2001 Translation

POTHEN, pothen

Sounds Like: PO-then

Translations: from where, whence, from what source

From the root: ΠΟΘΕΝ

Part of Speech: Adverb

Explanation: This adverb is used to inquire about the origin, source, or place from which something comes. It can be translated as 'from where' or 'whence'. It is often used in interrogative sentences to ask about the starting point of an action or state.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G4226 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 98:11

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 10:12, 14:7

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:33, 2:116, 6:12, 6:17

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 12:3
• Tobit — 2:13, 5:5, 7:3
• 4 Maccabees — 1:33, 8:26, 13:12
• Psalms — 120:1
• Proverbs — 22:27
• Job — 1:7, 2:2, 28:12, 28:20, 38:24
• Sirach — 27:27, 37:3
• Isaiah — 39:3, 41:24, 41:28
• Jeremiah — 15:18, 31:9
• Jonah — 1:8
• Matthew — 13:27, 13:56, 21:25
• Mark — 6:2, 11:30
• Luke — 13:25, 13:27, 20:7
• John — 2:9, 3:8, 4:11, 6:5, 7:27, 8:14, 9:29, 9:30, 19:9
• James — 4:1
• Revelation — 7:13
• Epistle of Barnabas — 14:7

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 19:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 7:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 29:274, 33:298, 35:314

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 0:18, 19:287
• Book 3 — 13:298
• Book 6 — 4:56, 7:146, 14:333, 14:352, 14:360
• Book 7 — 1:2
• Book 8 — 13:344, 15:419
• Book 9 — 10:211
• Book 10 — 2:32
• Book 11 — 5:159, 6:210
• Book 18 — 9:316

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Five — 9:30, 9:48
• Book Six — 2:15, 5:35

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 29:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 7:1, 127:1

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 64:334

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 1:2, 4:5

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 16:8, 29:4, 42:7
• Numbers — 11:13
• Joshua — 9:14
• Judges — 13:6, 17:9, 19:17
• 1 Samuel — 25:11, 30:13
• 2 Samuel — 1:3, 1:13
• 2 Kings — 5:25, 6:27, 20:14
• Judith — 10:12, 12:3
• Tobit — 2:13, 2:13, 5:5, 7:3, 7:3
• 4 Maccabees — 1:33, 8:26, 13:12
• Psalms — 120:1
• Proverbs — 22:27
• Job — 1:7, 2:2, 28:12, 28:20, 38:24
• Sirach — 27:27, 37:3
• Isaiah — 39:3, 41:24, 41:28
• Jeremiah — 15:18, 31:9
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:29
• Jonah — 1:8
• Nahum — 3:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 13:27, 13:54, 13:56, 15:33, 21:25
• Mark — 6:2, 8:4, 12:37
• Luke — 1:43, 13:25, 13:27, 20:7
• John — 1:49, 2:9, 3:8, 4:11, 6:5, 7:27, 7:28, 8:14, 9:29, 9:30, 19:9
• James — 4:1
• Revelation — 2:5, 7:13

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΘΕΝ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΟΘ — from where, whence, from what place, from what source
• ΠΟΘΕ — from where, whence, from what source, from what cause, how

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