πόσις
pósis · G4213 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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a drink
Liquids used for nourishment or to satisfy thirst
ExamplesJohn 6:55 “For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.
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drinking
Consumption of liquids, particularly water and wine
ExamplesRomans 14:17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Colossians 2:16 Therefore, no one is to act as your judge in regard to food and drink, or in respect to a festival or a new moon, or a Sabbath day—
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀληθήςtrue, truthful 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- αἷμαblood 1
- βασιλείαkingdom, reign 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To drink, drinking23.34
- The noun names the act of drinking. Paul's warning about legalistic judgment uses this term: “Therefore, no one is to act as your judge in regard to food and drink, or in respect to a festival or a new moon, or a Sabbath day” (Colossians 2:16, where the underlying noun names the act itself, paired with eating).
- A drink5.6
- The same noun can name the concrete substance drunk rather than the act. John's account of Jesus's Bread of Life discourse uses this term: “‘For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink’” (John 6:55).
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ποσεως, ἡ (πίνω), from Homer down, a drinking, drink: Jn 6:55; Rom 14:17; Col 2:16 (see…
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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