Strong’s G4159 · Greek

πόθεν
póthen

Definition

from which (as interrogative) or what (as relative) place, state, source or cause

Etymology

from the base of G4213 (πόσις) with enclitic adverb of origin;

Where the KJV renders it

  • whence

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What the first audience heard

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