Lexicon :: Strong's G4215 - potamos

ποταμός

Transliteration

potamos (Key)

Pronunciation

pot-am-os'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Probably from a derivative of the alternate of πίνω (G4095) (cf πότος (G4224))

Greek Inflections of ποταμός [?]

mGNT
17x in 9 unique form(s) TR
16x in 9 unique form(s) LXX
201x in 12 unique form(s)

ποταμοὶ — 3x

ποταμὸν — 4x

ποταμόν — 1x

ποταμὸς — 1x

ποταμός — 1x

ποταμοῦ — 1x

ποταμοὺς — 1x

ποταμῷ — 2x

ποταμῶν — 2x

ποταμοὶ — 3x

ποταμὸν — 4x

ποταμόν — 1x

ποταμὸς — 1x

ποταμός — 1x

ποταμοῦ — 1x

ποταμοὺς — 1x

ποταμῷ — 3x

ποταμῶν — 2x

ποταμοὶ — 11x

ποταμοί — 4x

ποταμοῗς — 6x

ποταμὸν — 14x

ποταμόν — 9x

ποταμὸς — 22x

ποταμός — 3x

ποταμοῦ — 86x

ποταμοὺς — 15x

ποταμούς — 5x

ποταμῷ — 12x

ποταμῶν — 14x

Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:595,921

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

a stream, a river
a torrent
floods

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G4215 matches the Greek ποταμός (potamos),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Mat 7:25

Mat 7:25 - And the rain descended, and the floods^G4215 came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Mat 7:27

Mat 7:27 - And the rain descended, and the floods^G4215 came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Mar 1:5

Mar 1:5 - And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river^G4215 of Jordan, confessing their sins.

Luk 6:48

Luk 6:48 - He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream^G4215 beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

Luk 6:49

Luk 6:49 - But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream^G4215 did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

Jhn 7:38

Jhn 7:38 - He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers^G4215 of living water.

Act 16:13

Act 16:13 - And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side,^G4215 where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

2Co 11:26

2Co 11:26 - In journeyings often, in perils of waters,^G4215 in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

Rev 8:10

Rev 8:10 - And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers,^G4215 and upon the fountains of waters;

Rev 9:14

Rev 9:14 - Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river^G4215 Euphrates.

Rev 12:15

Rev 12:15 - And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood^G4215 after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

Rev 12:16

Rev 12:16 - And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood^G4215 which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Rev 16:4

Rev 16:4 - And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers^G4215 and fountains of waters; and they became blood.

Rev 16:12

Rev 16:12 - And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river^G4215 Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

Rev 22:1

Rev 22:1 - And he shewed me a pure river^G4215 of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Rev 22:2

Rev 22:2 - In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river,^G4215 was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.