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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 2 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. John 6:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

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  2. John 6:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

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  3. John 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”

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  4. John 8:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”

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  5. John 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

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  6. John 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”

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  7. John 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.

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  8. John 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”

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  9. John 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

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  10. John 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”

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  11. John 11:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”

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  12. John 12:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”

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  13. John 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”

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  14. John 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

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  15. Acts 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?

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  16. Acts 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

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  17. Acts 8:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

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  18. Acts 9:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.

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  19. Acts 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

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  20. Acts 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

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  21. Acts 15:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

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  22. Acts 20:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

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  23. Romans 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?

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  24. Romans 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.

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  25. Romans 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

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  26. Romans 8:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

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  27. Romans 10:14 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?

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  28. Romans 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

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  29. 1 Corinthians 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

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  30. 1 Corinthians 7:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.

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  31. 1 Corinthians 7:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,

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  32. 1 Corinthians 7:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

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  33. 1 Corinthians 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?

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  34. 1 Corinthians 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

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  35. 1 Corinthians 14:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

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  36. 1 Corinthians 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

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  37. 1 Corinthians 15:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

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  38. 2 Corinthians 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

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  39. Galatians 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

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  40. Galatians 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

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  41. Ephesians 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

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  42. Colossians 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

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  43. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

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  44. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.

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  45. 2 Thessalonians 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,

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  46. 1 Timothy 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?

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  47. 1 Timothy 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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  48. Hebrews 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

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  49. 1 John 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

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  50. Revelation 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

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