Strong's Lexicon
G4222 — ποτίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4222 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ποτίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of the alternate of G4095 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 15 |
| Transliteration: | potizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pot-id'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to furnish drink, irrigate |
| KJV Renderings: | give (make) to drink, feed, water |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ποτίζω; imperfect ἐπότιζον; 1 aorist ἐπότισα; perfect πεποτικα (Rev 14:8); 1 aorist passive ἐποτίσθην; (πότος); from (Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plato down; the Sept. for äÄùÀÑ÷Èä; to give to drink, to furnish drink, (Vulg. in 1Co 12:13 and Rev 14:8 poto (but in Revelation, the passage cited Tdf. givespotiono; A. V. to make to drink)): τινα, Mat 25:35; Mat 25:37; Mat 25:42; Mat 27:48; Mar 15:36; Luk 13:15; Rom 12:20; τινα τί, to offer one anything to drink (Winers Grammar, § 32, 4 a.; (Buttmann, § 131, 6)): Mat 10:42; Mar 9:41, and often in the Sept.; in figurative discourse ποτίζειν τινα γάλα, to give one teaching easy to be apprehended, 1Co 3:2 (where by zeugma οὐ βρῶμα is added; (cf. Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 e.; Buttmann, § 151, 30; A. V. I have fed you with milk, etc.)); τινα ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου, Rev 14:8 (see οἶνος, b. and θυμός, 2); equivalent to to water, irrigate (plants, fields, etc.): 1Co 3:6-8 (Xenophon, symp. 2, 25; Lucian, Athen., Geoponica, (Strabo, Philo); the Sept. (Gen 13:10); Eze 17:7); metaphorically, to imbue, saturate, τινα, one’s mind, with the addition of an accusative of the thing, ἕν πνεῦμα, in the passive, 1Co 12:18 L T Tr WH (Winers Grammar, § 32, 5; Buttmann, § 134, 5); εἰς ἕν πνεῦμα, that we might be united into one body which is imbued with one spirit, ibid. R G (τινα πνεύματι κατανύξεως, Isa 29:10 (cf. Sir 15:3)).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ποτίζω (give (make) to drink)
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 25:35
- KJV: For I was an hungred and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in
- GK: επείνασα γαρ και εδώκατέ μοι φαγείν εδίψησα και εποτίσατέ με ξένος ήμην και συνηγάγετέ με
Matthew 25:37
- KJV: Then shall the righteous answer him saying Lord when saw we thee an hungred and fed or thirsty and gave thee drink
- GK: τότε αποκριθήσονται αυτώ οι δίκαιοι λέγοντες κύριε πότε σε είδομεν πεινώντα και εθρέψαμεν η διψώντα και εποτίσαμεν
Matthew 25:42
- KJV: For I was an hungred and ye gave me no meat I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink
- GK: επείνασα γαρ και ουκ εδώκατέ μοι φαγείν εδίψησα και ουκ εποτίσατέ με
Matthew 27:48
- KJV: And straightway one of them ran and took a spunge and filled with vinegar and put on a reed and gave him to drink
- GK: και ευθέως δραμών εις εξ αυτών και λαβών σπόγγον πλήσας τε όξους και περιθείς καλάμω επότιζεν αυτόν
Mark 9:41
- KJV: For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name because ye belong to Christ verily I say unto you he shall not lose his reward
- GK: ος γαρ αν ποτίση υμάς ποτήριον ύδατος εν τω ονόματί μου ότι Χριστού εστέ αμήν λέγω υμίν ου απολέση τον μισθόν αυτού
Mark 15:36
- KJV: And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar and put on a reed and gave him to drink saying Let alone let us see whether Elias will come to take him down
- GK: δραμών δε εις και γεμίσας σπόγγον όξους και περιθείς τε καλάμω επότιζεν αυτόν λέγων άφετε ίδωμεν ει έρχεται Ηλίας καθελείν αυτόν
Luke 13:15
- KJV: The Lord then answered him and said hypocrite doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall and lead away to watering
- GK: απεκρίθη ούν αυτώ ο κύριος και είπεν υποκριταί έκαστος υμών τω σαββάτω ου λύει τον βουν αυτού η τον όνον από της φάτνης και απαγαγών ποτίζει
Romans 12:20
- KJV: Therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him if he thirst give him drink for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head
- GK: εάν ούν πεινά ο εχθρός σου ψώμιζε αυτόν εάν διψά πότιζε αυτόν τούτο γαρ ποιών άνθρακας πυρός σωρεύσεις επί την κεφαλήν αυτού
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