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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 5 times in 5 verses in '1Co' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:2 - I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:6 - I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:7 - It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed 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 work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles,[fn] some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.[fn]
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