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πῶς
pōs · Greek · Strong's G4459 · 104 occurrences
The KJV renders 8 different Hebrew and Greek words as “that”
What it means
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
adverb from the base of G4226 (ποῦ);
How the KJV renders it
how, after what manner, that
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“that”
Answers that weigh this word
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Where it appears
104 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 3:10 · ADV
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
1 Corinthians 7:32 · ADV-I
But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
1 Corinthians 7:33 · ADV-I
but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:34 · ADV-I
There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.
1 Corinthians 14:7 · ADV-I
Even lifeless things that make a sound, whether pipe or harp, if they didn’t give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what is piped or harped?
1 Corinthians 14:9 · ADV-I
So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.
1 Corinthians 14:16 ADV-I1 Corinthians 15:12 ADV-I1 Corinthians 15:35 ADV-I1 John 3:17 ADV-I1 Thessalonians 1:9 ADV1 Thessalonians 4:1 ADV1 Timothy 3:5 ADV-I1 Timothy 3:15 ADV2 Corinthians 3:8 ADV-I2 Thessalonians 3:7 ADVActs 2:8 ADV-IActs 4:21 ADV-IActs 8:31 ADV-IActs 9:27 ADVActs 11:13 ADVActs 12:17 ADVActs 15:36 ADV-IActs 20:18 ADVColossians 4:6 ADVEphesians 5:15 ADVGalatians 2:14 ADV-IGalatians 4:9 ADV-IHebrews 2:3 ADV-IJohn 3:4 ADV-IJohn 3:9 ADV-IJohn 3:12 ADV-IJohn 4:9 ADV-IJohn 5:44 ADV-IJohn 5:47 ADV-IJohn 6:42 ADV-IJohn 6:52 ADV-IJohn 7:15 ADV-IJohn 8:33 ADV-IJohn 9:10 ADV-IJohn 9:15 ADV-IJohn 9:16 ADV-IJohn 9:19 ADV-IJohn 9:21 ADV-IJohn 9:26 ADV-IJohn 11:36 ADVJohn 12:34 ADV-IJohn 14:5 ADV-IJohn 14:9 ADV-ILuke 1:34 ADV-ILuke 6:42 ADV-ILuke 8:18 ADVLuke 8:36 ADVLuke 10:26 ADV-ILuke 11:18 ADV-ILuke 12:11 ADV-ILuke 12:27 ADVLuke 12:50 ADVLuke 12:56 ADV-ILuke 14:7 ADV
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