King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4169
Transliteration: poios
Phonetic Spelling: (poy'-os)
Part of Speech: Interrogative Pronoun
Short Definition: of what sort?
Meaning: of what sort?
ποίᾳ, ποίας, ἡ (cf. Curtius, § 387), herbage, grass: according to some interpreters formal in James 4:14; but ποίᾳ there is more correctly taken as the feminine of the adjective ποῖος (which see), of what sort. (Jeremiah 2:22; Malachi 3:2; in Greek writings from Homer down.)
Word Summary
poios: of what sort?
Original Word: ποῖοςTransliteration: poios
Phonetic Spelling: (poy'-os)
Part of Speech: Interrogative Pronoun
Short Definition: of what sort?
Meaning: of what sort?
Strong's Concordance
what manner of, which. From the base of pou and hoios; individualizing interrogative (of character) what sort of, or (of number) which one -- what (manner of), which.
see GREEK pou
see GREEK hoios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4169: ποίᾳποίᾳ, ποίας, ἡ (cf. Curtius, § 387), herbage, grass: according to some interpreters formal in James 4:14; but ποίᾳ there is more correctly taken as the feminine of the adjective ποῖος (which see), of what sort. (Jeremiah 2:22; Malachi 3:2; in Greek writings from Homer down.)
STRONGS NT 4169: ποῖοςποῖος, ποίᾳ, ποῖον (interrogative pronoun, corresponding to the relative οἷος and the demonstrative τοῖος) (from Homer down), of what sort or nature (Latinqualis): absolute neuter plural in a direct question, Luke 24:19; with substantives, in direct questions: Matthew 19:18; Matthew 21:23; Matthew 22:36; Mark 11:28; Luke 6:32-34; John 10:32; Acts 4:7; Acts 7:49; Romans 3:27; 1 Corinthians 15:35; James 4:14; 1 Peter 2:20; in indirect discourse: Matthew 21:24, 27; Matthew 24:43; Mark 11:29, 33; Luke 12:39; John 12:33; John 18:32; John 21:19; Acts 23:34; Revelation 3:3; εἰς τινα ἡ ποῖον καιρόν, 1 Peter 1:11; ποίας (Rec. διά ποίας) namely, ὁδοῦ, Luke 5:19; cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 11; ((also § 64, 5); Buttmann, §§ 123, 8; 132, 26; cf. Tobit 10:7).