Strong's Lexicon
G4221 — ποτήριον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4221 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ποτήριον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | neuter of a derivative of the alternate of G4095 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 31 |
| Transliteration: | poterion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pot-ay'-ree-on |
| Meaning: | 1. a drinking-vessel 2. (by extension) the contents thereof, i.e. a cupful (draught) 3. (figuratively) a lot or fate |
| KJV Renderings: | cup |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ποτήριον, ποτηρίου, τό (diminutive of ποτήρ), a cup, a drinking vessel;
a. properly: Mat 23:25; Mat 26:27; Mar 7:4; Mar 7:8 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Mar 14:23; Luk 11:39; Luk 22:17; Luk 22:20; 1Co 11:25; Rev 17:4; πίνειν ἐκ τοῦ ποτηρίου, 1Co 11:28; τό ποτήριον τῆς ἐυλογιασς (see εὐλογία, 4), 1Co 10:16; with a genitive of the thing with which the cup is filled: ψυχροῦ, Mat 10:42; ὕδατος, Mar 9:41; by metonymy, of the container for the contained, the contents of the cup, what is offered to be drunk, Luk 22:20 b ((WH reject the passage) cf. Winer’s 635f (589f)); 1Co 11:25 f; τό ποτήριον τίνος, genitive of the person giving the entertainment (cf. Rückert, Abendmahl, p. 217f): πίνειν, 1Co 10:21 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 189 (178)); (cf. Winers Grammar, 411 (410)).
b. By a figure common to Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and not unknown to Latin writers, one’s lot or experience, whether joyous or adverse, divine appointments, whether favorable or unfavorable, are likened to a cup which God presents one to drink (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 32): so of prosperity, Psa 15:5 (); Psa 22:5 (); Psa 115:13 (); of adversity, Psa 10:6 (); Psa 74:9 (); Isa 51:17; Isa 51:22. In the N. T. of the bitter lot (the sufferings) of Christ: Mat 26:39; Mat 26:42 Rec.; Mar 14:36; Luk 22:42; Joh 18:11; πίνειν τό ποτήριον μου or ὁ ἐγώ πίνω, to undergo the same calamities which I undergo, Mat 20:22-23; Mar 10:38-39 (Plautus Cas. 5, 2, 53 (50) ut senex hoc eodem poculo quod ego bibi biberet, i. e. that he might be treated as harshly as I was); used of the divine penalties: Rev 14:10; Rev 16:19; Rev 18:6. ((Alcaeus, Sappho), Herodotus, Ctesias (), Aristophanes, Lucian, others; the Sept. for ëÌåñ.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ποτήριον (cup)
Matthew 10:42
- KJV: And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold only in the name of a disciple verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward
- GK: και ος εάν ποτίση ένα των μικρών τούτων ποτήριον ψυχρού μόνον εις όνομα μαθητού αμήν λέγω υμίν ου απολέση τον μισθόν αυτού
Matthew 20:22
- KJV: But Jesus answered and said Ye know not what ye ask Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with They say unto him We are able
- GK: αποκρίθεις δε ο Ιησούς είπεν ουκ οίδατε τι αιτείσθε δύνασθε πιείν το ποτήριον ο εγώ μέλλω πίνειν και το βάπτισμα ο εγώ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήναι λέγουσιν αυτώ δυνάμεθα
Matthew 20:23
- KJV: And he saith unto them Ye shall drink indeed of my cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give but for whom it is prepared of my Father
- GK: και λέγει αυτοίς το μεν ποτήριόν μου πίεσθε και το βάπτισμα ο εγώ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε το δε καθίσαι εκ δεξιών μου και εξ ευωνύμων μου ουκ έστιν εμόν δούναι αλλ΄ οις ητοίμασται υπο του πατρός μου
Matthew 23:25
- KJV: Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter but within they are full of extortion and excess
- GK: ουαί υμίν γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί ότι καθαρίζετε το έξωθεν του ποτηρίου και της παροψίδος έσωθεν δε γέμουσιν εξ αρπαγής και ακρασίας
Matthew 23:26
- KJV: blind Pharisee cleanse first that within the cup and platter that the outside of them may be clean also
- GK: Φαρισαίε τυφλέ καθάρισον πρώτον το εντός του ποτηρίου και της παροψίδος ίνα γένηται και το εκτός αυτών καθαρόν
Matthew 26:27
- KJV: And he took the cup and gave thanks and gave to them saying Drink ye all of it
- GK: και λαβών το ποτήριον και ευχαριστήσας έδωκεν αυτοίς λέγων πίετε εξ αυτού πάντες
Matthew 26:39
- KJV: And he went a little further and fell on his face and prayed saying O my Father if it be possible let this cup pass from me nevertheless not as I will but as thou
- GK: και προελθών μικρόν έπεσεν επί πρόσωπον αυτού προσευχόμενος και λέγων πάτερ μου ει δυνατόν εστι παρελθέτω απ΄ εμού το ποτήριον τούτο πλην ουχ ως εγώ θέλω αλλ΄ ως συ
Matthew 26:42
- KJV: He went away again the second time and prayed saying O my Father if this cup may not pass away from me except I drink it thy will be done
- GK: πάλιν εκ δευτέρου απελθών προσήυξατο λέγων πάτερ μου ει ου δύναται τούτο το ποτήριον παρελθείν απ΄ εμού εάν μη αυτό πίω γενηθήτω το θέλημά σου
Mark 7:4
- KJV: And from the market except they wash they eat not And many other things there be which they have received to hold the washing of cups and pots brasen vessels and of tables
- GK: και από αγοράς εάν μη βαπτίσωνται ουκ εσθίουσι και άλλα πολλά εστιν α παρέλαβον κρατείν βαπτισμούς ποτηρίων και ξεστών και χαλκίων και κλινών