Bible Lexicons

ὁποῖος, α, ον, ὁπποῖος, η, ον, Hom., but twice ὁποῖος, Od. 17.421, 19.77; Ion. ὁκοῖος, η, ον, Archil. 70, Hdt. 2.82, al., GDI iv p.883 (Erythrae, iv B. C.); Cret. ὀτεῖος (q. v.): correlat. to ποῖος: replaced by οἷος in Att. Inscrr. after 300 B.C.:

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1 as Relat., of what sort or quality, ὁπποῖόν κ' εἴπῃσθα ἔπος, τοῖόν κ' ἐπακούσαις as [is] the word thou hast spoken, such shalt thou hear again, Il. 20.250; τοίῳ ὁποῖος ἔοι such as he might be, Od. 17.421; οὔθ' οἷ' ἔπασχεν οὔθ' ὁποῖ' ἔδρα κακά S. OT 1272.

2. in indirect questions, Od. 1.171, etc.; εὑρεῖν ὁποίοις φαρμάκοις ἰάσιμος A. Pr. 475: in direct questions only as f.l. in E. Ph. 878, Ba. 663: sts. folld. by ποῖος in the same clause, οὐ γὰρ αἰσθάνομαί σου ὁποῖον νόμιμον ἢ ποῖον δίκαιον λέγεις X. Mem. 4.4.13; οὐκ οἶδα ὁποίᾳ τόλμῃ ἢ ποίοις λόγοις χρώμενος ἐρῶ Pl. R. 414d.

II with indefinite words added, ὁποῖός τις Th. 7.38, X. An. 2.2.2; ὁκοῖόν τι Hdt. 1.158; γιγνομένων ὁποῖοί τινες ἔτυχον Arist. Pol. 1286b24; so in Hom., ὁπποῖ' ἄσσα of what sort, for ὁποῖά τινα, Od. 19.218; ὁποῖ' ἄττα Pl. Grg. 465a; ὁποιοσοῠν of what kind soever, Id. Tht. 152d, al.; ὁποῖος δή, δήποτε, δηποτοῦν, and οὖν δή, as ὁποία δὴ φλέψ X. HG 5.4.58; τοὺς ὁποιουσδήποτε.. ἐξεπέμπετε στρατηγούς D. 18.146: gen., ὁποίου τινὸς οὖν X. Cyr. 2.4.10: acc. fem., ὁποιαντινοῦν Lys. 13.11; ὁποῖόσπερ A. Ch. 669; ὁποιοσποτοῦν Arist. Ph. 253b23; ὁποιοσδητισοῦν Iamb. ap. Simp. in Ph. 639.30; πόλιν.. οὐδ' ὁποίας ἥττω inferior to none, Plb. 4.65.3; οὔτ' ἄλλους οὐδ' ὁποίους Theopomp.Hist. 217 (c); μηδὲ καθ' ὁποῖον τρόπον SIG 672.14 (Delph., ii B. C.); μηδ' ὁτίη or μηδοτίη, v. μηδοτίη.

III neut. pl. used as Adv., like as, S. OT 915, 1076, E. Hec. 398. Adv. ὁποίως, qualiter, Gloss.

ὁποῖος, ὁποια, ὁποῖόν (ποῖος with the relative ὁ), (from Homer down), of what sort or quality, what manner of: 1 Corinthians 3:13; Galatians 2:6; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; James 1:24; preceded by τοιοῦτος (such as), Acts 26:29.

ὁποῖος , -οία , -οῖον ,

[in LXX: , 2 Maccabees 11:37 *;]

of what sort: 1 Corinthians 3:13, Galatians 2:6, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, James 1:24; τοιοῦτος ὁ ., such as, Acts 26:29.†

";late,"; as in James 5:7 (cf. Exodus 9:32 : also Xen, Oec. xvii. 4), occurs in PSI IV. 433.2 (B.C. 261–0) τὰ μὲν οὖν παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ ὄψιμα ὄντα ὑπάρξει εἰς φυτείαν. For the comparative cf. P Flor II. 134*.9 (A.D. 260) ὁ καιρὸς νῦν ἐστιν ὀψιμώτερος, ";the season is now rather late,"; similarly P Fay 133.9 (iv/A.D.), and for the adverb cf. P Tebt I. 72.361 (B.C. 114–3) διὰ τ [ὸ ] ὀψίμως σπαρῆν [αι, and P Oxy III. 474.24 (A.D. 184 ?) οὐδέν ἐστιν τὸ καλούμενον ὀψίμως ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ περιγεγραμμένον.