πόσος

pososhow much/many?How to read Greek
greekNew Testament27 occurrences8 books27 verses

Definition

πόσος, -η, -ον

adj. of number, magnitude, degree, etc.,

how much, how great, how many: Matthew 6:23, 2 Corinthians 7:11; of time, Mark 9:21; neut., absol., Luke 16:5, 7; dative, πόσῳ, adverbially, how much, Matthew 12:12; id. before μᾶλλον, Matthew 7:11; 10:25, Luke 11:13; 12:24, 28, Romans 11:12, 24, Phm 16, Hebrews 9:14; π. χείρονος τιμωρίας, Hebrews 10:29; pl., Matthew 15:34; 16:9-10; 27:13, Mark 6:38; 8:5, 19-20; 15:4, Luke 15:17, Acts 21:20.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πόσος:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

27 total
  1. Matthew 6:23πόσον · how great [is]
    But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
  2. Matthew 7:11πόσῳ · how much
    So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
  3. Matthew 10:25πόσῳ · how much
    It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
  4. Matthew 12:12πόσῳ · How much
    How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
  5. Matthew 15:34Πόσους · How many
    “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
  6. Matthew 16:9πόσους · how many
    Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
  7. Matthew 16:10πόσας · how many
    Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
  8. Matthew 27:13πόσα · how many
    Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?”
  9. Mark 6:38Πόσους · how many
    “Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
  10. Mark 8:5Πόσους · How many
    “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.
  11. Mark 8:19πόσους · how many
    When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.
  12. Mark 8:20πόσων · how many
    “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.
  13. Mark 9:21Πόσος · How long
    Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.
  14. Mark 15:4πόσα · how many charges
    Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are bringing against You!”
  15. Luke 11:13πόσῳ · how much
    So if you who 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!”
  16. Luke 12:24πόσῳ · How much
    Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
  17. Luke 12:28πόσῳ · how much
    If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!
  18. Luke 15:17Πόσοι · How many
    Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!
  19. Luke 16:5Πόσον · How much
    And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.
  20. Luke 16:7πόσον · how much
    Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
  21. Acts 21:20πόσαι · how many
    When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
  22. Romans 11:12πόσῳ · how much
    But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
  23. Romans 11:24πόσῳ · how much
    For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
  24. 2 Corinthians 7:11πόσην · what
    Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
  25. Philemon 1:16πόσῳ · even more so
    …no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.
  26. Hebrews 9:14πόσῳ · how much
    …how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
  27. Hebrews 10:29πόσῳ · How much
    How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?