ποῦ

ποῦ — poû

ποῦ (cf. Curtius, § 631), an interrogative adverb, from Homer down, the Sept. for אַיֵה, אָנָה, אַי, where? in what place? a. in direct questions: Mat 2:2; Mat 26:17; Mar 14:12; Mar 14:14; Luk 17:17; Luk 17:37; Luk 22:9; Luk 22:11; Joh 1:38(39);; ποῦ ἐστιν ((ἐστιν sometimes unexpressed)), in questions indicating that a person or thing is gone, or cannot be found, is equivalent to it is nowhere, does not exist: Luk 8:25; Rom 3:27; 1Co 1:20; 1Co 12:17; 1Co 12:19; 1Co 15:55; Gal 4:15 L T Tr WH; 2Pe 3:4; ποῦ φανεῖται (A. V. where shall... appear) equivalent to there will be no place for him, 1Pe 4:18.

b. in indirect questions, for the relative ὅπου (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 57, 2 at the end): followed by the indicative, Mat 2:4; Mar 15:47; Joh 1:39 (40);; Rev 2:13 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 612 (569)); followed by the subjunctive, Mat 8:20; Luk 9:58; Luk 12:17.

c. joined to verbs of going or coming, for ποῖ in direct question (cf. our colloquial, where for whither; see Winers Grammar, § 54, 7; Buttmann, 71 (62)): Joh 7:35 (cf. Winers Grammar, 300 (281); Buttmann, 358 (307));; in indirect question, followed by the indicative: Joh 3:8; Joh 8:14; Joh 12:35; Joh 14:5; Heb 11:8; 1Jn 2:11.