Matthew 18:21:8Matt.18.21.W8TAB
ποσάκις
posakis
“how many times”
- Transliteration
- po-SA-kis
- Extended
- poh-SAH-kis
- IPA
- /poˈsa.kis/
Meaning by language
- English
- how many times
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
po-SA-kis
- phraseyour reading level
po-SA-kis ha-mar-TÊ-sei eis e-ME ho a-del-PHOS moo KAI a-PHÊ-sô au-TOI
- clause
KY-ree-e po-SA-kis ha-mar-TÊ-sei eis e-ME ho a-del-PHOS moo KAI a-PHÊ-sô au-TOI
- sentence
TO-te pro-sel-THÔN au-TOI ho PE-tros EI-pen KY-ree-e po-SA-kis ha-mar-TÊ-sei eis e-ME ho a-del-PHOS moo KAI a-PHÊ-sô au-TOI
Exegesis
The interrogative adverb posakis {ποσάκις | posákis} introduces a question about frequency, which is further defined by the future verb hamartesei {ἁμαρτήσει | hamartḗsei} and the prepositional phrase eis eme {εἰς ἐμέ | eis emé}, specifying repeated sin directed “against me.”
In context — Matthew 18:21
Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord , how many times will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 18:21, so the Greek word ποσάκις (posakis) 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.18.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.21.W8.S1) and character.