πῶς

pw'" pw'" (from the obsolete
POS, whence
pou',
poi', etc. (cf. Curtius, sec. 631)), adverb (from Homer down);I. in interrogation; how? in what way? -- in a direct question, followed by a. the indicative, it is the expression
a. of one seeking information and desiring to be taught: ; ; ; ; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 266 (250));
pw'"
ou\n, Tdf. (but L WH brackets
ou\n), ; .
b. of one about to controvert another, and emphatically deny that the thing inquired about has happened or been done: ; ; ; ,; ,; ; ; ; ; ; ; ,,; ; ;
kaiv
pw'", ; (here L text Tr WH omit
kaiv);
pw'"
ou\n, ; R G;
pw'"
dev, a R G L marginal reading, 14b R G T, 15 R G (on this see in b. below). where something is asserted and an affirmative answer is expected,
pw'"
oujciv is used: ; .
g. of surprise, intimating that what has been done or is said could not have been done or said, or not rightly done or said -- being equivalent to how is it, or how has it come to pass, that etc.: G L T Tr WH; ; ; ; ;
pw'"
levgei",
levgousi,
ktl., ; ; ;
kaiv
pw'", ; ;
kaiv
pw'"
suv
levgei", ; (here L T WH omit; Tr brackets
kaiv);
pw'"
ou\n, (here T WH Tr text
pw'"
nu'n); ;
pw'"
ouj, how is it that ... not, why not? ; R G L marginal reading; (R G T); . b. the deliberative subjunctive (where the question is, how that can be done which ought to be done):
pw'"
plhrwqw'sin
aiJ
grafaiv, how are the Scriptures (which ought to be fulfilled) to be fulfilled? ;
pw'"
fuvghte, how shall ye (who wish to escape) escape etc. ; add,
pw'"
ou\n, L T Tr WH;
pw'"
dev, a L text T Tr WH; 14{b} L Tr WH; 15 L T Tr WH (); cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. ii., 405f c. followed by
a[n with the optative:
pw'"
gavr
a[n
dunaivmhn; (on which see
a[n, III., p. 34b).II. By a somewhat negligent use, occasionally met with, even in Attic writings, but more frequent in later authors,
pw'" is found in indirect discourse, where regularly
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