Strong's Concordance/Greek/G4214

Strong's G4214 · Greek

πόσος

posos · /pos'-os/

Number
G4214
Language
Greek
Original word
πόσος
Transliteration
posos
Pronunciation
pos'-os
KJV occurrences
27 verses

Definition

from an absolute pos (who, what) and 3739; interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many):--how great (long, many), what.

KJV: how great (long, many), what

Root / derivation: from an absolute pos (who, what) and 3739

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered πόσος across 27 verses.

much12×
many9×
things2×
great1×
how1×
long1×
what1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

27 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Matthew8 verses
Matthew 6:23

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matthew 7:11

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? Beelzebub: Gr. Beelzebul

Matthew 12:12

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Matthew 15:34

And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

Matthew 16:9

Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Matthew 16:10

Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Matthew 27:13

Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

Mark6 verses
Luke6 verses
Luke 11:13

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

Luke 12:28

If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Luke 15:17

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

Luke 16:5

So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

Luke 16:7

Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. measures: the word here interpreted a measure in the original containeth about fourteen bushels and two quarts

Acts1 verse
Romans2 verses
2 Corinthians1 verse
Philemon1 verse
Hebrews2 verses

Topics that use this word

Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's G4214 (posos) mean?

from an absolute pos (who, what) and 3739; interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many):--how great (long, many), what.

How many times does G4214 appear in the Bible?

Strong's G4214 (πόσος) appears in 27 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “much.”

How is posos translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's G4214 is rendered as “much” (12×), “many” (9×), “things” (2×), “great” (1×), among other words.

Where does the Greek word πόσος come from?

from an absolute pos (who, what) and 3739