ποτήριον
Transliteration
potērion (Key)
Pronunciation
pot-ay'-ree-on
Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of a derivative of the alternate of πίνω (G4095)
mGNT
31x in 5 unique form(s) TR
33x in 6 unique form(s) LXX
32x in 4 unique form(s)
ποτὴριον — 1x
ποτήριόν — 1x
ποτήριον — 23x
ποτηρίου — 4x
ποτηρίῳ — 2x
ποτηρίων — 2x
ποτήριόν — 1x
ποτήριον — 23x
ποτηρίου — 4x
ποτηρίῳ — 2x
ποτηρίων — 1x
ποτήρια — 3x
ποτήριόν — 1x
ποτήριον — 23x
ποτηρίου — 5x
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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References

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