pos asks how something happens or can happen, and it can introduce an account of how an action occurred.

The supplied verses most often use the term in direct questions about the manner, possibility, or coherence of an action or claim. It also introduces reported or instructed accounts of how someone acted, and in a few clauses it heightens an observation or comparison.

1. Questioning manner, possibility, or coherence · dominant

   In direct questions, the adverbial form asks how an event could occur or how a claim can stand. In John 3:4 the APB renders Nicodemus's question, "How can a human be begotten when he is an old man?"; in John 9:10 it asks, "How were your eyes opened?"; and in 1 Corinthians 15:12 it challenges the denial of resurrection after Christ is preached as raised.

   John 3:4John 9:10John 9:16John 14:5John 5:441 Corinthians 15:12
2. Introducing an account or course of action · common

   The term introduces what is known, reported, described, or sought concerning someone's conduct or action. In Acts 12:17 the APB says he described "how the Lord had led him out of the prison," while 1 Thessalonians 1:9 reports "how you turned to God from the idols"; in 1 Corinthians 7:32 it concerns how the unmarried man may please the Lord.

   Acts 12:17Acts 20:18Acts 9:271 Thessalonians 1:92 Thessalonians 3:71 Corinthians 7:32
3. Emphatic observation or comparison · rare

   In a small group of clauses, the form marks an emphatic observation or comparative expression rather than seeking an answer. In John 11:36 the APB renders the response, "Look, how he loved him," and in 2 Corinthians 3:8 it introduces "how much more" in the comparison of ministries.

   John 11:362 Corinthians 3:8John 7:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term in direct questions with expressions such as "How can," "How is it that," and "How did," while reported clauses use "how" for an account of events. These are renderings of whole translated clauses, definitions.