where?
pou asks for or identifies a location, including a person’s whereabouts, a destination, or rhetorically the presence of something.
The adverb most often asks for or identifies the place of a person, object, dwelling, destination, or event; in rhetorical questions it extends this location-question form to the presence or standing of such matters as wisdom, boasting, victory, and faith.
Senses in use
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Locating people, places, objects, and destinations · dominant
As an Adverb, ποῦ frames questions or statements about a location. In John 11:34 the APB renders the question, “Where have you placed him?”; in John 13:36 it renders Peter’s question about where Jesus is going. The same locative inquiry concerns a birthplace in Matthew 2:4, preparations in Luke 22:9, and the place where people dwell in Revelation 2:13.
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Rhetorical questioning of presence or standing · occasional
The adverb also introduces questions whose referents are not physical locations. In 1 Corinthians 1:20 the APB renders successive challenges concerning the wise person, scribe, and debater; in Romans 3:27 it asks, “Where then is boasting?” In 1 Corinthians 15:55 and Luke 8:25, the question similarly concerns victory, sting, and faith within the clauses.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the adverb with “where” in questions about location or destination, as in John 11:34 and John 13:36. It also uses “nowhere” in clauses of lack, such as Matthew 8:20; These English forms show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed one-to-one rendering.