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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 31 times in 28 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:42 - “And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these [fn]little ones even a cup G4221 of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 - But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup G4221 that I am about to drink?” 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, “My cup G4221 you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on My left, this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 -

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup G4221 and of the dish, but inside they are full [fn]of robbery and self-indulgence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:26 - “You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup G4221 and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:27 - And when He had taken a cup G4221 and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:39 -

And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup G4221 pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:4 - and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they [fn]wash themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups G4221 and pitchers and copper pots.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:41 - “For whoever gives you a cup G4221 of water to drink in My name because you are of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup G4221 that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”

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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 G4221 that I drink you shall drink; and you shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:23 - And when He had taken a cup G4221 and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:36 - And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup G4221 from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:39 - But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup G4221 and of the platter, but [fn]inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:17 - And when He had taken a cup G4221 and 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 - And in the same way He took the cup G4221 after they had eaten, saying, “This cup G4221 which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup G4221 from Me, yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:11 - So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup G4221 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 - Is not the cup G4221 of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the [fn]bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:21 - You cannot drink the cup G4221 of the Lord and the cup G4221 of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:25 - In the same way He took the cup G4221 also after supper, saying, “This cup G4221 is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you 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 you eat this bread and drink the cup G4221, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:27 -

Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup G4221 of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall 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 a man must test himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup G4221.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:10 - and he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed [fn]in full strength in the cup G4221 of His rage, and he will be tormented with fire and [fn]brimstone 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 - And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the [fn]nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup G4221 of the wine of the wrath of His rage.

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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 [fn]adorned with gold and precious [fn]stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup G4221 full of abominations and of the unclean things of her [fn]sexual immorality,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:6 - “Pay her back even as she paid, and [fn]give her back double according to her deeds; in the cup G4221 which she has mixed, mix double for her.
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