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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 199 times in 170 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 2:10–2Ki 18:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:13 - The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Cush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - And the name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphra'tes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21 - He fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the Euphra'tes, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:37 - Samlah died, and Shaul of Reho'both on the Euphra'tes reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows sleek and fat, and they fed in the reed grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - And behold, seven other cows, gaunt and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, in my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - and seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - and seven other cows came up after them, poor and very gaunt and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - And when she could hide him no longer she took for him a basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with bitumen and pitch; and she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds at the river's brink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, and her maidens walked beside the river; she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to fetch it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - If they will not believe even these two signs or heed your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it upon the dry ground; and the water which you shall take from the Nile will become blood upon the dry ground."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water; wait for him by the river's brink, and take in your hand the rod which was turned into a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:17 - Thus says the LORD, "By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the rod that is in my hand, and it shall be turned to blood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:18 - and the fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile shall become foul, and the Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the Nile."'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - And the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:20 - Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded; in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, he lifted up the rod and struck the water that was in the Nile, and all the water that was in the Nile turned to blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - And the fish in the Nile died; and the Nile became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - And all the Egyptians dug round about the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25 - Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - the Nile shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house, and into your bedchamber and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and of your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - And the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come upon the land of Egypt!'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - Moses said to Pharaoh, "Be pleased to command me when I am to entreat, for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:11 - The frogs shall depart from you and your houses and your servants and your people; they shall be left only in the Nile."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - And the LORD said to Moses, "Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand the rod with which you struck the Nile, and go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphra'tes; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - The Amal'ekites dwell in the land of the Negeb; the Hittites, the Jeb'usites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - sent messengers to Balaam the son of Be'or at Pethor, which is near the River, in the land of Amaw to call him, saying, "Behold, a people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6 - Like valleys that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the LORD has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland, and in the Negeb, and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphra'tes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours; your territory shall be from the wilderness and Lebanon and from the River, the river Euphra'tes, to the western sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphra'tes, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7 - Then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial for ever."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 - When all the kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites that were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their heart melted, and there was no longer any spirit in them, because of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:2 - And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Your fathers lived of old beyond the Euphra'tes, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3 - Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14 - "Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - And if you be unwilling to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cu'shan-rishatha'im king of Mesopota'mia; and the people of Israel served Cu'shan-rishatha'im eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 - David also defeated Hadade'zer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphra'tes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16 - And Hadade'zer sent, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphra'tes; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the commander of the army of Hadade'zer at their head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphra'tes from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphra'tes; and he had peace on all sides round about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65 - So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Are not Aba'na and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them, and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - In the ninth year of Hoshe'a the king of Assyria captured Sama'ria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11 - The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

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