ΠΟΙΟ, ποιο
POIO, poio
Sounds Like: POY-oh
Translations: 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
From the root: ΠΟΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb
Explanation: This word has two primary interpretations due to the lack of diacritics. It can be an inflected form of the interrogative adjective ΠΟΙΟΣ (poios), meaning 'what kind of' or 'what sort of'. In this sense, it is used to ask about the nature, quality, or character of something. It can also be an inflected form of the verb ΠΟΙΕΩ (poieo), meaning 'to make' or 'to do'. As a verb, it describes actions, creation, performance, or causing something to happen. The specific meaning depends heavily on the context and the implied diacritics.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative (for ΠΟΙΟΣ); First Person, Singular, Present, Indicative, Active (for ΠΟΙΕΩ); or other inflections depending on context and implied diacritics.
Strong’s numbers: G4169 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4160 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
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
- 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
- ΠΟΙΟΙΣ — 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
- 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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