Acts 21:20:12Acts.21.20.W12TAB
πόσαι
posai
“how many”
- Transliteration
- PO-sai
- Extended
- POH-sai
- IPA
- /ˈpo.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- how many
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
PO-sai
- sentence
hoi de a-KOU-san-tes e-DO-ksa-zon ton the-ON ei-PON te au-TOI the-ō-REIS a-del-PHE PO-sai my-RI-a-des ei-SIN en tois i-ou-dai-OIS tôn pe-pis-teu-KO-ton kai PAN-tes dzê-lō-TAI tou NO-mou hy-PAR-khou-sin
Exegesis
The interrogative adjective posai {πόσαι | pósai} and noun myriades {μυριάδες | myriádes} form a quantitative question “how many myriads,” a hyperbolic expression for a very large number.
In context — Acts 21:20
But when they heard this, they were glorifying God , and they said to him, “Brother, you see how many myriads of Jews have believed, and all are zealous for the law.”
About this coordinate
Acts 21:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 21:20, so the Greek word πόσαι (posai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.21.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.20.W12.S1) and character.