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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))
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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 8 times in 8 verses in 'Rev' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:10 - 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 BoxRev 9:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 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 BoxRev 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

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 BoxRev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12 - 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 BoxRev 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:1 - Then he showed me a river G4215 of the water of life, [fn]clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of [fn]the Lamb,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 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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