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πώς

Lemmaπώς
Citation formπώς
Part of speechadverb
Glosssomehow, in some way
Strong’sG4458
Transliteration-pṓs
Definitionan enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composition
KJV glosses:--haply, by any (some) means, perhaps.
Derivationadverb from the base of
SBLGNT occurrences13

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
πως
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Acts 27:12
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Romans 1:10
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Romans 11:14
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — 1 Corinthians 8:9
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — 1 Corinthians 9:27
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — 2 Corinthians 11:3
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — 2 Corinthians 12:20
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — 2 Corinthians 2:7
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — 2 Corinthians 9:4
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Galatians 2:2
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Galatians 4:11
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — Philippians 3:11
adverb (MorphGNT --------) — 1 Thessalonians 3:5

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: πως, πως.1.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for πώς with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.