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Strong's #4226 - ποῦ
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ποῦ,
Ion. κοῦ, interrog. Adv. where? Hom., etc.; freq. c. dat. pers., ποῦ δέ οἱ ἔντεα κεῖται . .; Il. 10.407; π. τοι τόξον; 5.171; π. τοι Δηΐφοβος . ., π. δέ τοι Ὀθρυονεύς; 13.770, 772; ἀλλ' ἡμὶν Αἴας ποὖστιν; S. Aj. 733; π. μοί ποτε ναίει; Id. OC 137 (lyr.); rarely with Verbs of motion in early authors, v. που sub fin.: — c. gen. loci, π. χθονός; where in the world? A. Pers. 231; π. γῆς; S. Aj. 984, OT 108, etc.; π. τῆς χώρας; X. Eq.Mag. 7.14; τὴν σοφίαν . . π. χοροῦ τάξομεν; in what part of the chorus? Pl. Euthd. 279c .
2. so in a sense not strictly local, π. ποτ' εἶ φρενῶν; S. El. 390; π. γνώμης ποτ' εἶ; Id. Ant. 42; π. ποτ' εἰμὶ πράγματος; Id. Tr. 375; π. σοι τύχης ἕστηκεν; at what point of fortune stands he? Id. Aj. 102 .
II of manner, how? E. IA 406, Or. 802; to express an inference very strongly, κοῦ γε δὴ . . οὐκ ἂν χωσθείη κόλπος . .; how then would it not . . ? i.e. it certainly would . ., Hdt. 2.11, cf. Th. 8.27 codd.; in Trag., in indignant questions, how? by what right? π. σὺ στρατηγεῖς τοῦδε; S. Aj. 1100; ποῦ σὺ μάντις εἶ σαφής; Id. OT 390, cf. Ph. 451, E. Heracl. 369 (lyr.), 510; π. γάρ ἐστι δίκαιον; D. 37.41, cf. 23.58 .
ποῦ (cf. Curtius, § 631), an interrogative adverb, from Homer down, the Sept. for אַיֵה, אָנָה, אַי, where? in what place? a. in direct questions: Matthew 2:2; Matthew 26:17; Mark 14:12, 14; Luke 17:17, 37; Luke 22:9, 11; John 1:38(39);
b. in indirect questions, for the relative ὅπου (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 57, 2 at the end): followed by the indicative, Matthew 2:4; Mark 15:47; John 1:39 (40);
c. joined to verbs of going or coming, for ποῖ in direct question (cf. our colloquial, where for whither; see Winers Grammar, § 54, 7; Buttmann, 71 (62)): John 7:35 (cf. Winers Grammar, 300 (281); Buttmann, 358 (307));
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ποῦ ,
interrog. adv.,
[in LXX for H335, H346, H575;]
1. prop., where?: Matthew 2:2; Matthew 26:17, Mark 14:12; Mark 14:14, Luke 17:17; Luke 17:37; Luke 22:9; Luke 22:11, John 1:39; John 7:11; John 8:10; John 8:19; John 9:12; John 11:34; ποῦ (ἐστιν ), indicating that the subject in question is not to be found, Luke 8:25, Romans 3:27, 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 12:17; 1 Corinthians 12:19; 1 Corinthians 15:55, Galatians 4:15, 2 Peter 3:4; ποῦ φανεῖται , 1 Peter 4:18.
2. = ὅπου (WM, 640; B1., § 50, 5): c. indic., Matthew 2:4, Mark 15:47, John 1:40; John 11:57; John 20:2; John 20:13; John 20:15 Revelation 2:13; c. subjc., Matthew 8:20, Luke 9:58; Luke 12:17.
3. In colloq. (as in Eng.) = ποῖ , whither: in direct questions, John 7:35; John 9:12; John 13:36; John 16:5; in indir. quest., John 3:8; John 8:14; John 12:35; John 14:5, Hebrews 11:8, 1 John 2:11.†
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In support of the view that in Acts 17:25 προσδέομαι means ";need in addition"; as against the AV, RV rendering ";need,"; the following exx. of the verb may be cited : —P Petr II. 37ii. 18 (iii/B.C.) (= p. [119]) ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς οὐδεμιᾶς ὑπερβολῆς προσδεῖται, ";for the time allows of no further delay,"; P Lille I. 5.13 (B.C. 260–59) διὰ τὸ προσδεῖσθαι μέρος τ ̣ι ̣ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ πωολογίας, ";because a part of his land has still need of poologia,"; P Flor I. 1.6 (A.D. 153) μὴ προσδεομένοις ἀνανεώσεως, ";needing no renewal,"; and ib. 56.18 (A.D. 234) καὶ ἐν οἷς ἄλλοις αὐτοῦ προσδ [έομ ]α ̣ι ̣ π ̣ε ̣ρ ̣ὶ τούτων. Cf. P Ryl II. 155.16 (A.D. 138–161) κ ̣α ̣ι ̣̣ μ ̣ὴ προσδεομένη íς ý ἑτέρου [τινὸς αὐτῇ συναπογραφομένο ]υ, ";having no need of the concurrence of any other person"; (Edd.), P Oxy IX. 1200.35 (A.D. 266) οὐ προσδεόμενος ἑτέρας μου εὐδοκήσεως ἢ μεταλήμψεως, ";without requiring any further consent or concurrence from me"; (Ed.). See also Field Notes, p. 127 f.
In other passages the force of προσ —, though not so obvious, is not excluded, e.g. P Par 63.154 (B.C. 154) (= P Petr III. p. 30) τῶν προσδεομένων κωμῶν, ";the needy villages,"; i.e. ";villages needing more than they have,"; P Tebt I. 59.8 (B.C. 99) ἐν οἶς ἐὰν προσδεῆσθέ μου ἐπιτάσσοντές μοι προθυμότερον, ";so, whatever you may require, do not hesitate to command my services"; (Edd.), and P Oxy IV. 743.33 (B.C. 2) ἐν οἷς ἐὰν σοῦ προσδεῆται συνπροσγενέσθαι αὐτῶι, ";whatever service he may require from you, stand by him"; (Edd.). The subst. προσδέησις in Epicurea p. 28.5 (ed. Usener) ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ καὶ φόβῳ καὶ προσδεήσει τῶν πλησίον ταῦτα γίνεται has the meaning ";need,"; ";want,"; the προσ —being apparently otiose.
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