Pōs — G4459

G4459 · Greek — πῶς

Pronunciation: poce

Definition

adverb

  1. in interrogation
    1. the deliberative subjunctive (where the question is, how that can be done which ought to be done)
  2. By a somewhat negligent use, occasionally met with, even in Attic writings, but more frequent in later authors, πῶς is found in indirect discourse, where regularly ὅπως ought to have stood
    1. with the indicative — present
    2. with the subjunctive, of the aorist and in deliberation
  3. in exclamation, how

an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!

Usually translated as

how, what manner, that, after

Origin

adverb from the base of G4226

Occurrences

Pōs occurs 103 times in 100 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (14), Mark (14), Luke (16), John (20), Acts (8), Romans (6), 1 Corinthians (9), 2 Corinthians (1), Galatians (1), Ephesians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Thessalonians (2), 2 Thessalonians (1), 1 Timothy (2), Hebrews (1), 1 John (2), Revelation (1)

Strong's Lexicon — P