Lexical Definition

‎πῶς‎ pōs (poce) how?! G:PRT-I
adverb from the base of ‎ποῦ‎

how, after (by) what manner (means), that.

Usage: 2 forms in 200 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
πῶσ how Matt.6.28 • Matt.7.4 • Matt.10.19 • Matt.12.4 • Matt.12.26 • Matt.12.29 • Matt.12.34 • Matt.16.11 • Matt.21.20 • Matt.22.12 • Matt.22.43 • Matt.22.45 • Matt.23.33 • Matt.26.54 • Mark.2.26 • Mark.3.23 • Mark.4.13 • Mark.4.30 • Mark.4.40 • Mark.5.16 • Mark.8.21 • Mark.9.12 • Mark.10.23 • Mark.10.24 • Mark.11.18 • Mark.12.26 • Mark.12.35 • Mark.12.41 • Mark.14.1 • Mark.14.11 • Luke.1.34 • Luke.6.42 • Luke.8.18 • Luke.8.36 • Luke.10.26 • Luke.11.18 • Luke.12.11 • Luke.12.27 • Luke.12.50 • Luke.12.56 • Luke.14.7 • Luke.18.24 • Luke.20.41 • Luke.20.44 • Luke.22.2 • Luke.22.4 • John.3.4 • John.3.9 • John.3.12 • John.4.9 • John.5.44 • John.5.47 • John.6.42 • John.6.52 • John.7.15 • John.8.33 • John.9.10 • John.9.15 • John.9.16 • John.9.19 • John.9.21 • John.9.26 • John.11.36 • John.12.34 • John.14.5 • John.14.9 • Acts.2.8 • Acts.4.21 • Acts.8.31 • Acts.9.27 • Acts.9.27 • Acts.11.13 • Acts.12.17 • Acts.15.36 • Acts.20.18 • Rom.3.6 • Rom.4.10 • Rom.6.2 • Rom.8.32 • Rom.10.14 • Rom.10.14 • Rom.10.14 • Rom.10.15 • 1Cor.3.10 • 1Cor.7.32 • 1Cor.7.33 • 1Cor.7.34 • 1Cor.14.7 • 1Cor.14.9 • 1Cor.14.16 • 1Cor.15.12 • 1Cor.15.35 • 2Cor.3.8 • Gal.4.9 • Eph.5.15 • Col.4.6 • 1Thess.1.9 • 2Thess.3.7 • 1Tim.3.5 • 1Tim.3.15 • Heb.2.3 • 1John.3.17
in what manner 1Thess.4.1
what Rev.3.3
why Gal.2.14
πωσ And how LXX.Job.21.34
For how LXX.Gen.44.34 • LXX.Esth.8.6 • LXX.Job.9.2 • LXX.Job.25.4 • LXX.Job.33.12
How did LXX.Ps.73.11
O how LXX.Deut.28.67 • LXX.Deut.28.67 • LXX.2Sam.1.27 • LXX.Ps.73.19 • LXX.Prov.5.12 • LXX.Isa.1.21 • LXX.Isa.14.4 • LXX.Isa.14.12 • LXX.Jer.9.19 • LXX.Jer.48.17 • LXX.Jer.48.39 • LXX.Jer.48.39 • LXX.Jer.49.25 • LXX.Jer.50.23 • LXX.Jer.50.23 • LXX.Jer.51.41 • LXX.Jer.51.41 • LXX.Lam.2.1 • LXX.Lam.4.1 • LXX.Lam.4.2 • LXX.Ezek.26.17 • LXX.Zeph.2.15
how LXX.Gen.39.9 • LXX.Gen.43.27 • LXX.Gen.44.8 • LXX.Exod.6.12 • LXX.Exod.6.30 • LXX.Exod.33.16 • LXX.Deut.1.12 • LXX.Deut.2.7 • LXX.Deut.7.17 • LXX.Deut.12.30 • LXX.Deut.18.21 • LXX.Deut.25.18 • LXX.Deut.31.27 • LXX.Deut.32.30 • LXX.Josh.9.7 • LXX.Judg.16.15 • LXX.Ruth.2.11 • LXX.Ruth.3.18 • LXX.1Sam.16.2 • LXX.1Sam.23.3 • LXX.2Sam.1.5 • LXX.2Sam.1.14 • LXX.2Sam.1.19 • LXX.2Sam.1.25 • LXX.2Sam.2.22 • LXX.2Sam.6.9 • LXX.2Sam.12.18 • LXX.1Kgs.8.27 • LXX.1Kgs.12.6 • LXX.2Kgs.10.4 • LXX.2Kgs.17.28 • LXX.2Kgs.18.24 • LXX.2Kgs.19.11 • LXX.1Chr.13.12 • LXX.2Chr.10.6 • LXX.Neh.2.17 • LXX.Esth.8.6 • LXX.Esth.9.12 • LXX.Job.11.5 • LXX.Ps.11.1 • LXX.Ps.137.4 • LXX.Prov.4.19 • LXX.Prov.15.11 • LXX.Prov.20.24 • LXX.Eccl.2.16 • LXX.Eccl.4.11 • LXX.Song.5.3 • LXX.Song.5.3 • LXX.Isa.7.13 • LXX.Isa.19.11 • LXX.Isa.20.6 • LXX.Isa.36.9 • LXX.Isa.40.20 • LXX.Jer.2.21 • LXX.Jer.2.23 • LXX.Jer.8.8 • LXX.Jer.12.5 • LXX.Jer.12.5 • LXX.Jer.47.7 • LXX.Jer.48.14 • LXX.Lam.1.1 • LXX.Ezek.33.10 • LXX.Dan.10.17 • LXX.Obad.1.6 • LXX.Hag.2.3
of how LXX.Esth.9.24

Abbott-Smith

πῶς, interrog. adv., correl. of ὅπως,
1. prop., in direct questions, how?: c. indic., Mt 12:29, Mk 3:23, Lk 11:18, Jo 3:4, al.; καὶ π., Mk 4:13, Lk 20:44; π. οὖν, Mt 12:26; π. οὐ, Mt 16:11, Lk 12:56; in deliberative questions (cf. Bl., § 64, 6), c. subjc., Mt 23:33 26:54; π. οὖν, Ro 10:14; π. δέ, Ro 10:14, 15; seq. ἄν, c. optat., Ac 8:31.
2. As sometimes in cl. but more freq. and increasingly so in late writers (v. WM, § 57, 2; Bl., § 70, 2; Thumb, MGr., 192; Jannaris, Gr., App., vi, 13 f.), = ὅπως, ὥς;
(a) in indirect discourse: c. indic., Mt 6:28, Mk 12:41, Lk 8:36, Jo 9:15, Ac 9:27, al.; c. subjc., Mk 11:18, Lk 12:11;
(b) in exclamations: Mt 21:20, Mk 10:23, 24, Lk 12:50 18:24, Jo 11:36.

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 6:28 · 12:26 · 12:29 · 16:11 · 21:20 · 23:33 · 26:54
Mark 3:23 · 4:13 · 10:23 · 10:24 · 11:18 · 12:41
Luke 8:36 · 11:18 · 12:11 · 12:50 · 12:56 · 18:24 · 20:44
John 3:4 · 9:15 · 11:36
Acts 8:31 · 9:27
Romans 10:14 · 10:15

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πῶς,

Ionic dialect κῶς, interrogative adverb of Manner, how? [Refs 8th c.BC+]; sometimes to express displeasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to express astonishment or doubt, π. εἶπα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. λέγει; [Refs]; π. φῄ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τοῦτ᾽ ἔλεξα; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τοῦτ᾽ εἶπες α; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also π. μὴ φῶμεν..; surely we must, [Refs]

__b in dialogue, to ask explanation, with a repetition of a word used by the previous speaker, δίκαια— Answ. π. δίκαι; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ δίκαιος ὤν—Answ. π. μὴ δίκαιο; [Refs]; συμβολάς—Answ. π. συμβολά; [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; πῶς alone, how so, π., ὅς γε..; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with a second interrogative in the same clause, π. ἐκ τίνος νεώς ποτε.. ἥκετ; how and by what ship..? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τί τοῦτο λέγει; how say you and what? [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with genitive modi, π. ἀγῶνος ἥκομε; how are we come off in it? [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 with Verbs of selling, how? at what price? π. ὁ σῖτος ὤνιο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δ᾽ ἄλφιθ᾽ ὑμῖν π. ἐπώλου;—Answ. τεττάρων δραχμῶν.. τὸν κόφινον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II with other Particles, π. ἂν..; π. κε (ν)..; how possibly..? π. ἂν ἔπειτ᾽ ἀπὸ σεῖο.. λιποίμην οἶο; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἂν γένοιτ᾽ ἂν.. ποδῶν ἔκμακτρο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so with indicative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.b in Trag., π. ἄν with optative is frequently used to express a wish, O how might it be? i.e. would that it might..! π. ἂν θάνοιμ; π. ἂν ὀλοίμη; etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rare in Comedy texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (a trace of this usage appears in [LXX+8th c.BC+]; also with aorist subjunctive (without ἄν), π. κοιμηθ; [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. μή μοι μέγας λέων ἐπιφαν; [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; with present, π. μὴ χρῄζ; M.Ant. [prev. cited]
__II.2 π. ἄρα..; in reply, how then? π. τ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἴω..; [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.3 π. γὰρ..; also in reply, as if something had gone before, [that cannot be], for how can..? [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. γὰρ κάτοιδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 π. δὲ..; to introduce a strong objection, π. δὲ σὺ νῦν μέμονας, κύον ἀδδεές..; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δόξει δὲ π.; [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.5 π. δ; how in the world? π. δὴ φῂς πολέμοιο μεθιέμε; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also π. γὰρ δή..; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. δῆτα..; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 π. καὶ..; just how..? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δὲ καὶ..; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but καὶ π...; to introduce an objection, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; alone, but how? impossible! [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.7 π. οὐ..; how not so..? i.e. surely it is so.. , π. οὐ δεινὰ εἴργασθ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.8 π. οὖν..; like{π. ἄρα.}.; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἂν οὖν.. with optative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.9 π. ποτε..; how ever..? [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III πῶς followed by several of the abovenamed Particles is frequently used in elliptical sentences, as,
__III.1 π. γά; inserted parenthesis in a negative sentence, for how is it possible? how can or could it be? hence in emphatic denial, κἀγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἔδρασα, τοῦτ᾽ ἐπίσταμαι, οὐδ᾽ αὖ σύ· π. γά; [Refs]; οὐκ ἀπορῶν (π. γά;), ὅς γε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ τὴν ἑστίαν καταφυγών (π. γὰρ ἄ;), ὅστις.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. γὰρ ο; how can it but be? i.e. it must be so, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. γά; (i.e. ἄλλως ἔχει) is so used in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 π. δ; how so? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δῆτ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 π. δ᾽ ο; like{π. γὰρ οὔ}; (see.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δ᾽ οὐχ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δ᾽ οὐκ ἄν..; [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.4 π. οὖ; how then? how next? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. οὖν ἄν..; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.5 π. δοκεῖ; parenthesis, in conversation, how think you? hence (losing all interrogative force),= λίαν, wonderfully, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV π. in indirect questions for ὅπως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V in exclamations, ὦ π. πονηρόν ἐστιν ἀνθρώπου φύσις τὸ σύνολον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. παραχρῆμα ἐξηράνθη.. ! [NT]; π. δυσκόλως.. ! [NT]

LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Deut.28.67 ☩ Matt.21.20 ☩ Mark.10.23