ποῦ
pou
where?
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "ποῦ" (pou) is a pronoun that translates to "where?" in English. It is used to inquire about the location or place of something or someone. With 48 occurrences in the Bible, this word is a common interrogative in the Greek language. The usage of "ποῦ" is varied, but it often functions as a question word to seek information about a person's or thing's whereabouts. It can be used in different contexts, such as asking about the location of someone or something, inquiring about a place or situation, or even expressing uncertainty or curiosity. In terms of significance, "ποῦ" highlights the importance of understanding and seeking knowledge about one's surroundings and circumstances. It underscores the human desire to know and understand the world around us, and it is often used in situations where clarity and precision are needed.
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Occurrences in Scripture
48 total occurrences across the text
“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
Matthew 2:4Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
Matthew 8:20Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
Matthew 26:17Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
Mark 15:47Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
Mark 14:12On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?”
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?” ’
Luke 8:25He said to them, “Where is your faith?” Being afraid they marveled, saying to one another, “Who is this then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”
Luke 9:58Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
Luke 12:17He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’
Luke 17:17Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
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 22:9They said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare?”
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 1:38Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”
John 1:39He said to them, “Come, and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
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 7:11The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”
John 7:35The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
John 8:10Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”
John 8:14Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.
John 8:14Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.
John 8:19They said therefore to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
John 9:12Then they asked him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don’t know.”
John 11:34and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
John 11:57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
John 12:35Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
John 13:36Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you can’t follow now, but you will follow afterwards.”
John 14:5Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
John 16:5But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
John 20:2Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”
John 20:13They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.”
John 20:15Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”
Romans 3:27Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1 Corinthians 12:17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?
1 Corinthians 12:17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?
1 Corinthians 12:19If they were all one member, where would the body be?
1 Corinthians 15:55“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”
1 Corinthians 15:55“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”
Galatians 4:15What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
Hebrews 11:8By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
1 Peter 4:18“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”
2 Peter 3:4and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
1 John 2:11But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Revelation 2:13“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.