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.

G4214

Mark 8:19 · Word #9

Lexicon G4214

Lemmaπόσος
Transliterationpósos
Strong'sG4214
In-contexthow many
Literalhow-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

Lemmaπόσος
Strong'sG4214

SIBI-P1 G4214-09

how-many (masculine ones)

Rootπόσος (posos)
Core Meaningshow much, how many, how great, what quantity
Semantic Rangehow many?, how great (in number), how large a number, what quantity of (masculine plural referents)
Conceptual SignificanceAs 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 NotesGr,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 Rationaleπόσους 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