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Lexicon :: Strong's G4221 - potērion

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ποτήριον
Transliteration
potērion (Key)
Pronunciation
pot-ay'-ree-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of a derivative of the alternate of πίνω (G4095)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:148,841

Strong’s Definitions

ποτήριον potḗrion, pot-ay'-ree-on; neuter of a derivative of the alternate of G4095; a drinking-vessel; by extension, the contents thereof, i.e. a cupful (draught); figuratively, a lot or fate:—cup.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's G4221 in the following manner: cup (33x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's G4221 in the following manner: cup (33x).

  1. a cup, a drinking vessel

  2. metaph. one's lot or experience, whether joyous or adverse, divine appointments, whether favourable or unfavourable, are likened to a cup which God presents one to drink: so of prosperity and adversity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποτήριον potḗrion, pot-ay'-ree-on; neuter of a derivative of the alternate of G4095; a drinking-vessel; by extension, the contents thereof, i.e. a cupful (draught); figuratively, a lot or fate:—cup.
STRONGS G4221:
ποτήριον, ποτηρίου, τό (diminutive of ποτήρ), a cup, a drinking vessel;
a. properly: Matthew 23:25; Matthew 26:27; Mark 7:4, 8 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Mark 14:23; Luke 11:39; Luke 22:17, 20; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Revelation 17:4; πίνειν ἐκ τοῦ ποτηρίου, 1 Corinthians 11:28; τό ποτήριον τῆς ἐυλογιασς (see εὐλογία, 4), 1 Corinthians 10:16; with a genitive of the thing with which the cup is filled: ψυχροῦ, Matthew 10:42; ὕδατος, Mark 9:41; by metonymy, of the container for the contained, the contents of the cup, what is offered to be drunk, Luke 22:20b ((WH reject the passage) cf. Winer's 635f (589f)); 1 Corinthians 11:25f; τό ποτήριον τίνος, genitive of the person giving the entertainment (cf. Rückert, Abendmahl, p. 217f): πίνειν, 1 Corinthians 10:21 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 189 (178)); 1 Cor. 11:27 (cf. Winers Grammar, 411 (410)).
b. By a figure common to Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and not unknown to Latin writers, one's lot or experience, whether joyous or adverse, divine appointments, whether favorable or unfavorable, are likened to a cup which God presents one to drink (cf. Winer's Grammar, 32): so of prosperity, Psalm 15:5 (Ps. 16:5); Psalm 22:5 (Ps. 23:5); Psalm 115:13 (Ps. 116:13); of adversity, Psalm 10:6 (Ps. 11:6); Psalm 74:9 (Ps. 75:9); Isaiah 51:17, 22. In the N. T. of the bitter lot (the sufferings) of Christ: Matthew 26:39, 42 Rec.; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 18:11; πίνειν τό ποτήριον μου or ὁ ἐγώ πίνω, to undergo the same calamities which I undergo, Matthew 20:22, 23; Mark 10:38, 39 (Plautus Cas. 5, 2, 53 (50) ut senex hoc eodem poculo quod ego bibi biberet, i. e. that he might be treated as harshly as I was); used of the divine penalties: Revelation 14:10; Revelation 16:19; Revelation 18:6. ((Alcaeus, Sappho), Herodotus, Ctesias (), Aristophanes, Lucian, others; the Sept. for כּוס.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
10:6; 11:6; 15:5; 16:5; 22:5; 23:5; 74:9; 75:9; 115:13; 116:13
Isaiah
51:17; 51:22
Matthew
10:42; 20:22; 20:23; 23:25; 26:27; 26:39; 26:42
Mark
7:4; 7:8; 9:41; 10:38; 10:39; 14:23; 14:36
Luke
11:39; 22:17; 22:20; 22:20; 22:42
John
18:11
1 Corinthians
10:16; 10:21; 11:25; 11:25; 11:27; 11:28
Revelation
14:10; 16:19; 17:4; 18:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4221 matches the Greek ποτήριον (potērion),
which occurs 33 times in 30 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:42 - And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 - And Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup which *I* am about to drink? They say to him, We are able.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:23 - And he says to them, Ye shall drink indeed my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared of my Father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:26 - Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:27 - And having taken the cup and given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:39 - And going forward a little he fell upon his face, praying and saying, My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me; but not as *I* will, but as *thou* wilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:42 - Again going away a second time he prayed saying, My Father, if this cannot pass from me unless I drink it, thy will be done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:4 - and on coming from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, and brazen utensils, and couches),

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:8 - For, leaving the commandment of God, ye hold what is delivered by men to keep -- washings of vessels and cups, and many other such like things ye do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:41 - For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - And Jesus said to them, Ye do not know what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup which *I* drink, or be baptised with the baptism that *I* am baptised with?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:39 - And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, The cup that *I* drink ye will drink and with the baptism that *I* am baptised with ye will be baptised,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:23 - And having taken the cup, when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:36 - And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee: take away this cup from me; but not what *I* will, but what *thou* wilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:39 - But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward parts are full of plunder and wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:17 - And having received a cup, when he had given thanks he said, Take this and divide it among yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:20 - In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - saying, Father, if thou wilt remove this cup from me: -- but then, not my will, but thine be done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:11 - Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given me, shall I not drink it?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:16 - The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of the Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of the Christ?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:21 - Ye cannot drink the Lord's cup, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:25 - In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:26 - For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:27 - So that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:28 - But let a man prove himself, and thus eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:10 - he also shall drink of the wine of the fury of God prepared unmixed in the cup of his wrath, and he shall be tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy angels and before the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:19 - And the great city was divided into three parts; and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:6 - Recompense her even as she has recompensed; and double to her double, according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.
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