ΠΟΤΕΡΟΣ, ποτερος
POTEROS, poteros
Sounds Like: PO-teh-ross
Translations: which of the two, whether
From the root: ΠΟΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Pronoun
Explanation: This word is an interrogative adjective or pronoun used to ask "which of two" options. It is used when there are exactly two choices, asking to distinguish between them. It can function as an adjective modifying a noun (e.g., "which of the two men") or as a pronoun standing alone (e.g., "which of the two is better").
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative
Strong’s number: G4219 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 1:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΤΕΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΑΙΠΟΤΕΡΟΙ — both, which of the two
- ΠΟΤΕΡΟΙ — which of two, whether, which
- ΠΟΤΕΡΟΙΣ — which of two, which, whether
- ΠΟΤΕΡΟΝ — whether, which (of two), if, whether or not
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