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Pour
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "to throw," is used of "pouring" liquids, Matthew 26:12 , RV, marg., "cast" (of ointment); John 13:5 (of water). See CAST , No. 1.
"to pour down upon" (kata, "down," cheo, "to pour"), is used in Matthew 26:7 (cp. No. 1 in ver. 12); Mark 14:3 , of ointment.
"to pour out" (ek, "out"), is used (a) of Christ's act as to the changers' money, John 2:15; (b) of the Holy Spirit, Acts 2:17,18,33 , RV, "He hath poured forth" (AV, "... shed forth"); Titus 3:6 , RV, "poured out" (AV, "shed"); (c) of the emptying of the contents of the bowls (AV, "vials") of Divine wrath, Revelation 16:1-4,8,10,12,17; (d) of the shedding of the blood of saints by the foes of God, Revelation 16:6 , RV, "poured out" (AV, "shed"); some mss. have it in Acts 22:20 . See RUN , SHED , SPILL.
or ekchunno, a Hellenistic form of No. 3, is used of the blood of Christ, Luke 22:20 , RV "is poured out" (AV, "is shed"); of the Holy Spirit, Acts 10:45 . See GUSH OUT , RUN , SHED , SPILL.
"to pour upon" (epi), is used in Luke 10:34 , of the oil and wine used by the good Samaritan on the wounds of him who had fallen among robbers.
Note: For the AV, "poured out" in Revelation 14:10 (RV, "prepared"), see MINGLE , NO. 2.These files are public domain.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Pour'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/p/pour.html. 1940.
