STRONGS G4217:
ποταπός ((in
Dionysius Halicarnassus,
Josephus,
Philo, others) for the older
ποδαπός (cf. Lob. Phryn., p. 56f; Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 129;
Winers Grammar, 24;
Curtius, p. 537, 5th edition); according to the Greek grammarians equivalent to
ἐκ ποίου δαπεδου,
from what region; according to the conjecture of others equivalent to
ποῦ ἀπό ((
Buttmann, Lexil. 1:126, compares the German
wovon)), the delta
δ being inserted for the sake of euphony, as in the Latin
prodire, prodesse; cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 554f (still others regard
-δαπος merely as an ending; cf.
Apollonius Dyscolus,
Buttmann's edition, the index under the word)),
ποταπή,
ποταπον;
1. from what country, race, or tribe? so from
Aeschylus down.
2. from Demosth. down also equivalent to
ποῖος,
of what sort or quality? (what manner of?): absolutely of persons,
Matthew 8:27;
2 Peter 3:11; with a person noun,
Luke 7:39; with names of things,
Mark 13:1;
Luke 1:29;
1 John 3:1.
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