pantōs · surely, altogether

What it means

pantōs (πάντως) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “surely, altogether”.

Altogether, by all means, surely; "not at all".

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. With full certainty; with a negative, in no way.

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

How it is translated

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

• all ×4
• Surely ×2
• They will certainly ×1
• entirely ×1

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• Acts×2
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×4

• Luke 4:23

  And he said to them, “Surely you will tell me this proverb: Physician, heal yourself; all that we heard was done in Capernaum, do here also, in your hometown.”

• Acts 21:22

  So what is it? They will certainly hear that you have come.

• Acts 28:4

  And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they were saying to one another, “This man is surely a murderer; though he was brought safely out of the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

• Romans 3:9

  What then? Do we have an advantage? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,

• 1 Corinthians 5:10

  not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would have to go out of the world.

• 1 Corinthians 9:10

  Or is he speaking entirely for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the one who plows ought to plow in hope, and the one who threshes ought to thresh in hope of sharing in the harvest.

• 1 Corinthians 9:22

  I became to the weak weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I might save some.

• 1 Corinthians 16:12

  Now concerning Apollos the brother, I urged him much to come to you with the brothers, and it was not at all the will that he come now; but he will come when he has the opportunity.