Mark 15:4:12Mark.15.4.W12TAB
πόσα
posa
“how many”
- Transliteration
- PO-sa
- Extended
- POH-sah
- IPA
- /ˈpo.sa/
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 |
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Word in context
- word
PO-sa
- sentence
ho de pi-LA-tos PA-lin e-pê-RO-ta au-TON LE-gōn ouk a-po-KRI-nêi ou-DEN I-de PO-sa sou ka-tê-go-ROU-sin
Exegesis
The imperative ide {ἴδε | í-de} introduces a second clause in the speech, creating a shift from addressing Jesus’ silence to pointing out the situation: ide posa sou katēgorousin {ἴδε πόσα σοῦ κατηγοροῦσιν | í-de pó-sa soû ka-tē-go-roû-sin}.
Here posa {πόσα | pó-sa} as an interrogative pronoun highlights the sheer number of accusations, while the genitive sou {σοῦ | soû} specifies that the accusations are directed against Him, and katēgorousin {κατηγοροῦσιν | ka-tē-go-roû-sin} portrays an ongoing, hostile legal action. In translation, the Greek sequence of two questions and the imperative is preserved as two interrogatives in English, with “again questioned” and “asked … once more” conveying the imperfect’s iterative nuance, and “See/Look” rendering the aorist imperative as an urgent, pointed command.
In context — Mark 15:4
And Pilate again questioned Him , saying, “Do You not answer anything? See how many things they accuse You of.”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Mark 15:4, so the Greek word πόσα (posa) 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 Mark.15.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.4.W12.S1) and character.