Strong’s G4459 · Greek
πῶς
pōs
Definition
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
Etymology
adverb from the base of G4226 (ποῦ);
Where the KJV renders it
- how
- after (by) what manner (means)
- that
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
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