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πόθεν?

Adverb; Transliteration: pothen

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 πορεύῃ; καὶ εἶπεν. ἀπὸ προσώπου Σάρας τῆς κυρίας μου ἐγὼ ἀποδιδράσκω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 16:8)
  • εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἰακώβ. ἀδελφοί, πόθεν ἐστὲ ὑμεῖς; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν. ἐκ Χαρρὰν ἐσμέν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:4)
  • ἰδὼν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ τούς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπέγνω καὶ ἠλλοτριοῦτο ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς σκληρὰ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς. πόθεν ἥκατε; οἱ δὲ εἶπον. ἐκ γῆς Χαναὰν ἀγοράσαι βρώματα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 42:7)
  • πόθεν μοι κρέα δοῦναι παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ; 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 παραγεγόνατε; (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 9:13)

Synonyms

  1. whence?

  2. from some place or other

Related

명사

형용사

동사

부사

감탄사

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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