Matthew 16:9:11Matt.16.9.W11TAB
πόσους
posoos
“how many”
- Transliteration
- PO-soos
- Extended
- POH-soos
- IPA
- /ˈpo.suːs/
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 | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PO-soos
- phraseyour reading level
oo-DE mnê-mo-NEU-e-te TOUS PEN-te AR-toos TÔN pen-ta-kis-khi-LI-ôn KAI PO-soos ko-PHI-noos e-LA-be-te
- sentence
OO-pô no-EI-te oo-DE mnê-mo-NEU-e-te TOUS PEN-te AR-toos TÔN pen-ta-kis-khi-LI-ôn KAI PO-soos ko-PHI-noos e-LA-be-te
Exegesis
The conjunction kai {καὶ | kai} ‘and’ then introduces the accusative interrogative posous kophinous {πόσους κοφίνους | pó-sous ko-phí-nous} ‘how many baskets’, with the aorist active indicative verb elabete {ἐλάβετε | e-lá-be-te} ‘you took up’ postponed to the end for rhetorical impact. The English maintains the coordinated negative structure and the genitive–accusative relationship to preserve the connection to the narrative context.
In context — Matthew 16:9
Do you still not understand , and do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you picked up?
About this coordinate
Matthew 16:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Matthew 16:9, so the Greek word πόσους (posoos) 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 Matt.16.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.9.W11.S1) and character.