Word

ποτίζω

potízō · G4222 · Greek · 15 occurrences

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Meanings

to give to drink

To cause to drink

Examples
Matthew 10:42 “And whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”
Matthew 25:35 ‘For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
Matthew 25:42 for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
to water, to irrigate

To provide water for plants

Examples
1 Corinthians 3:6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.
1 Corinthians 3:7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.
1 Corinthians 3:8 Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

15 occurrences in 11 groups

ὅςwho, which, that 3
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

10 occurrences in 6 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 3
ἐγώI, we 2
σύyou 2
ἔθνοςnation, Gentiles 1
μικρόςsmall, little 1
πνεῦμαspirit 1

Second objectAs in “call him Lord”

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ποτήριονcup 2
γάλαmilk 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

εἰςto+ ὄνομαname 1
ἐκfrom+ οἶνοςwine 1
ἐνin+ ὄνομαname 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 3 groups

εὐθέωςimmediately, right away, then 1
μόνονonly, merely 1
οὐnot 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ΒαβυλώνBabylon 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

εἷςone 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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In the other Testament 1 word

שָׁקָה shâqâh · H8248 · to be moistened, to moisten, to water: Hebrew שָׁקָה is the primary Hebrew causative verb corresponding to Greek ποτίζω, both denoting the act of causing someone to drink or of providing water, whether literally (giving drink, watering) or figuratively (irrigation, spiritual nourishment).

Semantic domains 2 entries

To give to drink23.35: The verb describes giving someone something to drink. Jesus's teaching on the sheep and the goats uses this term: “‘For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in’” (Matthew 25:35).
To water, to irrigate43.9: The same verb, applied to plants rather than people, describes watering or irrigating. Paul's agricultural metaphor for gospel ministry uses this term: “‘I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth’” (1 Corinthians 3:6, where the underlying verb names Apollos's watering work following Paul's planting).

Word family 10 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πίνω pínō · G4095 · to drink, drinking, to absorb · 73×ποτήριον potḗrion · G4221 · cup, to cause someone not to experience, to take the cup from · 31×πόθεν póthen · G4159 · from where? whence? where?, how, in what manner · 29×ποτίζωpotízō · G4222καταπίνω katapínō · G2666 · to swallow, to destroy, to ruin completely · 7×πόσις pósis · G4213 · a drink, drinking · 3×πόμα póma · G4188 · a drink · 2×συμπόσιον sympósion · G4849 · a group eating together · 2×πότος pótos · G4224 · orgy, revelling, carousing · 1×συμπίνω sympínō · G4844 · to drink together · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἐπότιζον; 1 aorist ἐπότισα; perfect πεποτικα (Rev 14:8); 1 aorist passive…

imperfect ἐπότιζον; 1 aorist ἐπότισα; perfect πεποτικα (Rev 14:8); 1 aorist passive ἐποτίσθην; (πότος); from (Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plato down; the Sept. for הִשְׁקָה; to give to drink, to furnish drink, (Vulg. in 1 Cor 12:13 and Rev 14:8poto (but in Revelation, the passage cited Tdf. givespotiono; A. V. to make to drink)): τινα, Mt 25:35, Mt 25:37, Mt 25:42; Mt 27:48; Mk 15:36; Lk 13:15; Rom 12:20; τινα τί, to offer one anything to drink (Winers Grammar, § 32, 4 a.; (Buttmann, § 131, 6)): Mt 10:42; Mk 9:41, and often in the Sept.; in figurative discourse ποτίζειν τινα γάλα, to give one teaching easy to be apprehended, 1 Cor 3:2 (where by zeugma οὐ βρῶμα is added; (cf. Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 e.; Buttmann, § 151, 30; A. V. I have fed you with milk, etc.)); τινα ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου, Rev 14:8 (see οἶνος, b. and θυμός, 2); equivalent to to water, irrigate (plants, fields, etc.): 1 Cor 3:6-8 (Xenophon, symp. 2, 25; Lucian, Athen., Geoponica, (Strabo, Philo); the Sept. (Gen 13:10); Ezek 17:7); metaphorically, to imbue, saturate, τινα, one's mind, with the addition of an accusative of the thing, ἕν πνεῦμα, in the passive, 1 Cor 12:18 L T Tr WH (Winers Grammar, § 32, 5; Buttmann, § 134, 5); εἰς ἕν πνεῦμα, that we might be united into one body which is imbued with one spirit, ibid. R G (τινα πνεύματι κατανύξεως, Isa 29:10 (cf. Sir. 15:3)).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Eat, Drink12 occurrences Agriculture3 occurrences

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