ποδᾰπός G4217
What sort of? What kind of? An interrogative adjective expressing wonder or inquiry about the nature of something.
An interrogative pronoun-adjective asking about the quality or character of something, often colored with astonishment. The disciples marvel, 'What kind of man is this, that even the winds and sea obey him?' (Matt 8:27). Similarly, an onlooker wonders 'what kind of woman' is touching Jesus (Luke 7:39), and the disciples exclaim over 'what kind of stones and buildings!' in the temple (Mark 13:1). The word typically conveys not neutral inquiry but amazed or evaluative questioning. German 'was fur ein' and Spanish 'que clase de' both capture the qualitative force of the question.
Senses
1. what kind of — What kind of? What sort of? — an interrogative adjective probing the nature, quality, or character of something, typically carrying overtones of wonder or astonishment. In Matt 8:27 the disciples' 'what kind of man is this?' expresses amazement at Jesus' authority over nature. In Mark 13:1 it voices awe at the temple's grandeur. In Luke 1:29 Mary ponders 'what kind of greeting this might be,' and in Luke 7:39 it implies suspicious evaluation: 'what kind of woman.' German 'was fur ein' and Spanish 'que clase de' both capture the qualitative, often marveling force of the question. 7×
AR["أَيَّةَ", "أَيُّ", "أَيُّ-نَوعٍ", "أَيُّ-نَوْعٍ", "كَيفَ", "ما-أَعظَمَ"]·ben["কী-ধরনের", "কী-প্রকারের", "কী-রকম", "কেমন"]·DE["was-fuer-ein", "Ποταπός", "ποταπὴ", "ποταπὸς"]·EN["What-kind", "what-kind", "what-kind-of", "what-sort", "what-sort-of"]·FR["qui", "quoi?"]·heb["אֵיזֶה", "אֵיזֶה-סוּג", "אֵיזוֹ", "מִי-הוּא", "מָה-סוֹג", "מָה־רַבָּה"]·HI["कैसा", "कैसी", "कैसे"]·ID["Siapa-gerangan", "apakah", "bagaimana", "betapa", "betapa-besar", "seperti-apa"]·IT["chi?", "potapous", "potapēn"]·jav["Tiyang-punapa", "kados-pundi", "pinten", "sapinten-ageng"]·KO["어떠한", "어떤"]·PT["Que-tipo", "de-que-tipo", "quais", "que", "que-grande", "que-tipo-de"]·RU["Кто-же", "какая", "какие", "какими", "каково", "какую"]·ES["De-qué-clase", "qué-clase-de"]·SW["Ni-mtu-wa-aina-gani", "jinsi-gani", "majengo-makubwa-namna-gani", "mawe-makubwa-namna-gani", "namna-gani", "ni-aina-gani", "wa-aina-gani"]·TR["nasıl", "nasıl-bir", "nasıl-biri", "ne-tür", "ne-türlü", "ne-çeşit"]·urd["جو", "کیسا", "کیسی", "کیسے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ποδᾰπός, ή, όν, from what country?: hence, generally, whence? where born? Refs 5th c.BC+; of wine, π. ὁ Βρόμιο; Θάσιος Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2 generally, of what sort? π. τὸ δῶρο; Refs 5th c.BC+: frequently in later Gr., NT+2nd c.AD+; in a play on both senses, π. τὸ γένο; πλούσιος Refs 2nd c.AD+; π. (i.e. κύων); οἷος.. μὴ δάκνειν Refs 4th c.BC+. adverb -πῶςRefs 2nd c.AD+; ποταπῶς Refs 2nd c.AD+…