G4212: ποσάκις (posákis)

Quick Definition

ποσάκις Adv how often

Strong's Definition

multiplicative from 4214; how many times

KJV Usage: how oft(-en)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ποσάκις (G4212)

advb. | πόσος

67.14 · Time · A Point of Time without Reference to Other Points of Time: Time, Occasion, Ever, Often

how often, so often a number of related points of time, occurring in interrogative or exclamatory contexts

MAT 18:21 · MAT 23:37 · LUK 13:34

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ποσάκις, (πόσος). adv., how often: Mt. xviii. 213 xxiii. 87; Lk. xiii. 34. [(Plat. ep., Aristot., al.)]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ποσάκις posakis 3x

How many times? How often? Mt. 18:21; 23:37; Lk. 13:34*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ποσάκις, interrog. num. adv., how often: Mt 18:21 23:37, Lk 13:34.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ποσάκις. P Oxy III. 528% (ii/A.p.) ἐδοῦ ποσάζρ)κεις (/. ἰδοὺ ποσάκις) ἔπεμσα ἐπὶ σέ, “see how many times I have sent to you!” (Edd.). TOOL. In the Tebtunis ostracon 31 (ii/A.p.) (=P Tebt II. p. 336) reference is made to πόσις ζύτου, ‘the drinking of beer” in connexion with a festival at the temple of Bubastus. In Jn 655, and probably in Rom 1417, Col 215, the word is concrete = πόμα, ““ drink.’’

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ποσάκις (posakis) — how often!. ποσάκις [ᾰ], adverb how many times? how often? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry ποσσάκι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II. Indef., so many times, οἱ π. ποσοὶ [ἀριθμοί], i.e. square numbers, and οἱ π. π. ποσοί cubes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]