Strong's Lexicon

G4216

G4216 — ποταμοφόρητος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekpotamophoretosadjectiveOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G4216
Word:ποταμοφόρητος
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from G4215 and a derivative of G5409
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:potamophoretos
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:pot-am-of-or'-ay-tos
Meaning:1. river-borne, i.e. overwhelmed by a stream
KJV Renderings:carried away of the flood

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ποταμοφόρητος, ποταμοφορητου, (ποταμός and φορέω; like ἀνεμοφορητος (cf. Winers Grammar, 100 (94))), carried away by a stream (i. e. whelmed, drowned in the waters): Rev 12:15. Besides only in Hesychius under the word ἀπόερσε.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ποταμοφόρητος (carried away of the flood)

Revelation 12:15

KJV: And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood
GK: και έβαλεν ο όφις εκ του στόματος αυτού οπίσω της γυναικός ύδωρ ως ποταμόν ίνα αυτήν ποταμοφόρητον ποιήση
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