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 about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;Matthew 7:4 · πῶςor, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?Matthew 10:19 · πῶς‘And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;Matthew 12:4 · πῶςhow he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?Matthew 12:26 · πῶςand if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then doth his kingdom stand?Matthew 12:29 · πῶς‘Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, if first he may not bind the strong man? and then his house he will plunder.Matthew 12:34 · πῶς‘Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things—being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.Matthew 16:11 · πῶςhow do ye not understand that I did not speak to you of bread—to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?’Matthew 21:20 · πῶςAnd the disciples having seen, did wonder, saying, ‘How did the fig-tree forthwith wither?’Matthew 22:12 · πῶςand he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was speechless.Matthew 22:43 · πῶςHe saith to them, ‘How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,Matthew 22:45 · πῶςIf then David doth call him lord, how is he his son?’Matthew 23:33 · πῶς‘Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?Matthew 26:54 · πῶςhow then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?’Mark 2:26 · πῶςhow he went into the house of God, (at ‘Abiathar the chief priest,’) and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?’Mark 3:23 · πῶςAnd, having called them near, in similes he said to them, ‘How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?Mark 4:13 · πῶςAnd he saith to them, ‘Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?Mark 4:30 · πῶςAnd he said, ‘To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?Mark 5:16 · πῶςand those having seen it, declared to them how it had come to pass to the demoniac, and about the swine;Mark 9:12 · πῶςAnd he answering said to them, ‘Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought?Mark 10:23 · πῶςAnd Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, ‘How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!’Mark 10:24 · πῶςAnd the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, ‘Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!Mark 11:18 · πῶςAnd the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they shall destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching;Mark 12:26 · πῶςAnd concerning the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the Book of Moses (at The Bush), how God spake to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;Mark 12:35 · πῶςAnd Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple, ‘How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David?Mark 12:41 · πῶςAnd Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in much,Mark 14:1 · πῶςAnd the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;Mark 14:11 · πῶςand having heard, they were glad, and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how, conveniently, he might deliver him up.Luke 1:34 · πῶςAnd Mary said unto the messenger, ‘How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?’Luke 6:42 · πῶςor how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that is in thine eye—thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.Luke 8:18 · πῶς‘See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.’Luke 8:36 · πῶςand those also having seen it, told them how the demoniac was saved.Luke 10:26 · πῶςAnd he said unto him, ‘In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?’Luke 11:18 · πῶςand if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his kingdom be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons.Luke 12:11 · πῶς‘And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,Luke 12:27 · πῶς‘Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;Luke 12:50 · πῶςbut I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!Luke 12:56 · πῶςhypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time—how do ye not make proof of it?Luke 14:7 · πῶςAnd he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,Luke 18:24 · πῶςAnd Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, ‘How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!Luke 20:41 · πῶςAnd he said unto them, ‘How do they say the Christ to be son of David,Luke 20:44 · πῶςDavid, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?’Luke 22:2 · πῶςand the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.Luke 22:4 · πῶςand he, having gone away, spake with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might deliver him up to them,John 3:4 · πῶςNicodemus saith unto him, ‘How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?’John 3:9 · πῶςNicodemus answered and said to him, ‘How are these things able to happen?’John 3:12 · πῶςif the earthly things I said to you, and ye do not believe, how, if I shall say to you the heavenly things, will ye believe?John 4:9 · πῶςthe Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, ‘How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?’ for Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.John 5:44 · Πῶςhow are ye able—ye—to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that is from God alone ye seek not?John 5:47 · πῶςbut if his writings ye believe not, how shall ye believe my sayings?’John 6:42 · πῶςand they said, ‘Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one—Out of the heaven I have come down?’John 6:52 · πῶςThe Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, ‘How is this one able to give us his flesh to eat?’John 7:15 · πῶςand the Jews were wondering, saying, ‘How hath this one known letters—not having learned?’John 8:33 · πῶςThey answered him, ‘Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say—Ye shall become free?’John 9:10 · πῶςThey said, therefore, to him, ‘How were thine eyes opened?’John 9:15 · πῶςAgain, therefore, the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight, and he said to them, ‘Clay he did put upon my eyes, and I did wash—and I see.’John 9:16 · πῶςOf the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, ‘This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;’ others said, ‘How is a man—a sinful one—able to do such signs?’ and there was a division among them.John 9:19 · πῶςand they asked them, saying, ‘Is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? how then now doth he see?’John 9:21 · πῶςand how he now seeth, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; himself is of age, ask him; he himself shall speak concerning himself.’John 9:26 · πῶςAnd they said to him again, ‘What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?’John 11:36 · πῶςThe Jews, therefore, said, ‘Lo, how he was loving him!’John 12:34 · πῶςthe multitude answered him, ‘We heard out of the law that the Christ doth remain—to the age; and how dost thou say, That it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up? who is this—the Son of Man?’John 14:5 · πῶςThomas saith to him, ‘Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?’John 14:9 · πῶςJesus saith to him, ‘So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father?Acts 2:8 · πῶςand how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?Acts 4:21 · πῶςAnd they having further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which hath been done,Acts 8:31 · πῶςand he said, ‘Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?’ he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him.Acts 9:27 · πῶς · πῶςand Barnabas having taken him, brought him unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.Acts 11:13 · πῶςhe declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,Acts 12:17 · πῶςand having beckoned to them with the hand to be silent, he declared to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison, and he said, ‘Declare to James and to the brethren these things;’ and having gone forth, he went on to another place.Acts 15:36 · πῶςand after certain days, Paul said unto Barnabas, ‘Having turned back again, we may look after our brethren, in every city in which we have preached the word of the Lord—how they are.’Acts 20:18 · πῶςand when they were come unto him, he said to them, ‘Ye—ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was;Romans 3:6 · πῶςlet it not be! since how shall God judge the world?Romans 4:10 · πῶςhow then was it reckoned? he being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;Romans 6:2 · πῶςlet it not be! we who died to the sin—how shall we still live in it?Romans 8:32 · πῶςHe who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?Romans 10:14 · Πῶς · πῶς · πῶςHow then shall they call upon him in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe on him of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?Romans 10:15 · πῶςand how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, ‘How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!’1 Corinthians 3:10 · πῶςAccording to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on it,1 Corinthians 7:32 · πῶςAnd I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;1 Corinthians 7:33 · πῶςand the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.1 Corinthians 7:34 · πῶςThe wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.1 Corinthians 14:7 · πῶςyet the things without life giving sound—whether pipe or harp—if a difference in the sounds they may not give, how shall be known that which is piped or that which is harped?1 Corinthians 14:9 · πῶςso also ye, if through the tongue, speech easily understood ye may not give—how shall that which is spoken be known? for ye shall be speaking to air.1 Corinthians 14:16 · πῶςsince, if thou mayest bless with the spirit, he who is filling the place of the unlearned, how shall he say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since what thou dost say he hath not known?1 Corinthians 15:12 · πῶςAnd if Christ is preached, that out of the dead he hath risen, how say certain among you, that there is no rising again of dead persons?1 Corinthians 15:35 · πῶςBut some one will say, ‘How do the dead rise?2 Corinthians 3:8 · πῶςhow shall the ministration of the Spirit not be more in glory?Galatians 2:14 · πῶςBut when I saw that they are not walking uprightly to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, ‘If thou, being a Jew, in the manner of the nations dost live, and not in the manner of the Jews, how the nations dost thou compel to Judaize?Galatians 4:9 · πῶςand now, having known God—and rather being known by God—how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?Ephesians 5:15 · πῶςSee, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,Colossians 4:6 · πῶςyour word always in grace—with salt being seasoned—to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.1 Thessalonians 1:9 · πῶςfor they themselves concerning us do declare what entrance we had unto you, and how ye did turn unto God from the idols, to serve a living and true God,1 Thessalonians 4:1 · πῶςAs to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,2 Thessalonians 3:7 · πῶςfor yourselves have known how it behoveth you to imitate us, because we did not act disorderly among you;1 Timothy 3:5 · πῶς(and if any one his own house how to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)1 Timothy 3:15 · πῶςand if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God—a pillar and foundation of the truth,Hebrews 2:3 · πῶςhow shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving—to be spoken through the Lord—by those having heard was confirmed to us,1 John 3:17 · πῶςand whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him—how doth the love of God remain in him?Revelation 3:3 · πῶς‘Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.