Lexical Definition

‎ὅπου‎ hópou (hop'-oo) where(-ever) G:CONJ
from ‎ὅς‎ and ‎πού‎

in what place, where(-as, -soever), whither (+ soever).

Usage: 3 forms in 95 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ὅπου to the place John.14.4
to where John.11.32
to wherever Mark.6.55
whenever Mark.9.18
where Matt.6.19 • Matt.6.19 • Matt.6.20 • Matt.6.20 • Matt.6.21 • Matt.13.5 • Matt.25.24 • Matt.25.26 • Matt.26.57 • Matt.28.6 • Mark.2.4 • Mark.2.4 • Mark.4.5 • Mark.4.15 • Mark.5.40 • Mark.9.44 • Mark.9.46 • Mark.9.48 • Mark.13.14 • Mark.14.14 • Mark.16.6 • Luke.12.33 • Luke.12.34 • Luke.17.37 • Luke.22.11 • John.1.28 • John.3.8 • John.4.20 • John.4.46 • John.6.23 • John.6.62 • John.7.34 • John.7.36 • John.7.42 • John.8.21 • John.8.22 • John.10.40 • John.11.30 • John.12.1 • John.12.26 • John.13.33 • John.13.36 • John.14.3 • John.17.24 • John.18.1 • John.18.20 • John.19.18 • John.19.20 • John.19.41 • John.20.12 • John.20.19 • John.21.18 • John.21.18 • Acts.17.1 • Acts.20.6 • Rom.15.20 • 1Cor.3.3 • Col.3.11 • Heb.6.20 • Heb.9.16 • Heb.10.18 • Jas.3.4 • Jas.3.16 • Rev.2.13 • Rev.2.13 • Rev.11.8 • Rev.12.6 • Rev.12.14 • Rev.17.9 • Rev.20.10
whereas 2Pet.2.11
wherever Matt.8.19 • Matt.24.28 • Matt.26.13 • Mark.6.10 • Mark.6.56 • Mark.14.9 • Mark.14.14 • Luke.9.57 • Rev.14.4
όπου but where LXX.Prov.26.20
of where LXX.Job.6.17 • LXX.Eccl.9.10
where LXX.Josh.22.19 • LXX.Judg.18.10 • LXX.Ruth.1.16 • LXX.Ruth.1.16 • LXX.1Sam.23.23 • LXX.Esth.1.9 • LXX.Isa.42.22
οπου where LXX.Dan.2.38

Abbott-Smith

ὅπου, adv.
of place, correlat. of ποῦ (q.v.), where.
I. Prop., of place,
1. where;
(a) in relative sentences, c. indic: Mt 25:24, 26, Mk 2:4 4:5, 15 5:40 13:14, Jo 3:8 6:62 7:34, 36 11:32 14:3 17:24 20:19, Ro 15:20, Re 2:13; after nouns of place, for relat. prepositional phrase (ἐν ᾧ., etc.), Mt 6:19, 20 13:5 26:57 28:6, Mk 6:55 9:48, Lk 12:33, Jo 1:28 4:20, 46 6:23 7:42 10:40 11:30 12:1 18:1, 20 19:18, 20, 41 20:12, Ac 17:1, Re 2:13 11:8 20:10; seq. ἐκεῖ., Mt 6:21, Lk 12:34 17:37, Jo 12:26; id. pleonast. (= Heb. אֲשֶׁר . . . שָׁם; Aram. דְּ . . . תַּמָּן; cf. Ge 13:3), ὅ. . . . ἐκεῖ, Re 12:6, 14; ὅ. . . . ἐπ' αὐτῶν, Re 17:9; ὅ. ἄν, wherever (M, Pr., 168), c. impf. indic., Mk 6:56; c. pres. subjc., Mt 24:28; ὅ. ἐάν, Mt 26:13, Mk 6:10 9:18 14:9, 14a;
(b) in quaest. indir., c. aor. subjc.: Mk 14:14b, Lk 22:11.
2. In late writers (sometimes also in cl.; Bl., § 25, 2), with verbs of motion, = ὅποι, whither: c. indic., Jo 8:21, 22 13:33, 36 14:4 21:18, He 6:20, Ja 3:4; ὅ. ἄν, whithersoever, c. pres. ind., Re 14:4; subjc., Lk 9:57; ὅ. ἐάν, Mt 8:19.
II. Without strict local sense,
1. of time or condition: Col 3:11, He 9:16 10:18, Ja 3:16, II Pe 2:11.
2. Of cause or reason (AV, whereas): I Co 3:3.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Genesis 13:3
Matthew 6:19 · 6:20 · 6:21 · 8:19 · 13:5 · 24:28 · 25:24 · 25:26 · 26:13 · 26:57 · 28:6
Mark 2:4 · 4:5 · 4:15 · 5:40 · 6:10 · 6:55 · 6:56 · 9:18 · 9:48 · 13:14 · 14:9 · 14:14
Luke 9:57 · 12:33 · 12:34 · 17:37 · 22:11
John 1:28 · 3:8 · 4:20 · 4:46 · 6:23 · 6:62 · 7:34 · 7:36 · 7:42 · 8:21 · 8:22 · 10:40 · 11:30 · 11:32 · 12:1 · 12:26 · 13:33 · 13:36 · 14:3 · 14:4 · 17:24 · 18:1 · 18:20 · 19:18 · 19:20 · 19:41 · 20:12 · 20:19 · 21:18
Acts 17:1
Romans 15:20
1 Corinthians 3:3
Colossians 3:11
Hebrews 6:20 · 9:16 · 10:18
James 3:4 · 3:16
2 Peter 2:11
Revelation 2:13 · 11:8 · 12:6 · 12:14 · 14:4 · 17:9 · 20:10

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὅπου,

Ionic dialect ὅκου, Relat., indirect interrogative, and indefinite adverb of Place, correlated to ποῦ:

__I as a Relat., sometimes with genitive loci, τῆς πόλεως ὅπου κάλλιστον στρατοπεδεύσασθαι [ὅπου βούλοιτο τοῦ δρόμου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.27; ἔσθ᾽ ὅπου ">Refs 5th c.BC+]in some places, [Refs 4th c.BC+] adjective, μέλη, ὅπου (i. e. ἐν οἷς)[Refs 5th c.BC+]: with other Particles, ὅκου δή somewhere or other, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅπου ἄν wherever, with subjunctive, [Refs]; in Trag. the ἄν may be omitted, as ὅπου δ᾽ Ἀπόλλων σκαιὸς ᾖ, τίνες σοφο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, ὅπου ἂν τύχῃ τῶν λεγομένων [Refs 5th c.BC+]anywheresoever, [Refs]; ὅπουπερ with optative, wherever, [ὅπου ποτέ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 12 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁπουδάν, ={ὅπου δὲ ἄν}, anywhere, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁπουδήποτε, = ubicumque, Dosith.p.410 K.; ὁπουδηποτοῦν anywheresoever, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I.2 in indirect questions, ὄφρα πύθηαι πατρός, ὅπου κύθε γαῖα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with Verbs of motion in pregnant sense, ὅκου ἐτράπετο, οὐκέτι εἶχον εἰπεῖν [ὅπου βέβηκεν, οὐδεὶς οἶδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 40, variant in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.37, etc.: in many passages editors have in this sense restored ὅποι,">Refs 5th c.BC+] mostly from codices; in repeating a question, ἡ Λακεδαίμων ποῦ 'στι; Answ. ὅπου 'στί; (do you ask) where it is? [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II the strict local sense occasionally passes into,
__II.1 a sense involving Time or Occasion, ὅ. τιν᾽ ἴδῃ [Refs 6th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὅ. there is no case in which, i.e. in no case. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἔστιν ὅ.; as a question, [Refs]
__II.2 of Cause, whereas, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅκου γε, Latin quandoquidem or quippe, [ὅπου γε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.11, etc. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B later as a demonstrative adverb, only in the phrase ὅ. μέν.., ὅ. δέ.. here.., there.., [Refs 1st c.AD+]