πῶς

pōs

Greek G4459 Particle 118 occurrences in 114 verses
πῶς how?!

πῶς, interrog. adv., correl. of ὅπως,

1. prop., in direct questions, how?: with indic., Mat.12:29, Mrk.3:23, Luk.11:18, Jhn.3:4, al.; καὶ π., Mrk.4:13, Luk.20:44; π. οὖν, Mat.12:26; π. οὐ, Mat.16:11, Luk.12:56; in deliberative questions (cf. Bl., §64, 6), with subjc., Mat.23:33 26:54; π. οὖν, Rom.10:14; π. δέ, Rom.10:14, 15; before ἄν, with optative, Act.8:31.

2. As sometimes in cl. but more frequently and increasingly so in late writers (see WM, §57, 2; Bl., §70, 2; Thumb, MGr., 192; Jannaris, Gr., App., vi, 13f.), = ὅπως, ὥς;

(a) in indirect discourse: with indic., Mat.6:28, Mrk.12:41, Luk.8:36, Jhn.9:15, Act.9:27, al.; with subjc., Mrk.11:18, Luk.12:11;

(b) in exclamations: Mat.21:20, Mrk.10:23, 24 Luk.12:50 18:24, Jhn.11:36.

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Concordance 114 verses

  1. John 6:42 πῶς

    They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”

  2. John 6:52 Πῶς

    At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

  3. John 7:15 Πῶς

    The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”

  4. John 8:33 πῶς

    “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”

  5. John 9:10 Πῶς

    “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

  6. John 9:15 πῶς

    So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”

  7. John 9:16 Πῶς

    Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.

  8. John 9:19 πῶς

    and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”

  9. John 9:21 πῶς

    But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

  10. John 9:26 πῶς

    “What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”

  11. John 11:36 πῶς

    Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”

  12. John 12:34 πῶς

    The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”

  13. John 14:5 πῶς

    “Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”

  14. John 14:9 πῶς

    Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

  15. Acts 2:8 πῶς

    How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?

  16. Acts 4:21 πῶς

    After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

  17. Acts 8:31 Πῶς

    “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

  18. Acts 9:27 πῶςπῶς

    Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.

  19. Acts 11:13 πῶς

    He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

  20. Acts 12:17 πῶς

    Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

  21. Acts 15:36 πῶς

    Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

  22. Acts 20:18 πῶς

    When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

  23. Acts 27:12 πως

    Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.

  24. in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

  25. Romans 3:6 πῶς

    Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?

  26. Romans 4:10 πῶς

    In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.

  27. Romans 6:2 πῶς

    Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

  28. Romans 8:32 πῶς

    He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

  29. Romans 10:14 Πῶςπῶςπῶς

    How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?

  30. Romans 10:15 πῶς

    And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

  31. in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

  32. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.

  33. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

  34. I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.

  35. But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,

  36. and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

  37. Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

  38. No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

  39. Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?

  40. So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

  41. Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

  42. But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

  43. But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

  44. So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

  45. will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

  46. Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

  47. I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

  48. 2 Corinthians 12:20 πωςπως

    For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

  49. I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.

  50. When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

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