ΠΟΤΗΡΙΟΝ, ποτηριον
POTĒRION, potērion
Sounds Like: po-TEE-ree-on
Translations: cup, a cup
From the root: ΠΟΤΗΡΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a drinking vessel, typically a cup or goblet. It is often used literally for a physical cup, but can also be used metaphorically to represent one's lot or destiny, especially in the context of suffering or divine judgment.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4221 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:293
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 22:5, 74:9, 115:4
- Isaiah — 51:17
- Jeremiah — 16:7, 28:7, 32:15, 32:17
- Lamentations — 2:13
- Habakkuk — 2:16
- Matthew — 10:42, 20:22, 20:23, 26:27, 26:39
- Mark — 9:41, 10:39, 14:23, 14:36
- Luke — 22:17, 22:20, 22:42
- John — 18:11
- 1 Corinthians — 10:16, 10:21, 11:25, 11:27
- Revelation — 17:4
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 4:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 2:48
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 40:11, 40:13, 40:21
- Psalms — 22:5, 74:9, 115:4
- Psalms of Solomon — 8:15
- Isaiah — 51:17, 51:22
- Jeremiah — 16:7, 28:7, 29:13, 32:1, 32:3, 32:14
- Lamentations — 2:13, 4:21
- Ezekiel — 23:31, 23:32, 23:33
- Habakkuk — 2:16
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 10:42, 20:22, 20:23, 26:27, 26:39
- Mark — 9:41, 10:38, 10:39, 14:23, 14:36
- Luke — 22:17, 22:20, 22:42
- John — 18:11
- 1 Corinthians — 10:16, 10:21, 11:25, 11:26, 11:27
- Revelation — 16:19, 17:4
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 9:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΤΗΡΙΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΟΤΗΡ — cup, a cup, drinking cup, bowl
- ΠΟΤΗΡΙΑ — cups, a cup, drinking vessels
- ΠΟΤΗΡΙΟ — cup, a cup, drinking cup, bowl
- ΠΟΤΗΡΙΟΥ — of a cup, of the cup, of a drinking vessel, of the drinking vessel
- ΠΟΤΗΡΙΩ — to a cup, to the cup, for a cup, for the cup, (to) cup, (for) cup
- ΠΟΤΗΡΙΩΝ — of cups, of a cup
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