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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 - Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a talmid, most assuredly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 - But Yeshua answered, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be immersed with the immersion that I am immersed with?" They said to him, "We are able."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:23 - He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be immersed with the immersion that I am immersed with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - "Woe to you, Sofrim and Perushim, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:26 - You blind Parush, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside of it may become clean also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:27 - He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of you drink it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:39 - He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:42 - Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:4 - They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:8 - "For you set aside the mitzvah of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men -- the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:41 - For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Messiah's, most assuredly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - But Yeshua said to them, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be immersed with the immersion that I am immersed with?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:39 - They said to him, "We are able." Yeshua said to them, "You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be immersed with the immersion that I am immersed with;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:23 - He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:36 - He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:39 - The Lord said to him, "Now you Perushim cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:17 - He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, "Take this, and share it among yourselves,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:20 - Likewise, he took the cup after supper, 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 you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:11 - Yeshua therefore said to Rock, "Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:16 - The cup of blessing which we bless, isn't it a communion of the blood of Messiah? The bread which we break, isn't it a communion of the body of Messiah?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:21 - You can't both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can't both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:25 - In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:26 - For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:27 - Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's cup in a manner unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:28 - But let a man examine himself, and so let him 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 will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:19 - The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Bavel the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:6 - Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.
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