πως, enclit. part., at all; see: εἴπως, μήπως. μήπως or μή πως (so WH), negative particle, 1. as conjc., lest haply: in final sentences, 1Co.9:27, 2Co.2:7 9:4; after verbs of fearing or taking heed, 1Co.8:9, 2Co.11:3 12:20, Gal.4:11; with an ellipse of ptcp. (sc. φοβούμενος; cf. B1., § 65, 3; Burton, § 225), 1Th.3:5 (but see infr.). 2. As interrogative, whether haply: Gal.2:2, 1Th.3:5 (cf. M, Th., in l, but see supr.).† μήπου (WH, μή που), lest anywhere, lest haply: Act.27:29.† (AS)
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G4458 — πως
pōs · how · Greek
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Acts 27:12 · πωςBecause the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.Acts 27:29 · πουFearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.Romans 1:10 · πωςrequesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.Romans 11:14 · πωςif by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.1 Corinthians 8:9 · πωςBut be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.1 Corinthians 9:27 · πωςbut I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.2 Corinthians 2:7 · πωςso that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.2 Corinthians 9:4 · πωςso that I won’t by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.2 Corinthians 11:3 · πωςBut I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.2 Corinthians 12:20 · πως · πωςFor I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;Galatians 2:2 · πωςI went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.Galatians 4:11 · πωςI am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.Philippians 3:11 · πωςif by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.1 Thessalonians 3:5 · πωςFor this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.