What does πόσος · μᾶλλον · διαφέρω mean in the Bible?
πόσος · μᾶλλον · διαφέρω is a Greek phrase meaning "how much more you are worth".
Greek · G4214, G3123, G1308
πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑμεῖς διαφέρετε
Interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many) · (adverbially) more (in a greater degree) or rather · to spread/surpass
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πόσος G4214 interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many)
Pronunciation pósos
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μᾶλλον G3123 (adverbially) more (in a greater degree) or rather
Pronunciation mâllon
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διαφέρω G1308 to spread/surpass
Pronunciation diaphérō
To surpass or excel; also to matter or make a difference in significance or value.
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What does πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑμεῖς διαφέρετε (posō mallon hymeis diapherete) mean in the Bible?
πόσος · μᾶλλον · διαφέρω is a Greek phrase meaning "how much more you are worth".
Full entry for πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑμεῖς διαφέρετε (G4214, G3123, G1308) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4214, G3123, G1308?
G4214, G3123, G1308 is connected to 27 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. how much more you are worth
Source Gloss
how much more you are worth
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 27 Case pattern Dative (11) Number pattern Singular (15)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 6:23 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 9:21 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 15:17 1×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 21:20 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Mark 8:20 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 7:11 · Matt 10:25 · Matt 12:12 · Luke 11:13 · Luke 12:24 · Luke 12:28 · Rom 11:12 · Rom 11:24 · Phlm 1:16 · Heb 9:14 · Heb 10:29 11×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:34 · Matt 16:9 · Mark 6:38 · Mark 8:5 · Mark 8:19 5×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 27:13 · Mark 15:4 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 16:5 · Luke 16:7 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 16:10 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 13 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 11 imperfect 1 aorist 1
Voice
active 11 passive 2
Mood
indicative 9 participle 3 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 6:26 διαφέρετε present active indicative ongoing Matthew 10:31 διαφέρετε present active indicative ongoing Matthew 12:12 διαφέρει present active indicative ongoing Mark 11:16 διενέγκῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 12:24 διαφέρετε present active indicative ongoing Luke 12:7 διαφέρετε present active indicative ongoing Acts 13:49 διεφέρετο imperfect passive indicative background Acts 27:27 διαφερομένων present passive participle participle Romans 2:18 διαφέροντα present active participle participle 1 Corinthians 15:41 διαφέρει present active indicative ongoing Galatians 2:6 διαφέρει present active indicative ongoing Galatians 4:1 διαφέρει present active indicative ongoing Philippians 1:10 διαφέροντα present active participle participle
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑμεῖς διαφέρετε 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