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Lexicon :: Strong's G4222 - potizō

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ποτίζω
Transliteration
potizō (Key)
Pronunciation
pot-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of the alternate of πίνω (G4095)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:159,841

Strong’s Definitions

ποτίζω potízō, pot-id'-zo; from a derivative of the alternate of G4095; to furnish drink, irrigate:—give (make) to drink, feed, water.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G4222 in the following manner: give to drink (4x), give drink (4x), water (3x), make to drink (2x), watering (1x), feed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G4222 in the following manner: give to drink (4x), give drink (4x), water (3x), make to drink (2x), watering (1x), feed (1x).

  1. to give to drink, to furnish drink

  2. to water, irrigate (plants, fields etc.)

  3. metaph. to imbue, saturate one's mind

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποτίζω potízō, pot-id'-zo; from a derivative of the alternate of G4095; to furnish drink, irrigate:—give (make) to drink, feed, water.
STRONGS G4222:
ποτίζω; imperfect ἐπότιζον; 1 aorist ἐπότισα; perfect πεποτικα (Revelation 14:8); 1 aorist passive ἐποτίσθην; (πότος); from (Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plato down; the Sept. for הִשְׁקָה; to give to drink, to furnish drink, (Vulg. in 1 Corinthians 12:13 and Revelation 14:8poto (but in Revelation, the passage cited Tdf. givespotiono; A. V. to make to drink)): τινα, Matthew 25:35, 37, 42; Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; Luke 13:15; Romans 12:20; τινα τί, to offer one anything to drink (Winers Grammar, § 32, 4 a.; (Buttmann, § 131, 6)): Matthew 10:42; Mark 9:41, and often in the Sept.; in figurative discourse ποτίζειν τινα γάλα, to give one teaching easy to be apprehended, 1 Corinthians 3:2 (where by zeugma οὐ βρῶμα is added; (cf. Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 e.; Buttmann, § 151, 30; A. V. I have fed you with milk, etc.)); τινα ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου, Revelation 14:8 (see οἶνος, b. and θυμός, 2); equivalent to to water, irrigate (plants, fields, etc.): 1 Corinthians 3:6-8 (Xenophon, symp. 2, 25; Lucian, Athen., Geoponica, (Strabo, Philo); the Sept. (Genesis 13:10); Ezekiel 17:7); metaphorically, to imbue, saturate, τινα, one's mind, with the addition of an accusative of the thing, ἕν πνεῦμα, in the passive, 1 Corinthians 12:18 L T Tr WH (Winers Grammar, § 32, 5; Buttmann, § 134, 5); εἰς ἕν πνεῦμα, that we might be united into one body which is imbued with one spirit, ibid. R G (τινα πνεύματι κατανύξεως, Isaiah 29:10 (cf. Sir. 15:3)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
13:10
Isaiah
29:10
Ezekiel
17:7
Matthew
10:42; 25:35; 25:37; 25:42; 27:48
Mark
9:41; 15:36
Luke
13:15
Romans
12:20
1 Corinthians
3:2; 3:6; 3:7; 3:8; 12:13; 12:18
Revelation
14:8; 14:8; 14:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4222 matches the Greek ποτίζω (potizō),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:42 - And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35 - For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37 - “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:42 - For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:48 - Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:41 - Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:36 - Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20 - On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:2 - I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:6 - I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:7 - So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:8 - The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - For we were all baptized by[fn] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:8 - A second angel followed and said, “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’[fn] which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”
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