Strong's G4214 · Greek
πόσος
posos · /pos'-os/
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.
Every occurrence (KJV)
27 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Matthew8 verses
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 7:11If 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 10:25It 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 12:12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Matthew 15:34And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
Matthew 16:9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Matthew 16:10Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Matthew 27:13Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
Mark6 verses
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
Mark 8:5And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
Mark 8:19When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
Mark 8:20And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
Mark 9:21And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
Mark 15:4And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
Luke6 verses
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 12:24Consider 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 12:28If 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 15:17And 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 16:5So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
Luke 16:7Then 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
Romans2 verses
Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? diminishing: or, decay, or, loss
Romans 11:24For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Hebrews2 verses
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? spot: or, fault
Hebrews 10:29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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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