 3:4, and elsewhere; 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 subjunctive, Matthew 23:33, Matthew 26:54; π. οὖν, Romans 10:14; π. δέ, Romans 10:14, Romans 10:15; followed by ἄν, with optat., Acts 8:31.
2. As sometimes in classical Greek but more frequently and increasingly so in late writers (see WM, § 57, 2; Bl., § 70, 2; Thumb, MGr., 192; Jannaris, Gr., App., vi, 13 f.), = ὅπως, ὥς
(a) in indirect discourse: with indicative, Matthew 6:28, Mark 12:41, Luke 8:36, John 9:15, Acts 9:27, and elsewhere; with subjunctive, Mark 11:18, Luke 12:11
(b) in exclamations: Matthew 21:20, Mark 10:23, Mark 10:24, Luke 12:50, Luke 18:24, John 11:36.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 103 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 6:28 “And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing,
- Matthew 7:4 How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye?
- Matthew 10:19 When you are arrested, don’t worry about how to respond or what to say. God will give you the right words at the right time.
- Matthew 12:4 He went into the house of God, and he and his companions broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat.
- Matthew 12:26 And if Satan is casting out Satan, he is divided and fighting against himself. His own kingdom will not survive.
- Matthew 12:29 For who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger—someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.
See every passage
- Matthew 6:28, 7:4, 10:19, 12:4, 12:26, 12:29, 12:34, 16:11, 21:20, 22:12, 22:43, 22:45, 23:33, 26:54
- Mark 2:26, 3:23, 4:13, 4:30, 5:16, 9:12, 10:23, 10:24, 11:18, 12:26, 12:35, 12:41, 14:1, 14:11
- Luke 1:34, 6:42, 8:18, 8:36, 10:26, 11:18, 12:11, 12:27, 12:50, 12:56, 14:7, 18:24, 20:41, 20:44, 22:2, 22:4
- John 3:4, 3:9, 3:12, 4:9, 5:44, 5:47, 6:42, 6:52, 7:15, 8:33, 9:10, 9:15, 9:16, 9:19, 9:21, 9:26, 11:36, 12:34, 14:5, 14:9
- Acts 2:8, 4:21, 8:31, 9:27, 11:13, 12:17, 15:36, 20:18
- Romans 3:6, 4:10, 6:2, 8:32, 10:14, 10:15
- 1 Corinthians 3:10, 7:32, 7:33, 7:34, 14:7, 14:9, 14:16, 15:12, 15:35
- 2 Corinthians 3:8
- Galatians 2:14, 4:9
- Ephesians 5:15
- Colossians 4:6
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 4:1
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7
- 1 Timothy 3:5, 3:15
- Hebrews 2:3
- 1 John 3:17
- Revelation 3:3
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.