ὅπου
hopou
where(-ever)
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ὅπου (hopou) is a pronoun that functions as an adverb, indicating a location or a point in space. Its definition, "where(-ever)," suggests that it can be used to ask for or specify a particular place or position. With 84 occurrences in the Bible, it is a relatively common word that appears in various contexts. The word ὅπου is used in a range of situations, from asking for directions or locations to specifying a particular place or situation. It can be used in both affirmative and interrogative sentences, and it often appears in conjunction with other words that provide more specific information about the location. For example, in Matthew 2:9, the Magi ask, "Where is he that is born King of the Jews?" using ὅπου to ask for the location of Jesus. The significance of ὅπου lies in its ability to highlight the importance of location and context in understanding various events and situations in the Bible. By using this word, authors can draw attention to the specific circumstances and settings in which events unfold, adding depth and nuance to their narratives.
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Occurrences in Scripture
84 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Matthew 6:19“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Matthew 6:20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;
Matthew 6:20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;
Matthew 6:21for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 8:19A scribe came, and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
Matthew 26:13Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”
Matthew 13:5Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
Matthew 24:28For wherever the carcass is, that is where the vultures gather together.
Matthew 25:24“He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you didn’t sow, and gathering where you didn’t scatter.
Matthew 25:26“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.
Matthew 26:57Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
Matthew 28:6He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
Mark 2:4When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.
Mark 2:4When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.
Mark 4:5Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
Mark 4:15The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
Mark 5:40They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.
Mark 6:55and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.
Mark 6:56Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
Mark 9:18and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren’t able.”
Mark 9:44‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
Mark 9:46‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
Mark 9:48‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
Mark 13:14But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,
Mark 14:9Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her.”
Mark 14:14and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’
Mark 14:14and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’
Mark 16:6He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!
Luke 9:57As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.”
Luke 12:33Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
Luke 12:34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Luke 17:37They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.”
Luke 22:11Tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’
John 1:28These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John 3:8The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
John 4:20Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
John 4:46Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
John 6:23However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
John 6:62Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
John 7:34You will seek me, and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”
John 7:36What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”
John 7:42Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
John 8:21Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”
John 8:22The Jews therefore said, “Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come’?”
John 10:40He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and he stayed there.
John 11:30Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
John 11:32Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.”
John 12:26If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
John 13:33Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you.