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pōs G4459

πῶς (pōs) means “how?!” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πῶς Greek · G4459 103 tagged occurrences in 100 verses

Pronunciation guide: poce Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4459

πῶς · pōs · how?!

πῶς, interrog. adv., correl. of ὅπως, 1. prop., in direct questions, how?: with indic., Mat.12:29, Mrk.3:23, Luk.11:18, Jhn.3:4, al.; καὶ π., Mrk.4:13, Luk.20:44; π. οὖν, Mat.12:26; π. οὐ, Mat.16:11, Luk.12:56; in deliberative questions (cf. Bl., §64, 6), with subjc., Mat.23:33 26:54; π. οὖν, Rom.10:14; π. δέ, Rom.10:14, 15; before ἄν, with optative, Act.8:31. 2. As sometimes in cl. but more frequently and increasingly so in late writers (see WM, §57, 2; Bl., §70, 2; Thumb, MGr., 192; Jannaris, Gr., App., vi, 13f.), = ὅπως, ὥς; (a) in indirect discourse: with indic., Mat.6:28, Mrk.12:41, Luk.8:36, Jhn.9:15, Act.9:27, al.; with subjc., Mrk.11:18, Luk.12:11; (b) in exclamations: Mat.21:20, Mrk.10:23, 24 Luk.12:50 18:24, Jhn.11:36. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

how, in what manner, by what means.

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How translators render G4459

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
how 76
vvv 4
how is it that 2
somehow 2
to how 2
what 2
why 2
a way 1
but how 1
for a way 1
for fear that 1
had somehow 1
how can we 1
how did 1
how is it then that 1
how to respond 1
in a way 1
in what context 1
may have been 1
so how 1
so that 1
that just 1
that there may be 1
to see how 1
to what 1
way 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
how 89
how is it that 5
by any means 2
by what means 2
after what manner 1
but how 1
how can 1
how then 1
that 1

Verses containing G4459

Page 1 of 2. 100 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 6:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.

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  2. Matthew 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?

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  3. Matthew 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.

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  4. Matthew 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.

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  5. Matthew 12:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?

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  6. Matthew 12:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

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  7. Matthew 12:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

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  8. Matthew 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

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  9. Matthew 21:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

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  10. Matthew 22:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

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  11. Matthew 22:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

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  12. Matthew 22:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

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  13. Matthew 23:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

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  14. Matthew 26:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

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  15. Mark 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”

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  16. Mark 3:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

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  17. Mark 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

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  18. Mark 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

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  19. Mark 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.

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  20. Mark 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

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  21. Mark 10:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

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  22. Mark 10:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

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  23. Mark 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

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  24. Mark 12:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

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  25. Mark 12:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

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  26. Mark 12:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.

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  27. Mark 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

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  28. Mark 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

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  29. Luke 1:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

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  30. Luke 6:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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  31. Luke 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

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  32. Luke 8:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile, those who had seen it reported how the demon-possessed man had been healed.

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  33. Luke 10:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”

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  34. Luke 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

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  35. Luke 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

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  36. Luke 12:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

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  37. Luke 12:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

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  38. Luke 12:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?

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  39. Luke 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:

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  40. Luke 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

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  41. Luke 20:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?

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  42. Luke 20:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”

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  43. Luke 22:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.

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  44. Luke 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.

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  45. John 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

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  46. John 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

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  47. John 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

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  48. John 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

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  49. John 5:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

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  50. John 5:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

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