The meaning of “πόσος”
Understanding pósos reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
how great (long, many), what. - interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many)
πόσος
how great (long, many), what. - interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 15:34 | “And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.” Word: πόσος (pósos) | |
| Mark 8:20 | “And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.” Word: πόσος (pósos) | |
| 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!” Word: πόσος (pósos) | |
| Acts 21:20 | “And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:” Word: πόσος (pósos) | |
| Romans 11:24 | “For 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?” Word: πόσος (pósos) |