Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πόθεν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πόθεν

Sense

  1. (interrogative) whence?, from where?
  2. (interrogative) whence?, from what source?
  3. (interrogative) wherefore?, why?, how?, for what reason?
  4. (enclitic) from some place or other

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου. Ἄγαρ, παιδίσκη Σάρασ, πόθεν ἔρχῃ καὶ ποῦ πορεύῃ̣ καὶ εἶπεν. ἀπὸ προσώπου Σάρασ τῆσ κυρίασ μου ἐγὼ ἀποδιδράσκω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 16:8)
  • εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖσ Ἰακώβ. ἀδελφοί, πόθεν ἐστὲ ὑμεῖσ̣ οἱ δὲ εἶπαν. ἐκ Χαρρὰν ἐσμέν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:4)
  • ἰδὼν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ τούσ ἀδελφοὺσ αὐτοῦ ἐπέγνω καὶ ἠλλοτριοῦτο ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖσ σκληρὰ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖσ. πόθεν ἥκατε̣ οἱ δὲ εἶπον. ἐκ γῆσ Χαναὰν ἀγοράσαι βρώματα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 42:7)
  • πόθεν μοι κρέα δοῦναι παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ̣ ὅτι κλαίουσιν ἐπ’ ἐμοί, λέγοντεσ. δὸσ ἡμῖν κρέα, ἵνα φάγωμεν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 11:13)
  • καὶ εἶπαν πρὸσ Ἰησοῦν. οἰκέται σού ἐσμεν. καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ Ἰησοῦσ. πόθεν ἐστὲ καὶ πόθεν παραγεγόνατε̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 9:13)

Synonyms

  1. whence?

  2. from some place or other

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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