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Lexicon :: Strong's G4221 - potērion

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ποτήριον
Transliteration
potērion (Key)
Pronunciation
pot-ay'-ree-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of a derivative of the alternate of πίνω (G4095)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:148,841

Strong’s Definitions

ποτήριον potḗrion, pot-ay'-ree-on; neuter of a derivative of the alternate of G4095; a drinking-vessel; by extension, the contents thereof, i.e. a cupful (draught); figuratively, a lot or fate:—cup.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's G4221 in the following manner: cup (33x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's G4221 in the following manner: cup (33x).

  1. a cup, a drinking vessel

  2. metaph. one's lot or experience, whether joyous or adverse, divine appointments, whether favourable or unfavourable, are likened to a cup which God presents one to drink: so of prosperity and adversity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ποτήριον potḗrion, pot-ay'-ree-on; neuter of a derivative of the alternate of G4095; a drinking-vessel; by extension, the contents thereof, i.e. a cupful (draught); figuratively, a lot or fate:—cup.
STRONGS G4221:
ποτήριον, ποτηρίου, τό (diminutive of ποτήρ), a cup, a drinking vessel;
a. properly: Matthew 23:25; Matthew 26:27; Mark 7:4, 8 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Mark 14:23; Luke 11:39; Luke 22:17, 20; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Revelation 17:4; πίνειν ἐκ τοῦ ποτηρίου, 1 Corinthians 11:28; τό ποτήριον τῆς ἐυλογιασς (see εὐλογία, 4), 1 Corinthians 10:16; with a genitive of the thing with which the cup is filled: ψυχροῦ, Matthew 10:42; ὕδατος, Mark 9:41; by metonymy, of the container for the contained, the contents of the cup, what is offered to be drunk, Luke 22:20b ((WH reject the passage) cf. Winer's 635f (589f)); 1 Corinthians 11:25f; τό ποτήριον τίνος, genitive of the person giving the entertainment (cf. Rückert, Abendmahl, p. 217f): πίνειν, 1 Corinthians 10:21 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 189 (178)); 1 Cor. 11:27 (cf. Winers Grammar, 411 (410)).
b. By a figure common to Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and not unknown to Latin writers, one's lot or experience, whether joyous or adverse, divine appointments, whether favorable or unfavorable, are likened to a cup which God presents one to drink (cf. Winer's Grammar, 32): so of prosperity, Psalm 15:5 (Ps. 16:5); Psalm 22:5 (Ps. 23:5); Psalm 115:13 (Ps. 116:13); of adversity, Psalm 10:6 (Ps. 11:6); Psalm 74:9 (Ps. 75:9); Isaiah 51:17, 22. In the N. T. of the bitter lot (the sufferings) of Christ: Matthew 26:39, 42 Rec.; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 18:11; πίνειν τό ποτήριον μου or ὁ ἐγώ πίνω, to undergo the same calamities which I undergo, Matthew 20:22, 23; Mark 10:38, 39 (Plautus Cas. 5, 2, 53 (50) ut senex hoc eodem poculo quod ego bibi biberet, i. e. that he might be treated as harshly as I was); used of the divine penalties: Revelation 14:10; Revelation 16:19; Revelation 18:6. ((Alcaeus, Sappho), Herodotus, Ctesias (), Aristophanes, Lucian, others; the Sept. for כּוס.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
10:6; 11:6; 15:5; 16:5; 22:5; 23:5; 74:9; 75:9; 115:13; 116:13
Isaiah
51:17; 51:22
Matthew
10:42; 20:22; 20:23; 23:25; 26:27; 26:39; 26:42
Mark
7:4; 7:8; 9:41; 10:38; 10:39; 14:23; 14:36
Luke
11:39; 22:17; 22:20; 22:20; 22:42
John
18:11
1 Corinthians
10:16; 10:21; 11:25; 11:25; 11:27; 11:28
Revelation
14:10; 16:19; 17:4; 18:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4221 matches the Greek ποτήριον (potērion),
which occurs 33 times in 30 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:42 - καὶ ὃς ἂν ποτίσῃ ἕνα τῶν μικρῶν τούτων ποτήριον G4221 ψυχροῦ μόνον εἰς ὄνομα μαθητοῦ ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσῃ τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 - ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον G4221 ὃ ἐγὼ μέλλω πίνειν λέγουσιν αὐτῷ δυνάμεθα

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:23 - λέγει αὐτοῖς τὸ μὲν ποτήριόν G4221 μου πίεσθε τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν τοῦτο δοῦναι ἀλλ᾽ οἷς ἡτοίμασται ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - οὐαὶ ὑμῖν γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί ὅτι καθαρίζετε τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου G4221 καὶ τῆς παροψίδος ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς καὶ ἀκρασίας

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:26 - Φαρισαῖε τυφλέ καθάρισον πρῶτον τὸ ἐντὸς τοῦ ποτηρίου G4221 ἵνα γένηται καὶ τὸ ἐκτὸς αὐτοῦ καθαρόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:27 - καὶ λαβὼν ποτήριον G4221 καὶ εὐχαριστήσας ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς λέγων πίετε ἐξ αὐτοῦ πάντες

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:39 - καὶ προελθὼν μικρὸν ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ προσευχόμενος καὶ λέγων πάτερ μου εἰ δυνατόν ἐστιν παρελθάτω ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ τὸ ποτήριον G4221 τοῦτο πλὴν οὐχ ὡς ἐγὼ θέλω ἀλλ᾽ ὡς σύ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:42 - πάλιν ἐκ δευτέρου ἀπελθὼν προσηύξατο λέγων πάτερ μου εἰ οὐ δύναται τοῦτο παρελθεῖν ἐὰν μὴ αὐτὸ πίω γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:4 - καὶ ἀπ᾽ ἀγορᾶς ἐὰν μὴ βαπτίσωνται οὐκ ἐσθίουσιν καὶ ἄλλα πολλά ἐστιν ἃ παρέλαβον κρατεῖν βαπτισμοὺς ποτηρίων G4221 καὶ ξεστῶν καὶ χαλκίων καὶ κλινῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:8 - ἀφέντες τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ κρατεῖτε τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:41 - ὃς γὰρ ἂν ποτίσῃ ὑμᾶς ποτήριον G4221 ὕδατος ἐν ὀνόματι ὅτι Χριστοῦ ἐστε ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσῃ τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον G4221 ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω ἢ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:39 - οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ δυνάμεθα ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς τὸ ποτήριον G4221 ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω πίεσθε καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:23 - καὶ λαβὼν ποτήριον G4221 εὐχαριστήσας ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἔπιον ἐξ αὐτοῦ πάντες

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:36 - καὶ ἔλεγεν αββα ὁ πατήρ πάντα δυνατά σοι παρένεγκε τὸ ποτήριον G4221 τοῦτο ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἀλλ᾽ οὐ τί ἐγὼ θέλω ἀλλὰ τί σύ

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:39 - εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν νῦν ὑμεῖς οἱ Φαρισαῖοι τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου G4221 καὶ τοῦ πίνακος καθαρίζετε τὸ δὲ ἔσωθεν ὑμῶν γέμει ἁρπαγῆς καὶ πονηρίας

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:17 - καὶ δεξάμενος ποτήριον G4221 εὐχαριστήσας εἶπεν λάβετε τοῦτο καὶ διαμερίσατε εἰς ἑαυτούς

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:20 - καὶ τὸ ποτήριον G4221 ὡσαύτως μετὰ τὸ δειπνῆσαι λέγων τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον G4221 ἡ καινὴ διαθήκη ἐν τῷ αἵματί μου τὸ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐκχυννόμενον

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - λέγων πάτερ εἰ βούλει παρένεγκε τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον G4221 ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ πλὴν μὴ τὸ θέλημά μου ἀλλὰ τὸ σὸν γινέσθω

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:11 - εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῷ Πέτρῳ βάλε τὴν μάχαιραν εἰς τὴν θήκην τὸ ποτήριον G4221 ὃ δέδωκέν μοι ὁ πατὴρ οὐ μὴ πίω αὐτό

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:16 - τὸ ποτήριον G4221 τῆς εὐλογίας ὃ εὐλογοῦμεν οὐχὶ κοινωνία ἐστὶν τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὸν ἄρτον ὃν κλῶμεν οὐχὶ κοινωνία τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐστιν

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:21 - οὐ δύνασθε ποτήριον G4221 κυρίου πίνειν καὶ ποτήριον G4221 δαιμονίων οὐ δύνασθε τραπέζης κυρίου μετέχειν καὶ τραπέζης δαιμονίων

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:25 - ὡσαύτως καὶ τὸ ποτήριον G4221 μετὰ τὸ δειπνῆσαι λέγων τοῦτο τὸ ποτήριον G4221 ἡ καινὴ διαθήκη ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ αἵματι τοῦτο ποιεῖτε ὁσάκις ἐὰν πίνητε εἰς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάμνησιν

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:26 - ὁσάκις γὰρ ἐὰν ἐσθίητε τὸν ἄρτον τοῦτον καὶ τὸ ποτήριον G4221 πίνητε τὸν θάνατον τοῦ κυρίου καταγγέλλετε ἄχρις οὗ ἔλθῃ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:27 - ὥστε ὃς ἂν ἐσθίῃ τὸν ἄρτον ἢ πίνῃ τὸ ποτήριον G4221 τοῦ κυρίου ἀναξίως ἔνοχος ἔσται τοῦ σώματος καὶ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ κυρίου

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:28 - δοκιμαζέτω δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἑαυτόν καὶ οὕτως ἐκ τοῦ ἄρτου ἐσθιέτω καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ποτηρίου G4221 πινέτω

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:10 - καὶ αὐτὸς πίεται ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ θυμοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ κεκερασμένου ἀκράτου ἐν τῷ ποτηρίῳ G4221 τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ βασανισθήσεται ἐν πυρὶ καὶ θείῳ ἐνώπιον ἀγγέλων ἁγίων καὶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀρνίου

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:19 - καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη εἰς τρία μέρη καὶ αἱ πόλεις τῶν ἐθνῶν ἔπεσαν καὶ Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη ἐμνήσθη ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ δοῦναι αὐτῇ τὸ ποτήριον G4221 τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ θυμοῦ τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - καὶ ἡ γυνὴ ἦν περιβεβλημένη πορφυροῦν καὶ κόκκινον καὶ κεχρυσωμένη χρυσίῳ καὶ λίθῳ τιμίῳ καὶ μαργαρίταις ἔχουσα ποτήριον G4221 χρυσοῦν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτῆς γέμον βδελυγμάτων καὶ τὰ ἀκάθαρτα τῆς πορνείας αὐτῆς

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:6 - ἀπόδοτε αὐτῇ ὡς καὶ αὐτὴ ἀπέδωκεν καὶ διπλώσατε τὰ διπλᾶ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῆς ἐν τῷ ποτηρίῳ G4221 ᾧ ἐκέρασεν κεράσατε αὐτῇ διπλοῦν
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