UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: how many

Semantic entry: 59.5

Semantic domains: Quantity

Subdomains: Many, Few [Countables]

Definition: interrogative of quantity of objects or events, usually implying a considerable amount

Sense 2: how much, how extensive

Semantic entry: 59.17

Semantic domains: Quantity

Subdomains: Much, Little [Masses, Collectives, Extensions]

Definition: interrogative of quantity

Notes: In a number of languages it may be necessary in RV LUK 16:5 · LV LUK 16:5 · Read together LUK 16:5 to employ an expression relating to countable objects, for example, ‘how many pieces of money do you owe my master?’ (see 59.5: πόσος).

Sense 3: how, very, how great, how much, intense, severe

Semantic entry: 78.13

Semantic domains: Degree

Subdomains: Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]

Definition: a relatively high point on a scale involving exclamation

Notes: In a number of languages an expression of high degree in an exclamation can only be reproduced as an expression of intensive degree in a non-exclamatory form. For example, the statement in RV MAT 6:23 · LV MAT 6:23 · Read together MAT 6:23 ‘how great must the darkness be!’ must be rendered in a number of languages as ‘the darkness is very, very intense’ or ‘it is very, very dark there.’