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ποτήριον

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ποτήριον, -ου, τό
Greek transliteration: 
potērion
Simplified transliteration: 
poterion
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4221
GK Number: 
4539
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
31
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2c
Gloss: 
cup
Definition: 
a vessel for drinking, cup, Mt. 10:42; 23:25, 26; meton. the contents of a cup, liquor contained in a cup, Lk. 22:20; 1 Cor. 10:16; from the Hebrew, the cup or potion of what God's administration deals out, Mt. 20:22, 23; Rev. 14:10

Greek-English Concordance for ποτήριον

Matthew 10:42 And whoever, because he is a disciple, gives one of these little ones even a cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) of cold water to drink, I tell you the truth, he will by no means lose his reward.”
Matthew 20:22 Jesus answered, saying, “You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”
Matthew 20:23 He said to them, “My cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) you will drink, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
Matthew 23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you clean off the outside of the cup (potēriou | ποτηρίου | gen sg neut) and the plate while inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Matthew 23:26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup (potēriou | ποτηρίου | gen sg neut), so that its outside may become clean too.
Matthew 26:27 And he took a cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut), and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you,
Matthew 26:39 And going a short distance beyond them, he threw face himself face, to the ground, praying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup (potērion | ποτήριον | nom sg neut) pass from me! Yet not as I will but as you will.”
Mark 7:4 They do not eat anything from the marketplace unless it is purified by washing. And there are many other customs that they have received as tradition to keep, like the washing of cups (potēriōn | ποτηρίων | gen pl neut), pots, and copper bowls, and dining couches.)
Mark 9:41 For I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will most certainly not lose his reward.
Mark 10:38 But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
Mark 10:39 They said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized;
Mark 14:23 And when he had taken the cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) and given thanks, he passed it to them, and they all drank from it.
Mark 14:36 And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Luke 11:39 The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup (potēriou | ποτηρίου | gen sg neut) and of the dish; but the inside of you is full of greed and wickedness.
Luke 22:17 Then he took a cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut), and after he had given thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.
Luke 22:20 And he did the same with the cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) after they had eaten, saying, “This cup (potērion | ποτήριον | nom sg neut) is the new covenant in my blood, which on your behalf is being poured out.
Luke 22:42 saying, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) away from me. Yet, not my will, but yours be done.”
John 18:11 Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) which the Father has given me?”
1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup (potērion | ποτήριον | nom sg neut) of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) of the Lord and the cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same way, he took the cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) also, after supper, saying, “This cup (potērion | ποτήριον | nom sg neut) is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut), you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
1 Corinthians 11:27 Whoever, therefore, eats this bread or drinks this cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:28 A person should examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup (potēriou | ποτηρίου | gen sg neut).
Revelation 14:10 he also will drink of the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup (potēriō | ποτηρίῳ | dat sg neut) of his wrath, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
Revelation 16:19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. So Babylon the great was remembered before God and was given the cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) filled with the wine of his fierce anger.
Revelation 17:4 The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls. In her hand she held a golden cup (potērion | ποτήριον | acc sg neut) full of abominations, the impurities of her fornication.
Revelation 18:6 Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup (potēriō | ποτηρίῳ | dat sg neut) that she mixed, mix a double draught for her.