Quick Definition
πόσος, η, ον Corr./Irg.pr. how much, how great, how many
Strong's Definition
from an absolute pos (who, what) and 3739; interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many)
KJV Usage: how great (long, many), what
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
pirg. | -η, -ον | ποσάκις
59.5 · Quantity · Many, Few [Countables]
how many interrogative of quantity of objects or events, usually implying a considerable amount
MAT 15:34 · MAT 16:9 · MAT 16:10 · MAT 27:13 · MRK 6:38 · MRK 8:5 · MRK 8:19 · MRK 8:20 · MRK 15:4 · LUK 15:17 · ACT 21:20
59.17 · Quantity · Much, Little [Masses, Collectives, Extensions]
how much, how extensive interrogative of quantity In a number of languages it may be necessary in LUK 16:5 to employ an expression relating to countable objects, for example, ‘how many pieces of money do you owe my master?’ (see 59.5).
MAT 7:11 · MAT 10:25 · MAT 12:12 · MRK 9:21 · LUK 11:13 · LUK 12:24 · LUK 12:28 · LUK 16:5 · LUK 16:7 · ROM 11:12 · ROM 11:24 · PHM 1:16
78.13 · Degree · Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]
how, very, how great, how much, intense, severe a relatively high point on a scale involving exclamation In a number of languages an expression of high degree in an exclamation can only be reproduced as an expression of intensive degree in a non-exclamatory form. For example, the statement in MAT 6:23 ‘how great must the darkness be!’ must be rendered in a number of languages as ‘the darkness is very, very intense’ or ‘it is very, very dark there.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πόσος, -n, -ov, [(cf. Curtius § 631), fr. Aeschyl. down, Lat. quantus], how great: Mt. vi. 23; 2 Co. vii. 11; πόσος χρόνος, how great (a space) i. e. how long time, Mk. ix. 21; neut. how much, Lk. xvi. 5, 7; πόσῳ, (by) how much, Mt. xii. 12; πόσῳ μᾶλλον, Mt. vii.11; x. 25; Lk. xi. 13; xii. 24, 28; Ro. xi. 12, 24; Philem. 16; Heb. ix. 14; πόσῳ χείρονος τιμωρίας, Heb. x. 29; plur. how many: with nouns, Mt. xv. 34; xvi. 9sq.; Mk. vi. 38; viii. 4, 19 sq. ; Lk. xv. 17; Acts xxi. 20; πόσα, how grave, Mt. xxvii. 13; Mk. xv. 4.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πόσος posos 27x
How great? How much? Mt. 6:23; Lk. 16:5, 7; 2 Cor. 7:11; πόσῳ, adverbially before a comparative, How much? By how much? Mt. 7:11; 10:25; Heb. 10:29; of time, How long? Mk. 9:21; of number, pl. How many? Mt. 15:34; 16:9, 10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πόσος, -η, -ον, adj. of number, magnitude, degree, etc., how much, how great, how many: Mt 6:23, II Co 7:11; of time, Mk 9:21; neut., absol., Lk 16:5, 7; dat., πόσῳ, adverbially, how much, Mt 12:12; id. seq. μᾶλλον, Mt 7:11 10:25, Lk 11:13 12:24, 28, Ro 11:12, 24, Phm 16, He 9:14; π. χείρονος τιμωρίας, He 10:29; pl., Mt 15:34 16:9, 10 27:13, Mk 6:38 8:5, 19, 20 15:4, Lk 15:17, Ac 21:20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πόσος, “how great?” plur. ‘‘how many?’’: cf. P Oxy IV. 7424 (B.C. 2) ἀπόστειλόν plo]t πόσας δέσμας παρείληφες, “‘send me word how many bundles you have received,” P Fay 1221 (c. a.D. 100) δήλωσόν μοι πόσαι ἐξέβησαν, ‘(inform me how many (artabae) came out,” P Tebt II. 41718 (iii/a.D.) εἴδε πόσα μέτρα [ἔχι, ‘see how many measures there are,” and the late P Amh II. 153%? (vi/vii A.D.) γράψον pot εὐθέως ὅτι π[όϊσα (sc. πρόβατα) ἀρρενικά ἐστιν καὶ πόσα θηλικά, ““νυεῖξε me at once how many males there are, and how many females.’’ For πόσου, “αἱ what price,” cf. PSI V. 508° (B.C. 256-5) πόσου ἕκαστόν ἐστιν, and P Oxy XII. 14918 (early iv/A.D.) ἀξιῶ σε μαθεῖν πόσου ἡμῖν συναλλάσσει κριθήν, “1 beg you to find out at what price he is contracting to get barley for me.” See also Kaibel 110° (ii/A.D.) ζω]ῆς δ᾽ ἐς πόσον ἦλίθες ; For the subst. ποσότης we may quote P Oxy X. 1293° (A.D. 117-38) περὶ τῆς ποσότητος τῶν ἐλαίω(ν), ‘about the amount of the oil” (Edd.), and P Ryl II. 2405 (111|Α.}.} δήλωσόν plo}t τὴν ποσότητα ἵνα οὕτως [λημ)ματίσω, “inform me of the quantity that I may reckon it in” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πόσος (posos) — how much/many?. πόσος, Ionic dialect κόσος, η, ον, interrogative adjective of what quantity?
1. of Number, how many? κόσοι τινές εἰσι οἱ Αακεδαιμόνιοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with singular Nouns, how great? how much? π. πλῆθος νεῶ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of Distance, how far? πόσον ἄπεστιν ἐνθένδε τὸ στράτευμ; [Refs]; π. τις ὁδὸς εἴη[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. of Time, how long? π. τινὰ χρόνο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. of Value, how much? πόσον δίδω; [Refs]at what price? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ πόσ;[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ πόσου is falsa lectio for{ὁπόσου} in [Refs 4th c.BC+]
5. of Degree, how great? πόθο; πόσος τι; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter adverb πόσο; πόσ; to what amount? [Refs 5th c.BC+]
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II. ποσός, ή, όν, indefinite adjective of a certain quantity or magnitude, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ποσὰ τῶν περιφερῶν a certain number of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ποσόν for a certain time, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κατὰ ποσόν to a certain extent, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. ποσόν, τό, ={ποσότης}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ ποσόν in point of quantity, [Refs]
III. adverb ποσῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+] q[uglide]oty-os, compareLatin quot, Sanskrit káti 'how many?')