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Lexicon :: Strong's G4214 - posos

Aa
πόσος
Transliteration
posos (Key)
Pronunciation
pos'-os
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Part of Speech
pronoun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an absolute pos (who, what) and ὅς (G3739)
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Strong’s Definitions

πόσος pósos, pos'-os; from an absolute πός pós (who, what) and G3739; interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many):—how great (long, many), what.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G4214 in the following manner: how much (13x), how many (9x), how many things (2x), what (1x), how long (1x), how great (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G4214 in the following manner: how much (13x), how many (9x), how many things (2x), what (1x), how long (1x), how great (1x).
  1. how great

  2. how much

  3. how many

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πόσος pósos, pos'-os; from an absolute πός pós (who, what) and G3739; interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many):—how great (long, many), what.
STRONGS G4214:
πόσος, πόση, πόσον ((cf. Curtius, § 631), from Aeschylus down, Latinquantus), how great: Matthew 6:23; 2 Corinthians 7:11; πόσος χρόνος, how great (a space) i. e. how long time, Mark 9:21; neuter how much, Luke 16:5, 7; πόσῳ (by) how much, Matthew 12:12; πόσῳ μᾶλλον, Matthew 7:11; Matthew 10:25; Luke 11:13; Luke 12:24, 28; Romans 11:12, 24; Philemon 1:16; Hebrews 9:14; πόσῳ χείρονος τιμωρίας, Hebrews 10:29; plural how many: with nouns, Matthew 15:34; Matthew 16:9; Mark 6:38; Mark 8:4, 19; Luke 15:17; Acts 21:20; πόσα, how grave, Matthew 27:13; Mark 15:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:23; 7:11; 10:25; 12:12; 15:34; 16:9; 27:13
Mark
6:38; 8:4; 8:19; 9:21; 15:4
Luke
11:13; 12:24; 12:28; 15:17; 16:5; 16:7
Acts
21:20
Romans
11:12; 11:24
2 Corinthians
7:11
Philemon
1:16
Hebrews
9:14; 10:29

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4214 matches the Greek πόσος (posos),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in 'Luk' in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:13 - If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:24 - Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:28 - If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:17 - “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:5 - “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7 - “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’ “ ‘A thousand bushels[fn] of wheat,’ he replied. “He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’
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