Strong G4215ποταμός
river
- Transliteration
- potamos
- Pronunciation
- pot-am-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ποταμός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for נָהָר, יְאֹר;]
a river, stream, torrent: Mat.3:5 7:25, 27, Mrk.1:1-45:, Luk.6:48-49, Act.16:13, 2Co.11:26, Rev.8:10 9:14 12:15-16 16:4, 12 21:1-2. Fig., pl., π. ὕδατος ζῶντος, Jhn.7:38.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נָהָר, יְאֹר;]
a river, stream, torrent: Mat.3:5 7:25, 27, Mrk.1:1-45:, Luk.6:48-49, Act.16:13, 2Co.11:26, Rev.8:10 9:14 12:15-16 16:4, 12 21:1-2. Fig., pl., π. ὕδατος ζῶντος, Jhn.7:38.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4215 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- river8
- flood4
- stream2
- side1
- water1
First verses
- Matthew 7:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Matthew 7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
- Mark 1:5And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
- Luke 6:48He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Luke 6:49But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
- John 7:38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- Acts 16:13And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
- 2 Corinthians 11:26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
- Revelation 8:10And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
- Revelation 9:14Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
- Revelation 12:15And 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.
- Revelation 12:16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
- Revelation 16:4And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
- Revelation 16:12And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
- Revelation 22:1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
- Revelation 22:2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ποτᾰμός, ὁ,
river, stream, Ὠκεανοῖο ἐξ οὗ περ πάντες π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.196)]; π. ἁλιμυρήεις, ἀργυροδίνης, βαθυδίνης, βαθύρροος, δεινός, διιπετής, δινήεις, ἐΰρροος, ἐρίδουπος, εὐρὺ ῥέων, θεῖος, ἱερός, ἴφθιμος, καλλίροος, κελάδων, λάβρος, πλήθων, χειμάρροος, ὠκύροος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.460, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.8, 212, 8, 25, 17.263, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.242, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.130, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.515 (_plural_), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.304, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.238, 10.351 (_plural_), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.749 (_plural_), 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.441, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.576, 21.270, 5.87, 87, 598)]; νυκτὸς π., of the rivers of hell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 130.9: proverbial, ἄνω ποταμῶν,)] of extraordinary events, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 335, etc. (in full, ἄνω π. ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 410 (Lyric poetry)); π. οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 91)]; π. θαλάσσῃ ἐρίζεις, of unequal combats, [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, etc.)]
2 metaphorically, rivers of fire or lava, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.22, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 370: Comedy texts, ζωμοῦ π. κρέα θερμὰ κυλίνδων 5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 1.8, compare 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.3; also π. πραγμάτων 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 5.)]
3 artificial stream, canal, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.1.10, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 7.21.1; οἱ ὀρυχθέντες π. “OGI” 54.23 (Adule, 3rd c.BC).)]
II personified, rivergod, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.7, 73, etc.)]
III name of the constellation Eridanus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.20, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 358, etc.)]
river, stream, Ὠκεανοῖο ἐξ οὗ περ πάντες π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.196)]; π. ἁλιμυρήεις, ἀργυροδίνης, βαθυδίνης, βαθύρροος, δεινός, διιπετής, δινήεις, ἐΰρροος, ἐρίδουπος, εὐρὺ ῥέων, θεῖος, ἱερός, ἴφθιμος, καλλίροος, κελάδων, λάβρος, πλήθων, χειμάρροος, ὠκύροος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.460, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.8, 212, 8, 25, 17.263, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.242, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.130, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.515 (_plural_), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.304, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.238, 10.351 (_plural_), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.749 (_plural_), 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.441, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.576, 21.270, 5.87, 87, 598)]; νυκτὸς π., of the rivers of hell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 130.9: proverbial, ἄνω ποταμῶν,)] of extraordinary events, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 335, etc. (in full, ἄνω π. ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 410 (Lyric poetry)); π. οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 91)]; π. θαλάσσῃ ἐρίζεις, of unequal combats, [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, etc.)]
2 metaphorically, rivers of fire or lava, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.22, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 370: Comedy texts, ζωμοῦ π. κρέα θερμὰ κυλίνδων 5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 1.8, compare 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.3; also π. πραγμάτων 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 5.)]
3 artificial stream, canal, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.1.10, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 7.21.1; οἱ ὀρυχθέντες π. “OGI” 54.23 (Adule, 3rd c.BC).)]
II personified, rivergod, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.7, 73, etc.)]
III name of the constellation Eridanus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.20, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 358, etc.)]