STRONGS G4226:
ποῦ (cf.
Curtius, § 631), an interrogative adverb, from
Homer down, the
Sept. for
אַיֵה,
אָנָה,
אַי,
where? in what place?
a. in direct questions:
Matthew 2:2;
Matthew 26:17;
Mark 14:12,
14;
Luke 17:17,
37;
Luke 22:9,
11;
John 1:38(39);
John 7:11;
8:10,
19;
9:12;
11:34;
ποῦ ἐστιν ((
ἐστιν sometimes unexpressed)), in questions indicating that a person or thing is gone, or cannot be found, is equivalent to
it is nowhere, does not exist:
Luke 8:25;
Romans 3:27;
1 Corinthians 1:20;
1 Corinthians 12:17,
19;
1 Corinthians 15:55;
Galatians 4:15 L T Tr WH;
2 Peter 3:4;
ποῦ φανεῖται (
A. V. where shall... appear) equivalent to there will be no place for him,
1 Peter 4:18.
b. in indirect questions, for the relative
ὅπου (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 57, 2 at the end): followed by the indicative,
Matthew 2:4;
Mark 15:47;
John 1:39 (40);
John 11:57;
20:2,
13,
15;
Revelation 2:13 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 612 (569)); followed by the subjunctive,
Matthew 8:20;
Luke 9:58;
Luke 12:17.
c. joined to verbs of going or coming, for
ποῖ in direct question (cf. our colloquial,
where for
whither; see
Winers Grammar, § 54, 7;
Buttmann, 71 (62)):
John 7:35 (cf.
Winers Grammar, 300 (281);
Buttmann, 358 (307));
John 13:36;
16:5; in indirect question, followed by the indicative:
John 3:8;
John 8:14;
John 12:35;
John 14:5;
Hebrews 11:8;
1 John 2:11.
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