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Strong's #4215 - ποταμός
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- a stream, a river
- a torrent
- floods
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ποτᾰμός, ὁ,
river, stream, Ὠκεανοῖο ἐξ οὗ περ πάντες π. Il. 21.196; π. ἁλιμυρήεις, ἀργυροδίνης, βαθυδίνης, βαθύρροος, δεινός, διιπετής, δινήεις, ἐΰρροος, ἐρίδουπος, εὐρὺ ῥέων, θεῖος, ἱερός, ἴφθιμος, καλλίροος, κελάδων, λάβρος, πλήθων, χειμάρροος, ὠκύροος, Od. 5.460, Il. 21.8, 212, 8, 25, 17.263, Od. 11.242, Il. 21.130, Od. 10.515 (pl.), Il. 21.304, Od. 11.238, 10.351 (pl.), Il. 17.749 (pl.), Od. 5.441, Il. 18.576, 21.270, 5.87, 87, 598; νυκτὸς π., of the rivers of hell, Pi. Fr. 130.9: prov., ἄνω ποταμῶν, of extraordinary events, A. Fr. 335, etc. (in full, ἄνω π. ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαί E. Med. 410 (lyr.)); π. οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ Heraclit. 91; π. θαλάσσῃ ἐρίζεις, of unequal combats, Suid., etc.
2. metaph., rivers of fire or lava, Pi. P. 1.22, A. Pr. 370: Com., ζωμοῦ π. κρέα θερμὰ κυλίνδων Telecl. 1.8, cf. Pherecr. 108.3; also π. πραγμάτων Porph. Marc. 5 .
3. artificial stream, canal, Str. 16.1.10, Arr. An. 7.21.1; οἱ ὀρυχθέντες π. OGI 54.23 (Adule, iii B. C. ).
II personified, rivergod, Il. 20.7, 73, etc.
III name of the constellation Eridanus, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20, Arat. 358, etc.
ποταμός, ποταμοῦ, ὁ, from Homer down, the Sept. for נָהָר and יְאֹר, a stream, a river: Matthew 3:6 L T Tr WH; Mark 1:5; Acts 16:13; 2 Corinthians 11:26 (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 a.); Revelation 8:10; Revelation 9:14; Revelation 12:15; Revelation 16:4, 12; Revelation 22:1f; equivalent to a torrent, Matthew 7:25, 27; Luke 6:48; Revelation 12:15f; plural figuratively equivalent to the greatest abundance (cf. colloquial English streams, floods), John 7:38.
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ποταμός , -οῦ , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5104, H2975;]
a river, stream, torrent: Matthew 3:5; Matthew 7:25; Matthew 7:27, Mark 1:1-45 :, Luke 6:48-49, Acts 16:13, 2 Corinthians 11:26, Revelation 8:10; Revelation 9:14; Revelation 12:15-16; Revelation 16:4; Revelation 16:12; Revelation 21:1-2. Fig., pl., Papyri ὕδατος ζῶντος , John 7:38.†
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";the day before the Sabbath,"; in NT only Mark 15:42, where it is an explanation of παρασκευή for the benefit of non-Jewish readers. The word occurs in Judith 8:6, and in the titles of Psalms 92:1-15 [MT Psalms 91:1-16] א, Psalms 92:1-15 [MT Psalms 93:1-5] אB.
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