adverb
posakis
Greekποσάκις (posakis)
Strong’sG4212
how often
stem posaki-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
ποσάκις,
interrog. num. adv.,G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4212 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpos-ak'-is
how many times
Frommultiplicative from G4214;
King Jameshow oft(-en).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
posakis3×
Matthew 18:21“how often”Tote prosercharatos auto tos Petros legata; Kurior, posakis hamartati eis min tos adelfos mu kai afiēkami auto? heōs heptakis?Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
Matthew 23:37“how often”Ierousalēm Ierousalēm, tar apokteinarōtar toin profētoin kai lithobolarōtar toin apostelirētoin pros autan posakis thelama episunagara teim tekneim su, hon tropon ornias episunagatō teim nossieim autau hupo tain pteruxain, kai ouk thelava?O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Luke 13:34“how often”Ierousalēm Ierousalēm, tar apokteinarōtar toin profētoin kai lithobolarōtar toin apostelirētoin pros autan posakis thelama episunagara teim tekneim su hon tropon ornias tan heautau nossian hupo tain pteruxain, kai ouk thelava.O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!