Where(-ever)
ὅπουStrong’s G3699hopou
Appears in 78 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hopou is the Greek word usually translated “where”, “wherever” and “whenever”. It appears in 78 verses of the New Testament.
“Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.”
Meaning
Usually translated “where”, “wherever” and “whenever”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- where 70
- wherever 9
- to wherever 1
- whenever 1
- to where 1
- to the place 1
- whereas 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 29
- Mark 15
- Matthew 11
- Revelation 7
- Luke 5
- Hebrews 3
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
- Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
- Matthew 6:21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
- Matthew 8:19And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
- Matthew 13:5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
- Matthew 24:28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
All 78 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ὅπου hopou · where(-ever)
ὅπου adv. of place, correlat. of ποῦ (which see), where. I. Prop., of place, 1. where; (a) in relative sentences, with indic: Mat.25:24, 26, Mrk.2:4 4:5, 15 5:40 13:14, Jhn.3:8 6:62 7:34, 36 11:32 14:3 17:24 20:19, Rom.15:20, Rev.2:13; after nouns of place, for relat. prepositional phrase (ἐν ᾧ., etc.), Mat.6:19-20 13:5 26:57 28:6, Mrk.6:55 9:48 Luk.12:33, Jhn.1:28 4:20, 46 6:23 7:42 10:40 11:30 12:1 18:1, 20 19:18, 20 19:41 20:12, Act.17:1, Rev.2:13 11:8 20:10; before ἐκεῖ., Mat.6:21, Luk.12:34 17:37 Jhn.12:26; id. pleonast. (= Heb. שָׁם . . . אֲשֶׁר; Aram. תַּמָּן . . דּ; of. Gen.13:3), …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “where” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WHERE, adverb
- At which place or places.“In all places where I record my name, I will come to thee and I will bless thee” Exodus 20:24
- At or in what place.“Adam, where art thou?” Genesis 3:9
- At the place in which.
- Whither; to what place, or from what place. where are you going? where are you from? [These uses of where are common, and the first cannot be condemned as vulgar.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.