Greek particle · G4458
‐πώς
-pospoce
as conjc.; As interrogative, whether haply
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: -pṓs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4458is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4458
an enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composition
The King James renders it: haply, by any (some) means, perhaps.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
-pos is rendered "as conjc.; As interrogative, whether haply". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Five of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "as conjc.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 27:12Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
Acts 27:12πως
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's sixteen uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: as conjc., and As interrogative, whether haply.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| as conjc.lest haply | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 8:9Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. |
| As interrogative, whether haply | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereActs 27:29Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πως15
- που1
The grammar of each form
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Acts
two uses
Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
- πωςposparticletagged: somehow
Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
- πουpouparticletagged: perhaps
Romans
three uses
in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
- πωςposparticletagged: somehow
in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
- πωςposparticletagged: at all
For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
- πωςposparticletagged: perhaps
1 Corinthians
two uses
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
- πωςposparticletagged: perhaps
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
- πωςposparticletagged: perhaps
2 Corinthians
five uses
So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
- πωςposparticletagged: perhaps
Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
- πωςposparticletagged: perhaps
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
- πωςposparticletagged: perhaps
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
- πωςposparticletagged: perhaps
- πωςposparticletagged: perhaps
Galatians
two uses
I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
- πωςposparticletagged: perhaps
I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
- πωςposparticletagged: perhaps
Philippians
one use
and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
- πωςposparticletagged: somehow
1 Thessalonians
one use
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.
- πωςposparticletagged: perhaps
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.