Somehow
πωStrong’s G4458pō
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pō is the Greek word usually translated “perhaps”, “somehow” and “at all”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.”
Meaning
Usually translated “perhaps”, “somehow” and “at all”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- perhaps 12
- somehow 3
- at all 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 4
- Romans 3
- Acts 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Galatians 2
- Philippians 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 27:29Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
- Romans 1:10Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
- Romans 11:14If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
- Romans 11:21For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
- 1 Corinthians 8:9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
- 1 Corinthians 9:27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Greek dictionary
πω pō · somehow
πω enclit. part., yet, see: μή-πω, μηδέ-πω, οὔ-πω, οὐδέ-πω, πώ-ποτε πώ-ποτε adv., ever yet: Luk.19:30, Jhn.1:18 5:37 6:35 8:33, 1Jn.4:12.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “somehow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOMEHOW, adverb
[some and how.]
One way or other; on some way not yet known. The thing must have happened somehow or other.
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.