pō · somehow

What it means

pō (-πω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “somehow”.

"Somehow", "in some way".

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. In some way, just in case.

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

How it is translated

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

• somehow ×10
• fear that ×2
• perhaps ×2

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Acts×1
• Romans×2
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×5
• Galatians×2
• Philippians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1

• Acts 27:12

  And because the harbor was unsuitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

• Romans 1:10

  always in my prayers, asking if somehow now at last I will succeed by the will of God in coming to you.

• Romans 11:14

  if somehow I may provoke to jealousy my own flesh and save some of them.

• 1 Corinthians 8:9

  But watch out that this right of yours does not somehow become a cause of stumbling to the weak.

• 1 Corinthians 9:27

  But I pummel my body and enslave it, for fear that somehow, after preaching to others, I myself should become disqualified.

• 2 Corinthians 2:7

  so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow such a one be swallowed up by excessive sorrow.

• 2 Corinthians 9:4

  lest somehow, if Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we be put to shame —not to say you— in this confidence.

• 2 Corinthians 11:3

  But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward the Messiah.

• 2 Corinthians 12:20

  For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not such as I wish, and I may be found by you such as you do not wish; that perhaps there may be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, rivalries, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disorders;

• Galatians 2:2

  And I went up because of a revelation, and I laid before them the good news that I proclaim among the nations —but privately, to those who were considered important— for fear that I might be running or had run in vain.

• Galatians 4:11

  I fear for you, that somehow I have labored over you in vain.

• Philippians 3:11

  if somehow I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

• 1 Thessalonians 3:5

  For this reason I also, when I could no longer bear it, sent to learn of your faith, for fear that the tempter had tempted you and our labor might be in vain.

And 1 more times.