potapos asks what sort or quality someone or something is, often with wonder, evaluation, or reflection.

The attested use asks what sort of person, thing, action, or quality is being considered: marveling at a man, stones and buildings, a greeting, a woman, persons' conduct, and the Father's love. The same interrogative use can express astonishment, evaluation, or reflective inquiry according to its clause.

1. Asking what sort or quality something has · dominant

   Across the occurrences, the interrogative form asks about the character or kind of what is in view. In Matthew 8:27 the APB renders the men's marveling question, “What kind of man is this,” while in Mark 13:1 it renders the disciple's exclamation about “What kind of stones and what kind of buildings!” In Luke 1:29 the question concerns what sort of greeting it might be; in Luke 7:39 it concerns what kind of woman is touching the man; in 2 Peter 3:11 it asks what sort of persons are called for in holy behavior and piety; and in 1 John 3:1 it introduces reflection on the Father's love.

   Matthew 8:27Mark 13:1Luke 1:29Luke 7:392 Peter 3:111 John 3:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the question with “what kind of” or “what sort of,” including persons, a greeting, stones and buildings, and love. In 1 John 3:1 it uses “See what kind of love,” while the supplied translation remains a whole-verse rendering rather than a word-by-word alignment.