ΠΟΙΟΙΣ, ποιοις
POIOIS, poiois
Sounds Like: POY-oys
Translations: what kind of, what sort of, what, which, of what kind, of what sort, to what kind of, to what sort of, to what, to which
From the root: ΠΟΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an interrogative adjective, meaning 'what kind of' or 'what sort of'. It is used to ask about the quality, nature, or type of something. It can also function as an indefinite adjective, meaning 'some kind of' or 'a certain kind of', though less commonly in this form. In the provided examples, it is used in an interrogative sense, asking about the nature of the 'words' (λόγοις).
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4169 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 8:16
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 1 — 2:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΟΙ — what kind of, what sort of, which, what
- ΠΟΙΑ — which, what kind of, what
- ΠΟΙΑΙ — what kind of, what sort of, what, which
- ΠΟΙΑΝ — which, what, what kind of, a what kind of
- ΠΟΙΑΣ — of what kind, of what sort, of what, what kind of, what sort of, what
- ΠΟΙΟ — what kind of, what sort of, what, which, to make, to do, to create, to produce, to perform, to cause, to appoint, to keep, to celebrate
- ΠΟΙΟΙ — what kind of, what sort of, what, which, a certain kind of, a certain sort of
- ΠΟΙΟΙΟ — what kind of, what sort of, what, which
- ΠΟΙΟΝ — what kind of, what sort of, which, what, a certain, some
- ΠΟΙΟΣ — what kind of, what sort of, which, what, a certain kind of, some kind of
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