Strong's Lexicon

G4224

G4224 — πότος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekpotosnounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G4224
Word:πότος
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from the alternate of G4095
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:potos
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:pot'-os
Meaning:1. a drinking-bout or carousal
KJV Renderings:banqueting

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πότος, πότου, (ΠΟΩ (cf. πίνω)), a drinking, carousing: 1Pe 4:3. (Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Josephus, Plutarch, Aelian, others; the Sept. for îÄùÀÑúÆÌä.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

πότος (banqueting)

1 Peter 4:3

KJV: For the time past of life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles when we walked in lasciviousness lusts excess of wine revellings banquetings and abominable idolatries
GK: αρκετός γαρ ημίν ο παρεληλυθώς χρόνος του βίου το θέλημα των εθνών κατεργάσασθαι πεπορευμένους εν ασελγείαις επιθυμίαις οινοφλυγίαις κώμοις πότοις και αθεμίτοις ειδωλολατρείας
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