What does ποσάκις (posákis) mean in the Bible?
ποσάκις (posákis) is a Greek word meaning "how many times".
Greek · G4212
ποσάκις
How many times
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ποσάκιςG4212
Pronunciationposákis
What does ποσάκις (posákis) mean in the Bible?
ποσάκις (posákis) is a Greek word meaning "how many times".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4212?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include how often (2), how many times (1).
Where does ποσάκις (posákis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 18:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ithow often2×Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34
how many times1×Matthew 18:21
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 18:21
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Matthew2Luke1
Source forms
ποσάκις3xposakisMatthew 18:21, Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34
Parsing patterns
Adverb3xMatthew 18:21, Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34
Evidence Summary
Greek word. how many times
Strong'sG4212
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms1 form3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
how many times
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 18:21Adverb
ποσάκιςposakiv
how often
Read verseMatthew 23:37Adverb
ποσάκιςposakiv
how often
Read verseLuke 13:34Adverb
ποσάκιςposakiv
how often
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms3
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 18:21 · Matt 23:37 · Luke 13:343×
Word Origins
ποσάκις is built from this root: