ποῦ pou

Greek word for “where?” · Strong’s G4226 · used 48 times in 43 verses

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Meaning

ποῦ; interrog. adv.; 1.

How it is translated

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

• where 43
• where the 2
• place where 1
• where? 1
• where is the 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 8 (3), John 20 (3), Matthew 2 (2), Mark 14 (2), Luke 17 (2), Luke 22 (2), John 1 (2), John 7 (2), John 11 (2), 1 Corinthians 12 (2)

Forms

• ποῦ 46
• Ποῦ 2

Words used with it

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

• οἶδα oida “to know” 10
• ὑπάγω hupagō “to go” 7
• ὅπου hopou “where(-ever)” 6
• πάσχα pascha “Passover lamb” 4
• τίθημι tithēmi “to place” 5
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 6
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 4
• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 5
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 5
• εἰ ei “if” 6
• φωλεός phōleos “den” 2
• κατασκήνωσις kataskēnōsis “dwelling place” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 2:2 — Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
• Matthew 2:4 — And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
• Matthew 8:20 — And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
• John 1:38 — Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where…
• John 7:35 — Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
• John 8:19 — Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
• John 12:35 — Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness…
• Romans 3:27 — Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
• 1 Corinthians 1:20 — Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
• Hebrews 11:8 — By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he…
• 2 Peter 3:4 — And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
• 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…

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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.