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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4215 - ποταμός

Transliteration

potamós

Phonetics

pot-am-os'

Origin

probably from a derivative of the alternate of (G4095) (cf (G4224))

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

6:595,921

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a stream, a river
a torrent
floods

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2975 ‑ יְאוֹר (yeh‑ore'); 5104 ‑ נָהָר (naw‑hawr'); 5158 ‑ נַחְלָה (nakh'‑al, nakh'‑law, nakh‑al‑aw'); 6388 ‑ פֶּלֶג (peh'‑leg);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (16)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 1

2 Corinthians 1

Revelation 8

NAS (16)

Matthew 3

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 1

2 Corinthians 1

Revelation 8

HCS (17)

Matthew 3

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 1

2 Corinthians 1

Revelation 8

BSB (17)

Matthew 3

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 1

2 Corinthians 1

Revelation 8

ESV (16)

Matthew 3

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 1

2 Corinthians 1

Revelation 8

WEB (16)

Matthew 2

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 1

2 Corinthians 1

Revelation 8

KJV (16)

flood 2

floods 2

river 5

rivers 3

side 1

stream 2

waters 1

NAS (16)

River 2

floods 2

river 6

rivers 4

torrent 2

HCS (17)

river 2

rivers 2

River 2

a river 1

from rivers 1

river 4

rivers 2

the river 2

will have streams 1

BSB (17)

River 2

Streams 1

[the] river 1

a river 2

from rivers 1

river 4

rivers 2

torrent 2

torrents 2

ESV (16)

floods 2

river 8

rivers 4

stream 2

WEB (16)

a river 1

a riverside 1

of rivers 1

of the river 1

of the rivers 1

river 4

rivers 1

the floods 2

the rivers 1

the stream 2

up the river 1

RAH

N-APM 21

N-ASM 23

N-DPM 6

N-DSM 12

N-GPM 16

N-GSM 92

N-NPM 15

N-NSM 29

ANT

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 2

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 2

BEZ

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 2

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 2

BGB

N-AMP 1

N-AMS 5

N-DMS 3

N-GMP 2

N-GMS 1

N-NMP 3

N-NMS 2

BMT

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 2

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 2

BYZ

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 2

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 2

ELZ

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 2

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 2

NA26

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 3

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 1

T-NSM 1

SBL

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 3

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 2

SCV

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 2

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 2

STV

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 2

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 2

TIS

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 3

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 2

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 2

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 2

N-APM 1

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 3

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ποτᾰμός, ὁ,

river, stream, Ὠκεανοῖο ἐξ οὗ περ πάντες π. Il. 21.196; π. ἁλιμυρήεις, ἀργυροδίνης, βαθυδίνης, βαθύρροος, δεινός, διιπετής, δινήεις, ἐΰρροος, ἐρίδουπος, εὐρὺ ῥέων, θεῖος, ἱερός, ἴφθιμος, καλλίροος, κελάδων, λάβρος, πλήθων, χειμάρροος, ὠκύροος, Od. 5.460, Il. 21.8, 212, 8, 25, 17.263, Od. 11.242, Il. 21.130, Od. 10.515 (pl.), Il. 21.304, Od. 11.238, 10.351 (pl.), Il. 17.749 (pl.), Od. 5.441, Il. 18.576, 21.270, 5.87, 87, 598; νυκτὸς π., of the rivers of hell, Pi. Fr. 130.9: prov., ἄνω ποταμῶν, of extraordinary events, A. Fr. 335, etc. (in full, ἄνω π. ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαί E. Med. 410 (lyr.)); π. οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ Heraclit. 91; π. θαλάσσῃ ἐρίζεις, of unequal combats, Suid., etc.

2. metaph., rivers of fire or lava, Pi. P. 1.22, A. Pr. 370: Com., ζωμοῦ π. κρέα θερμὰ κυλίνδων Telecl. 1.8, cf. Pherecr. 108.3; also π. πραγμάτων Porph. Marc. 5 .

3. artificial stream, canal, Str. 16.1.10, Arr. An. 7.21.1; οἱ ὀρυχθέντες π. OGI 54.23 (Adule, iii B. C. ).

II personified, rivergod, Il. 20.7, 73, etc.

III name of the constellation Eridanus, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20, Arat. 358, etc.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ποταμός, ποταμοῦ, ὁ, from Homer down, the Sept. for נָהָר and יְאֹר, a stream, a river: Matthew 3:6 L T Tr WH; Mark 1:5; Acts 16:13; 2 Corinthians 11:26 (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 a.); Revelation 8:10; Revelation 9:14; Revelation 12:15; Revelation 16:4, 12; Revelation 22:1f; equivalent to a torrent, Matthew 7:25, 27; Luke 6:48; Revelation 12:15f; plural figuratively equivalent to the greatest abundance (cf. colloquial English streams, floods), John 7:38.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ποταμός , -οῦ , ὁ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H5104, H2975;]

a river, stream, torrent: Matthew 3:5; Matthew 7:25; Matthew 7:27, Mark 1:1-45 :, Luke 6:48-49, Acts 16:13, 2 Corinthians 11:26, Revelation 8:10; Revelation 9:14; Revelation 12:15-16; Revelation 16:4; Revelation 16:12; Revelation 21:1-2. Fig., pl., Papyri ὕδατος ζῶντος , John 7:38.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";the day before the Sabbath,"; in NT only Mark 15:42, where it is an explanation of παρασκευή for the benefit of non-Jewish readers. The word occurs in Judith 8:6, and in the titles of Psalms 92:1-15 [MT Psalms 91:1-16] א, Psalms 92:1-15 [MT Psalms 93:1-5] אB.

List of Word Forms

ποταμοι ποταμοί ποταμοὶ ποταμοίς ποταμον ποταμόν ποταμὸν ποταμος ποταμός ποταμὸς ποταμου ποταμού ποταμοῦ ποταμους ποταμούς ποταμοὺς ποταμω ποταμώ ποταμῷ ποταμων ποταμών ποταμῶν potamo potamō potamoi potamoì potamôi potamō̂i potamon potamón potamòn potamôn potamōn potamō̂n potamos potamós potamòs potamou potamoû potamous potamoùs