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Strong's G4221 · Greek

ποτήριον

poterion · pot-ay'-ree-on

neuter of a derivative of the alternate of 4095; a drinking-vessel; by extension, the contents thereof, i.e. a cupful (draught); figuratively, a lot or fate


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ποτήριον (G4221)

31 ποτήριον , -ου, τό , dimin. of ποτήρ ( πίνω ), [in LXX chiefly for כּוֹס ;] a wine cup : Mt 23:25 , 26 26:27 , Mk 7:4 14:23 , Lk 11:39 22:17 , 20a (WH, R, mg., om.), I Co 11:25 , Re 17:4 ; πίνειν ἐκ τοῦ π. , I Co 11:28 ; c. gen. rei, Mt 10:42 , Mk 9:41 ; τ. εὐλογίας , I Co 10:16 ; by meton., of the contents of the cup, Lk 22:20b (WH, R, mg., om.), I Co 11:25 , 26 ; c. gen. pers., I Co 10:21 11:27 . Metaph., of experience of divine providence; of prosperity ( Ps 15 (16):5 , al.); of adversity ( Ps 10 (11):6 , Is 51:17 , al.): of the sufferings of Christ, Mt 20:22 , 23 26:39 10:38 , 39 14:36 , Lk 22:42 , Jo 18:11 ; of divine punishment, Re 14:10 16:19 18:6 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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