Thayer's
STRONGS NT 4217: ποταπόςποταπός ((in
Dionysius Halicarnassus,
Josephus,
Philo, others) for the older
ποδαπός (cf. Lob. Phryn., p. 56f; Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 129;
Winers Grammar, 24;
Curtius, p. 537, 5th edition); according to the Greek grammarians equivalent to
ἐκ ποίου δαπεδου,
from what region; according to the conjecture of others equivalent to
ποῦ ἀπό ((
Buttmann, Lexil. 1:126, compares the German
wovon)), the delta
δ' being inserted for the sake of euphony, as in the Latin
prodire, prodesse; cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 554f (still others regard
(δαπος merely as an ending; cf.
Apollonius Dyscolus,
Buttmann's edition, the index under the word)),
ποταπή,
ποταπον;
1. from what country, race, or tribe? so from Aeschylus down.
2. from Demosth. down also equivalent to ποῖος, of what sort or quality? (what manner of?): absolutely of persons, Matthew 8:27; 2 Peter 3:11; with a person noun, Luke 7:39; with names of things, Mark 13:1; Luke 1:29; 1 John 3:1.
