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Lexicon :: Strong's G4215 - potamos

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ποταμός
Transliteration
potamos (Key)
Pronunciation
pot-am-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from a derivative of the alternate of πίνω (G4095) (cf πότος (G4224))
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:595,921

Strong’s Definitions

ποταμός potamós, pot-am-os'; probably from a derivative of the alternate of G4095 (compare G4224); a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water:—flood, river, stream, water.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G4215 in the following manner: river (9x), flood (4x), stream (2x), water (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G4215 in the following manner: river (9x), flood (4x), stream (2x), water (1x).

  1. a stream, a river

  2. a torrent

  3. floods

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποταμός potamós, pot-am-os'; probably from a derivative of the alternate of G4095 (compare G4224); a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water:—flood, river, stream, water.
STRONGS G4215:
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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:6; 7:25; 7:27
Mark
1:5
Luke
6:48
John
7:38
Acts
16:13
2 Corinthians
11:26
Revelation
8:10; 9:14; 12:15; 12:15; 16:4; 16:12; 22:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4215 matches the Greek ποταμός (potamos),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:6 - and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River G4215, as they confessed their sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:25 - “And the rain descended, and the rivers G4215 came, and the winds blew and fell against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:27 - “And the rain descended, and the rivers G4215 came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:5 - And all the region of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River G4215, confessing their sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the river G4215 burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49 - “But the one who heard and did not do accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the river G4215 burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:38 - “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From [fn]his innermost being will flow rivers G4215 of living water.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13 - And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside G4215, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and sitting down, we began speaking to the women who had assembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers G4215, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the desolate places, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:10 -

And the third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers G4215 and on the springs of waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:14 - one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who have been bound at the great river G4215 Euphrates.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - And the serpent [fn]poured water like a river G4215 out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:16 - [fn]But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river G4215 which the dragon [fn]poured out of his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:4 -

Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers G4215 and the springs of waters, and they became blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12 -

And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river G4215, the Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for the kings from the [fn]east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:1 -

Then he showed me a river G4215 of the water of life, bright as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of [fn]the Lamb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:2 - in the middle of its street. On either side of the river G4215 was the tree of life, bearing twelve [fn]kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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