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-πώς G4458

G4458 is the Greek word -πώς, transliterated -pṓs. The King James Version most often renders it lest.

Word: -πώςTransliteration: -pṓsLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 13 verses

What it means

an enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composition.

Where it comes from

adverb from the base of G4225 (πού).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

lest 4×means 3×if by any means 1×take heed lest 1×lest that by any means 1×perhaps 1×haply 1×lest by any means 1×lest by some means 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: haply, by any (some) means, perhaps.

Verses using -πώς

All 13 verses, quoted in full.

Acts 27:12 · KJV

And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

Acts 27:29 · KJV

Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

Romans 11:14 · KJV

If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

Romans 11:21 · KJV

For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

1 Corinthians 8:9 · KJV

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

1 Corinthians 9:27 · KJV

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

2 Corinthians 2:7 · KJV

So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

2 Corinthians 9:4 · KJV

Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

2 Corinthians 11:3 · KJV

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

2 Corinthians 12:20 · KJV

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

Galatians 2:2 · KJV

And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

Galatians 4:11 · KJV

I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

1 Thessalonians 3:5 · KJV

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

Common questions

What does Strong's G4458 mean?

G4458 is the Greek word -πώς (-pṓs), meaning an enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composition.

How is G4458 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it lest (4 times), means (3 times), if by any means (1 time), take heed lest (1 time), lest that by any means (1 time), among others.

How many times does G4458 appear in the Bible?

-πώς (-pṓs) is tagged in 13 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G4458 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: adverb from the base of G4225 (πού).

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