ὅπου

ὅπου particle denoting place (Hom.+), that can also take on causal and temporal mng.

① marker of a position in space, where

ⓐ of a specific location in the present

α. used in connection w. a designation of place, w. ind. foll. Mt 6:19f; 13:5; 28:6; Mk 2:4b; 4:5; 9:48; 16:6; Lk 12:33; J 1:28; 4:20, 46; 7:42 al.; Ac 17:1; Rv 11:8; 20:10 (here the verb is supplied fr. the context). πρὸς Καϊάφαν, ὅπου οἱ γραμματεῖς συνήχθησαν to Caiaphas, i.e. to his palace, where the scribes were gathered Mt 26:57. παρʼ ὑμῖν ὅπ. Rv 2:13b; οὗτοι ... ὅπου σπείρεται ὁ λόγος those … in whom (=in whose hearts) the word is sown Mk 4:15. Looking toward an ἐκεῖ (Jos., C. Ap. 1, 32) Mt 6:21; Lk 12:34; 17:37; J 12:26.—Not infreq. ὅπ. is related to an ἐκεῖ that is omitted but is easily supplied (ἐκεῖ) ὅπ. (there) where (Maximus Tyr. 31, 5b) Mt 25:24, 26; Mk 2:4a; 13:14; J 3:8; 14:3; 17:24; 20:12, 19; Ro 15:20; Rv 2:13a; (thither) where Mk 5:40; 6:55; J 6:62; 7:34, 36; 11:32; 18:1.—On the pleonastic use of the pers. pron. after ὅπου s. B-D-F §297; Rob. 683; 722f: ὅπ. ἡ γυνὴ κάθηται ἐπʼ αὐτῶν Rv 17:9. Corresp. ὅπου … ἐκεῖ ( שָׁם... אֲשֶׁר) 12:6, 14. Cp. Mk 6:55 v.l.

β. ὅπ. ἄν w. impf. expresses repetition in past time, whenever Mk 6:56 (s. B-D-F §367; Rob. 969; 972f).

γ. subjunctive is used in a final relative clause ποῦ ἐστιν τὸ κατάλυμα ὅπου τὸ πάσχα φάγω; Mk 14:14b; Lk 22:11 (s. B-D-F §378; Rob. 969).

δ. ὅπου ἄν (or ἐάν) w. subj. wherever, whenever (SIG 1218, 23; PEleph 1, 5 [311/310 B.C.]; POxy 484, 20; 1639, 20; TestAbr B 4 p. 109, 10f [Stone p. 66] ὅπου ἄν κοιμηθῇ) w. the aor. subj. Mt 26:13; Mk 6:10; 9:18; 14:9 (s. KBeyer, Semitische Syntax im NT, ’62, 196), 14a. W. the pres. subj. (and ἐκεῖ to correspond) Mt 24:28.

ⓑ of a place reached by being in motion, whither (Soph., Trach. 40; X., An. 2, 4, 19, Cyr. 8, 3, 23 al. in codd.; Epict. 4, 7, 14; OdeSol 11:5; Jos., Ant. 16, 325).

α. w. ind. foll., related to a ‘there (thither)’ to be supplied, where (O. Wilck II, 1162, 5 ὅπου θέλει) J 8:21f; 13:33, 36; 14:4; 21:18; Js 3:4.

β. ὅπου ἄν (or ἐάν) w. pres. subj. wherever (POxy 728, 11; TestAbr B 2 p. 106, 8 [Stone p. 60] πορεύου ὅπου ἄν βούλῃ. W. aor. subj. Ruth 1:16; Tob 13:5 S; Jos., Ant. 6, 77) Mt 8:19; Lk 9:57; Rv 14:4.

② marker of more immediate circumstance or expressing a premise, where, transf. sense of 1 (X., Cyr. 6, 1, 7) ὅπου οὐκ ἔνι Ἕλλην καὶ Ἰουδαῖος where (i.e. granting the premise involving the idea of the ‘new person’) there is no (longer) Greek and Judean Col 3:11. Or ὅπου introduces a subordinate clause that indicates the circumstances resulting in what is said in the main clause following it (cp. Pr 26:20; EpArist 149; TestZeb 7:10): ὅπ. διαθήκη, θάνατον ἀνάγκη φέρεσθαι τοῦ διαθεμένου where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be established Hb 9:16. ὅπ. ἄφεσις τούτων, οὐκέτι κτλ. 10:18. The main clause can use ἐκεῖ to refer back to the ὅπ. of the subord. clause where … , there Js 3:16.—Used to express an opposite circumstance ὅπου ἄγγελοι οὐ φέρουσιν κρίσιν where (i.e. in a situation in which) angels pronounce no judgment 2 Pt 2:11.

③ marker of cause or reason, in so far as, since (Hdt. 1, 68 al.; Thu. 8, 96, 2; Chariton 5, 6, 10; 4 Macc 2:14; somet. also in the combination ὅπου γε as Dionys. Hal., Comp. Verb. 4; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 154) 1 Cor 3:3; 16:6.—whereas 1 Cl 43:1.—DELG s.v. πο-. M-M.—S. entry οὗ.