Strong's Greek · G4215
G4215 potamós
ποταμός
pot-am-os'
river
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potamós appears 17 times in Scripture, including Matthew 3:6 and Mark 1:5. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water
In the King James Version
flood, river, stream, water
Derivation
probably from a derivative of the alternate of G4095 (πίνω) (compare G4224 (πότος));
Appears 17 times in Scripture
“He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.”
“The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.”
“Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.”
“The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!””
“Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’””
“On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.”
“And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.”
“People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.”
“But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!””
“In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
