Ohu οὗ

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Ohu
οὗ
Transliterationohu
Strong's numberG3757
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadverb
Glosswhither
Occurrences25 in 25 verses
Most frequent inActs (8)

Ohu (Greek οὗ, Strong's G3757) is a Greek adverb meaning “whither”. It occurs 25 times in 25 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

oὗ
(prop. genitive of ὅς),
adv. of place, where, whither;
(a) in answer to the question "where?" (= ubi): Mat.2:9 18:20, Luk.4:16-17 23:53, Act.1:13 2:2 7:29 12:12 16:13 20:6, 8 25:10 28:14, Rom.9:26" (LXX), Col.3:1, Heb.3:9" (LXX), Rev.17:15; of condition, Rom.4:15 5:20, 2Co.3:17;
(b) in answer to the question "whither?" (= quo): Mat.28:16, Luk.10:1 24:28; before ἐάν, with subjc., 1Co.16:6.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVwhere (21), wherein (1), whither (1), whithersoever (1)
BSBwhere (16), place where (1), wherever (1)

Verses

Every verse with Ohu, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Colossians

Hebrews

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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