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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ποσάκις G4212
Pronunciation posákis
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 It how often 2× Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34
how many times 1× Matthew 18:21
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 18:21
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 Luke 1
Source forms
ποσάκις 3x posakis Matthew 18:21, Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34
Parsing patterns
Adverb 3x Matthew 18:21, Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34
Evidence Summary
Greek word. how many times
Strong's G4212
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
how many times
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 18:21 Adverb
ποσάκις posakiv
how often
Read verse Matthew 23:37 Adverb
ποσάκις posakiv
how often
Read verse Luke 13:34 Adverb
ποσάκις posakiv
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 3
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 18:21 · Matt 23:37 · Luke 13:34 3×
Word Origins
ποσάκις is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain