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Koine Greek wordlink #28402

SR GNT Mark 8:5 Πόσους (Posous) ‘and he was asking them how_many you_all are having loaves they’ Strongs=42140 Lemma=posos
Word role=pronoun case=accusative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=32 AD

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Only use of identical word form Πόσους (R-AMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Πόσους’ (R-AMP) is always and only glossed as ‘how_many’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘posos’ have 8 different glosses: ‘by how_much’, ‘for how_much’, ‘of how_many’, ‘to how_much’, ‘how_great’, ‘how_many’, ‘how_many things’, ‘how_much’.

Greek words (10) other than Πόσους (R-AMP) with a gloss related to ‘how_many’

MARK 6:38 Πόσους (Posous) E-AMP ‘and is saying to them how_many loaves you_all are having be going’ SR GNT Mark 6:38 word 8

OET-LV: 38 And he is _saying to _them: How _many loaves are _you _all _having? Be _going, see. And having _known they _are _saying: Five and two fishes. (MRK_6:38)

OET-RV: 38 But he asked, “Go and find out how much bread you have.”
¶ When they’d found out they said, “Five buns and two fish.” (MRK 6:38)

MARK 8:19 πόσους (posous) E-AMP ‘for the five_thousand how_many baskets of fragments full’ SR GNT Mark 8:19 word 11

OET-LV: 19 When I _broke the five loaves for the five _thousand, how _many baskets full of _fragments you _all _took _up? They _are _saying to _him: Twelve. (MRK_8:19)

OET-RV: 19 When I broke up the five buns to feed five thousand people, how many basketfuls of leftovers did you collect?”
¶ “Twelve,” they answered. (MRK 8:19)

MARK 8:20 πόσων (posōn) E-GFP ‘for the four_thousand of how_many baskets the fillings of fragments’ SR GNT Mark 8:20 word 10

OET-LV: 20 And when the seven for the four _thousand, of _how _many baskets the_fillings of _fragments you _all _took _up? and they _are _saying Seven. (MRK_8:20)

OET-RV: 20 “And when we fed four thousand with seven buns, how many full baskets of leftovers then?”
¶ “Seven,” they answered. (MRK 8:20)

MARK 15:4 πόσα (posa) R-ANP ‘you are answering nothing see how_many things against you they are accusing’ SR GNT Mark 15:4 word 14

OET-LV: 4 And the Pilatos again asked him saying: You _are_ not _answering nothing? Behold, how _many things they _are _accusing against _you. (MRK_15:4)

OET-RV: 4 so Pilate asked him again, “Don’t you have anything to say? Listen to all these accusations they’re making against you.” (MRK 15:4)

MAT 15:34 Πόσους (Posous) E-AMP ‘is saying to them Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) how_many loaves you_all are having they’ SR GNT Mat 15:34 word 6

OET-LV: 34 And the Yaʸsous is _saying to _them: How _many loaves are _you _all _having? And they said: Seven, and a_few little _fishes. (MAT_15:34)

OET-RV: 34 “How many buns do you have?” asked Yeshua.
¶ “Seven,”, they replied, “and a few small fish.” (MAT 15:34)

MAT 16:9 πόσους (posous) E-AMP ‘of the five_thousand and how_many baskets you_all took’ SR GNT Mat 16:9 word 15

OET-LV: 9 You _all _are_ not _yet _understanding, neither are _you _all _remembering the five loaves of _the five _thousand, and how _many baskets you _all _took? (MAT_16:9)

OET-RV: 9 Haven’t you understood what’s going on here yet? Don’t you remember that there were twelve baskets of leftovers when five buns were used to feed 5,000 families? (MAT 16:9)

MAT 16:10 πόσας (posas) E-AFP ‘of the four_thousand and how_many baskets you_all took’ SR GNT Mat 16:10 word 10

OET-LV: 10 Nor the seven loaves of _the four _thousand, and how _many baskets you _all _took? (MAT_16:10)

OET-RV: 10 And then seven baskets of leftovers when seven buns were used to feed 4,000 families? (MAT 16:10)

MAT 27:13 πόσα (posa) R-ANP ‘Pilatos not you are hearing how_many things against you they are testifying’ SR GNT Mat 27:13 word 10

OET-LV: 13 Then the Pilatos is _saying to _him: You _are_ not _hearing how _many things against _you they _are _testifying? (MAT_27:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then Pilate asked him, “Can’t you hear all the evidence against you that they’re listing?” (MAT 27:13)

LUKE 15:17 Πόσοι (Posoi) E-NMP ‘but having come he was saying how_many hired ones of the father’ SR GNT Luke 15:17 word 7

OET-LV: 17 To but himself having _come he _was _saying: How _many hired ones of _the father of _me are _being _plentiful of _bread, but I am _perishing with _famine here? (LUK_15:17)

OET-RV: 17 But he eventually came to his senses and said to himself, ‘Even my father’s workers have plenty of food, but here I am in this place dying of starvation. (LUK 15:17)

ACTs 21:20 πόσαι (posai) E-NFP ‘to him you are observing brother how_many tens_of_thousands are among’ SR GNT Acts 21:20 word 15

OET-LV: 20 And they having _heard were _glorifying the god, and they _said to _him: You _are _observing, brother, how _many tens _of _thousands are among the Youdaiōns which having _believed, and they _are_ all _being zealous for _the law. (ACT_21:20)

OET-RV: 20 and when they’d heard all that they praised God and told Paul, “Brother, you’ve noticed how many thousands of Jews have believed in the messiah but they still strive to observe Mosheh’s laws. (ACT 21:20)

Key: E=determiner/case-marker R=pronoun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural AMP=accusative,masculine,plural ANP=accusative,neuter,plural GFP=genitive,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural