ποτίζω potizō

Greek word for “to water” · Strong’s G4222 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

ποτίζω; (πότος); to give to drink: with accusative of person(s), 25:42 27:48;

How it is translated

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

• gave to drink 3
• giving to drink 2
• watering 2
• shall give to drink 1
• gave you to drink? 1
• may give to drink 1
• give it drink? 1
• do give drink 1
• watered 1
• made to drink 1
• has given to drink 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 3 (4), Matthew 25 (3), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 9 (1), Mark 15 (1), Luke 13 (1), Romans 12 (1), 1 Corinthians 12 (1), Revelation 14 (1)

Forms

• ποτίσῃ 2
• ἐποτίσατέ 2
• ἐπότιζεν 2
• ποτίζων 2
• ἐποτίσαμεν 1
• ποτίζει 1
• πότιζε 1
• ἐπότισα 1
• ἐπότισεν 1
• ἐποτίσθημεν 1

Words used with it

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

• διψάω dipsaō “to thirst” 4
• πεινάω peinaō “to hunger” 4
• φυτεύω phuteuō “to plant” 3
• μισθός misthos “wage” 3
• σπόγγος spongos “sponge” 2
• ὄξος oxos “vinegar” 2
• περιτίθημι peritithēmi “to put on” 2
• εἷς ehis “one” 4
• κάλαμος kalamos “reed/stick/pen” 2
• τρέχω trechō “to run” 2
• αὐξάνω auxanō “to grow” 2
• ποτήριον potērion “cup” 2

Key verses

The verses using potizō 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 25:35 — For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
• Matthew 25:42 — For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
• Mark 9:41 — For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
• Luke 13:15 — The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to…
• Romans 12:20 — Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
• 1 Corinthians 3:2 — I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
• 1 Corinthians 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
• 1 Corinthians 3:7 — So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
• 1 Corinthians 3:8 — Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
• 1 Corinthians 12:13 — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one…
• Revelation 14:8 — And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her…

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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.