ποτήριον potērion

Greek word for “cup” · Strong’s G4221 · used 31 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

ποτήριον, -ου, τό dimin.

How it is translated

Glosses given for potērion in context, with how often each is used:

• cup 29
• cups 1
• cup is 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 11 (4), Luke 22 (3), Matthew 20 (2), Matthew 23 (2), Matthew 26 (2), Mark 10 (2), Mark 14 (2), 1 Corinthians 10 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Mark 7 (1)

Forms

• ποτήριον 23
• ποτηρίου 4
• ποτηρίῳ 2
• ποτήριόν 1
• ποτηρίων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with potērion more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πίνω pinō “to drink” 13
• ἐσθίω esthiō “to eat” 4
• γέμω gemō “be full” 3
• ἄρτος artos “bread” 4
• αἷμα ahima “blood” 4
• καθαρίζω katharizō “to clean” 3
• κεράννυμι kerannumi “to mix” 2
• εὐχαριστέω eucharisteō “to thank” 3
• ἁρπαγή harpagē “plunder” 2
• ὁσάκις hosakis “whenever” 2
• πατήρ patēr “father” 5
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 5

Key verses

The verses using potērion that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 10:42 — And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise…
• Matthew 20:22 — But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am…
• Matthew 23:25 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
• Matthew 26:39 — And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will,…
• Mark 14:36 — And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
• Luke 11:39 — And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
• John 18:11 — Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
• 1 Corinthians 10:16 — The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
• Revelation 14:10 — The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire…
• Revelation 16:19 — And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup…
• Revelation 17:4 — And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of…
• Revelation 18:6 — Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.