ὅπου hopou

Greek word for “where(-ever)” · Strong’s G3699 · used 82 times in 76 verses

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Meaning

ὅπου; adv.; of place, correlat.

How it is translated

Glosses given for hopou in context, with how often each is used:

• where 68
• wherever 10
• whenever 1
• place 1
• whereas 1
• where are 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 6 (3), Mark 6 (3), John 7 (3), John 19 (3), Matthew 25 (2), Matthew 26 (2), Mark 4 (2), Mark 9 (2), Mark 14 (2), Luke 12 (2)

Forms

• ὅπου 82

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hopou more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• τόπος topos “place” 11
• ἐκεῖ ekei “there” 10
• ἐάν ean “if” 11
• ὑπάγω hupagō “to go” 7
• ποῦ pou “where?” 6
• θησαυρός thēsauros “treasure” 5
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 7
• σταυρόω stauroō “to crucify” 5
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 7
• σής sēs “moth” 3
• μετά meta “with/after” 8
• ἀκολουθέω akoloutheō “to follow” 5

Key verses

The verses using hopou that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:19 — Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
• John 8:21 — Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
• John 12:26 — If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
• John 14:3 — And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
• John 17:24 — Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me…
• John 20:19 — Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and…
• 1 Corinthians 3:3 — For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
• Colossians 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
• Revelation 2:13 — I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein…
• Revelation 11:8 — And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
• Revelation 14:4 — These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from…
• Revelation 20:10 — And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.