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. (AS)
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G4459 — πῶς
pōs · how?! · Greek
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Matthew 6:28 · πῶςAnd why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.Matthew 7:4 · πῶςHow can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?Matthew 10:19 · πῶςBut when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.Matthew 12:4 · πῶςHe entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.Matthew 12:26 · πῶςIf Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?Matthew 12:29 · πῶςOr again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.Matthew 12:34 · πῶςYou brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.Matthew 16:11 · πῶςHow do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”Matthew 21:20 · πῶςWhen the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”Matthew 22:12 · πῶς‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.Matthew 22:43 · πῶςJesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:Matthew 22:45 · πῶςSo if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”Matthew 23:33 · πῶςYou snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?Matthew 26:54 · πῶςBut how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”Mark 2:26 · πῶςDuring the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”Mark 3:23 · πῶςSo Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?Mark 4:13 · πῶςThen Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?Mark 4:30 · πῶςThen He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?Mark 5:16 · πῶςThose who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.Mark 9:12 · πῶςHe replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?Mark 10:23 · πῶςThen Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”Mark 10:24 · πῶςAnd the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!Mark 11:18 · πῶςWhen the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.Mark 12:26 · πῶςBut concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?Mark 12:35 · πῶςWhile Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?Mark 12:41 · πῶςAs Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.Mark 14:1 · πῶςNow the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.Mark 14:11 · πῶςThey were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.Luke 1:34 · πῶς“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”Luke 6:42 · πῶςHow can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.Luke 8:18 · πῶςPay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”Luke 8:36 · πῶςMeanwhile, those who had seen it reported how the demon-possessed man had been healed.Luke 10:26 · πῶς“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”Luke 11:18 · πῶςIf Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.Luke 12:11 · πῶςWhen you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.Luke 12:27 · πῶςConsider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.Luke 12:50 · πῶςBut I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!Luke 12:56 · πῶςYou hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?Luke 14:7 · πῶςWhen Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:Luke 18:24 · πῶςSeeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!Luke 20:41 · πῶςThen Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?Luke 20:44 · πῶςThus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”Luke 22:2 · πῶςand the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.Luke 22:4 · πῶςAnd Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.John 3:4 · πῶς“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”John 3:9 · πῶς“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.John 3:12 · πῶςIf I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?John 4:9 · πῶς“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)John 5:44 · ΠῶςHow can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?John 5:47 · πῶςBut since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”John 6:42 · πῶςThey 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?’”John 6:52 · πῶςAt this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”John 7:15 · πῶςThe Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”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?”John 9:10 · πῶς“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.John 9:15 · πῶςSo 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.”John 9:16 · πῶςBecause 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.John 9:19 · πῶςand asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”John 9:21 · πῶςBut how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”John 9:26 · πῶς“What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”John 11:36 · πῶςThen the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”John 12:34 · πῶςThe 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?”John 14:5 · πῶς“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”John 14:9 · πῶςJesus 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’?Acts 2:8 · πῶςHow is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?Acts 4:21 · πῶςAfter 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.Acts 8:31 · πῶς“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.Acts 9:27 · πῶς · πῶςThen Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.Acts 11:13 · πῶςHe told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.Acts 12:17 · πῶςPeter 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.Acts 15:36 · πῶςSome 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.”Acts 20:18 · πῶςWhen 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.Romans 3:6 · πῶςCertainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?Romans 4:10 · πῶςIn what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.Romans 6:2 · πῶςCertainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?Romans 8:32 · πῶςHe 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?Romans 10:14 · Πῶς · πῶς · πῶςHow 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?Romans 10:15 · πῶςAnd how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”1 Corinthians 3:10 · πῶςBy 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.1 Corinthians 7:32 · πῶςI want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.1 Corinthians 7:33 · πῶςBut the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,1 Corinthians 7:34 · πῶςand 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.1 Corinthians 14:7 · πῶςEven 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?1 Corinthians 14:9 · πῶςSo 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.1 Corinthians 14:16 · πῶςOtherwise, 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?1 Corinthians 15:12 · πῶςBut 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?1 Corinthians 15:35 · πῶςBut someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”2 Corinthians 3:8 · πῶςwill not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?Galatians 2:14 · πῶςWhen 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?”Galatians 4:9 · πῶςBut now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?Ephesians 5:15 · πῶςPay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,Colossians 4:6 · πῶςLet your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.1 Thessalonians 1:9 · πῶςFor they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God1 Thessalonians 4:1 · πῶςFinally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.2 Thessalonians 3:7 · πῶςFor you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,1 Timothy 3:5 · πῶςFor if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?1 Timothy 3:15 · πῶςin case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.Hebrews 2:3 · πῶςhow shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,1 John 3:17 · πῶςIf anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?Revelation 3:3 · πῶςRemember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.