Vocabulary Form
πῶς
Definition

how?

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
103
GK
4802
Mnemonics

How will I pass? How is it possible?

Mnemonic Singing

Amazing love, how can it be,
that thou my God shouldst die for me.

Song
Notes

There is another word πώς meaning "at all, somehow, in any way," occurring 15 times. The only difference between the two words is the accent.

Biblical Concordance

John 6:42 And they were saying, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How (pōs | πῶς | conj) can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
John 6:52 Then the Jews began to argue with one another, “How (pōs | πῶς | conj) can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
John 7:15 The Jews were astonished, and they asked, “How (pōs | πῶς | conj) does this man know the sacred letters, having never studied?”
John 8:33 They replied to him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone! How (pōs | πῶς | conj) can you say, ‘You will become free’?”
John 9:10 So they asked him, “How (pōs | πῶς | conj) then were your eyes opened?”
John 9:15 Then the Pharisees also asked him how (pōs | πῶς | conj) he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He daubed mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.”
John 9:16 Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How (pōs | πῶς | conj) can a sinful man perform miraculous signs like this?” And there was a division among them.
John 9:19 and asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How (pōs | πῶς | conj) then does he now see?”
John 9:21 but how (pōs | πῶς | conj) it is that he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him, he is an adult. He will speak for himself.”
John 9:26 Therefore they said to him, “What did he do to you? How (pōs | πῶς | conj) did he open your eyes?”
John 11:36 So the Jews kept saying, “See how (pōs | πῶς | particle) he loved him!”
John 12:34 The crowd responded, “We have heard from the law that the Christ is to remain forever; so how (pōs | πῶς | conj) is it that you are saying that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
John 14:5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how (pōs | πῶς | conj) can we know the way?”
John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long a time with you, Philip, and you still do not know me? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! How (pōs | πῶς | conj) can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Acts 2:8 And how (pōs | πῶς | conj) do we hear, each of us in his own language to which he was born?
Acts 4:21 And when they had threatened them further, they let them go, for they could not find how (pōs | πῶς | conj) to punish them on account of the people, since they all were praising God for what had happened.
Acts 8:31 And he said, “How (pōs | πῶς | conj) could I unless someone guide me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Acts 9:27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and he related to them how (pōs | πῶς | conj) on the road he had seen the Lord, and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how (pōs | πῶς | conj) in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.
Acts 11:13 And he told us how (pōs | πῶς | conj) he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,
Acts 12:17 But Peter motioned to them with his hand to be silent, and he related how (pōs | πῶς | conj) the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place.
Acts 15:36 And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return indeed and visit the brothers in every city in which we announced the word of the Lord to see how (pōs | πῶς | conj) they are.”
Acts 20:18 And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how (pōs | πῶς | conj) I lived among you the whole time from the first day on which I set foot in Asia,
Romans 3:6 By no means! For otherwise how (pōs | πῶς | conj) could God judge the world?
Romans 4:10 How (pōs | πῶς | conj) then was it credited to him? Was it after he was circumcised or before? It was not after his circumcision but before.
Romans 6:2 By no means! How (pōs | πῶς | particle) can we who died to sin go on living in it?