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Lexicon :: Strong's G4215 - potamos

Aa
ποταμός
Transliteration
potamos (Key)
Pronunciation
pot-am-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from a derivative of the alternate of πίνω (G4095) (cf πότος (G4224))
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:595,921

Strong’s Definitions

ποταμός potamós, pot-am-os'; probably from a derivative of the alternate of G4095 (compare G4224); a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water:—flood, river, stream, water.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G4215 in the following manner: river (9x), flood (4x), stream (2x), water (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G4215 in the following manner: river (9x), flood (4x), stream (2x), water (1x).

  1. a stream, a river

  2. a torrent

  3. floods

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποταμός potamós, pot-am-os'; probably from a derivative of the alternate of G4095 (compare G4224); a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water:—flood, river, stream, water.
STRONGS G4215:
ποταμός, ποταμοῦ, ὁ, from Homer down, the Sept. for נָהָר and יְאֹר, a stream, a river: Matthew 3:6 L T Tr WH; Mark 1:5; Acts 16:13; 2 Corinthians 11:26 (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 a.); Revelation 8:10; Revelation 9:14; Revelation 12:15; Revelation 16:4, 12; Revelation 22:1f; equivalent to a torrent, Matthew 7:25, 27; Luke 6:48; Revelation 12:15f; plural figuratively equivalent to the greatest abundance (cf. colloquial English streams, floods), John 7:38.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:6; 7:25; 7:27
Mark
1:5
Luke
6:48
John
7:38
Acts
16:13
2 Corinthians
11:26
Revelation
8:10; 9:14; 12:15; 12:15; 16:4; 16:12; 22:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4215 matches the Greek ποταμός (potamos),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:6 - And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:25 - And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:27 - And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:5 - And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49 - But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:38 - He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13 - And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:10 - And at the sounding of the third angel, there went down from heaven a great star, burning like a flame, and it came on a third part of the rivers, and on the fountains of water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:14 - Saying to the sixth angel who had the horn, Make free the four angels who are chained at the great river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - And the snake sent out of his mouth after the woman a river of water, so that she might be taken away by the stream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:16 - And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:4 - And the third let what was in his vessel come out into the rivers and the fountains of water; and they became blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12 - And the sixth let what was in his vessel come out on the great river Euphrates; and it became dry, so that the way might be made ready for the kings from the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:1 - And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:2 - In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations.
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