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