πόσους
posous
how many
from an absolute (who, what) and ὅς; interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many):--how great (long, many), what.
Mark 8:19 · Word #9
Lexicon G4214
| Lemma | πόσος |
| Transliteration | pósos |
| Strong's | G4214 |
| In-context | how many |
| Literal | how-many |
Morphology DET ACC M PL
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | DET — Determiner — Specifies a noun |
| Case | ACC — Accusative — Direct object or extent |
| Gender | M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine |
| Number | PL — Plural — More than one |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | πόσος |
| Strong's | G4214 |
SIBI-P1 G4214-09
how-many (masculine ones)
| Root | πόσος (posos) |
| Core Meanings | how much, how many, how great, what quantity |
| Semantic Range | how many?, how great (in number), how large a number, what quantity of (masculine plural referents) |
| Conceptual Significance | As a quantitative interrogative, πόσος highlights extent or magnitude, often intensifying rhetorical questions in teaching contexts and drawing attention to abundance, scarcity, or accountability within the narrative. |
| Morphological Notes | Gr,ET/RT,,,,AMP = interrogative (and once relative) determiner/adjective; accusative masculine plural. It agrees with a masculine plural noun or substantively refers to masculine plural entities as a direct object. |
| Rendering Rationale | πόσους is the accusative masculine plural form of πόσος, functioning as an interrogative (and occasionally relative) determiner of quantity. The rendering "how-many (masculine ones)" preserves the quantitative force of the root and reflects its accusative masculine plural form, indicating it modifies or stands for masculine plural objects. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root πόσος (how much, how many, how great, what quantity)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
G4214-01 |
posa | how-many things? |
G4214-02 |
posai | how-many (feminine ones)? |
G4214-05 |
poso | by how-much (amount) |
Word Usage (27 occurrences of G4214)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew 6:23 | πόσον | poson | |
| Matthew 7:11 | πόσῳ | poso | |
| Matthew 10:25 | πόσῳ | poso |