hopou · where

What it means

hopou (ὅπου) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “where”.

Wherever.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Indicates the place where something is or toward which one goes.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• where ×65
• wherever ×13
• which ×2
• whereas ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×13
• Mark×15
• Luke×5
• John×30
• Acts×1
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Colossians×1
• Hebrews×3
• James×2
• 2 Peter×1
• Revelation×8

• Matthew 6:19

  “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and woodworm destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal;

• Matthew 6:20

  but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworm destroys, and where thieves do not dig through or steal;

• Matthew 6:21

  for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

• Matthew 8:19

  And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

• Matthew 13:5

  Other seeds fell on the rocky ground, where they did not have much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they did not have depth of soil.

• Matthew 24:28

  Wherever the carcass is, there the vultures will gather.

• Matthew 25:24

  And the one who had received the one talent also came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter;

• Matthew 25:26

  But his master answered him, ‘Wicked and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter?

• Matthew 26:13

  Truly I tell you, wherever this good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

• Matthew 26:57

  Those who had seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

• Matthew 28:6

  He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come, see the place where he was lying.

• Mark 2:4

  And when they could not bring him to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where he was; and having dug through, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

• Mark 4:5

  And other seed fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and at once it sprang up, because it did not have depth of soil.

• Mark 4:15

  And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown; and when they hear, at once Satan comes and takes away the word that has been sown in them.

• Mark 5:40

  And they were laughing at him. But he, having put them all out, takes along the child’s father and mother and those with him, and goes in where the child was.

• Mark 6:10

  And he was saying to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you leave from there.

• Mark 6:55

  and ran around all that region and began to carry the sick on their mats to wherever they heard that he was.

• Mark 6:56

  And wherever he went, into villages or into towns or into the countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces, and begging him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched him were made well.

• Mark 9:18

  and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I told your disciples to drive it out, and they were not strong enough.”

• Mark 9:48

  where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

• Mark 13:14

  But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;

• Mark 14:9

  And truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

• Mark 14:14

  and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

• Mark 16:6

  But he says to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are seeking Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.

• Luke 9:57

  And as they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

• Luke 12:33

  Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.

• Luke 12:34

  For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be.

• Luke 17:37

  And answering, they say to him, “Where, Lord?” And he said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered together.”

• Luke 22:11

  And you will say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

• John 1:28

  These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was immersing.

• John 3:8

  The wind blows where it wants, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from and where it goes. So it is with everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”

• John 4:20

  Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.”

• John 4:46

  So he came again to Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son was sick in Capernaum.

• John 6:23

  However, boats came from Tiberias near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

• John 6:62

  Then what if you were to see the Son of Man going up where he was before?

• John 7:34

  You will seek me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”

• John 7:36

  What does this saying mean that he said, ‘You will seek me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

• John 7:42

  Has not the Scripture said that the Messiah comes from the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

• John 8:21

  So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

• John 8:22

  So the Jews were saying, “Surely he will not kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

And 41 more times.