Potamós — G4215

Definition

masculine noun

a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water

Usually translated as

river, flood, stream, water

Origin

probably from a derivative of the alternate of G4095 (compare G4224)

• pínō (G4095)
• pótos (G4224)

Occurrences

Potamós occurs 16 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Mark (1), Luke (2), John (1), Acts (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Revelation (8)

• Matthew 7:25 — And the rain descended, and the floods (ποταμοὶ) came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
• Matthew 7:27 — And the rain descended, and the floods (ποταμοὶ) came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
• Mark 1:5 — And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river (ποταμῷ) of Jordan, confessing their sins.
• Luke 6:48 — He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream (ποταμὸς) beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
• Luke 6:49 — But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently (ποταμὸς), and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
• John 7:38 — He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers (ποταμοὶ) of living water.
• Acts 16:13 — And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side (ποταμὸν), where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
• 2 Corinthians 11:26 — In journeyings often, in perils of waters (ποταμῶν), in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
• Revelation 8:10 — And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers (ποταμῶν), and upon the fountains of waters;
• Revelation 9:14 — Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river (ποταμῷ) Euphrates.
• Revelation 12:15 — And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood (ποταμὸν) after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
• Revelation 12:16 — And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood (ποταμὸν) which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
• Revelation 16:4 — And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers (ποταμοὺς) and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
• Revelation 16:12 — And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river (ποταμὸν) Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
• Revelation 22:1 — And he shewed me a pure river (ποταμὸν) of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
• Revelation 22:2 — In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river (ποταμοῦ), was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.