Study
Word study

Word study

Greek

Drink

πόσιςStrong’s G4213

posis

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Posis is the Greek word usually translated “drink” and “drinking”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.”
John 6:55 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “drink” and “drinking”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • drink 2
  • drinking 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 1
  • Romans 1
  • Colossians 1

3 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

πόσις posis · drink

πόσις, -εως, ἡ (πίνω), [in LXX: Da, LXX TH Dan.1:10 (מִשְׁתֶּה) * ;] 1. prop., drinking: Rom.14:17, Col.2:16 (see Lft.; ICC, in l). 2. = πόμα, drink: Jhn.6:55 (cf. βρῶσις).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “drink” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DRINK, verb intransitive

preterit tense and participle passive drank. Old preterit tense And participle passive drunk; participle passive Drunken. [G. drink and drench are radically the same word, and probably drown. We observe that n is not radical.]

  1. To swallow liquor, for quenching thirst or other purpose; as, to drink of the brook.“Ye shall indeed drink of my cup” Matthew 20:23
  2. To take spirituous liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the use of spirituous liquors; to be a habitual drunkard.
  3. To feast; to be entertained with liquors.
  4. To salute in drinking; to invite to drink by drinking first; as, I drink to you grace.
All definitions and other forms of “drink”
  1. To wish well to, in the act of taking the cup.

DRINK, verb transitive

  1. To swallow, as liquids; to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; as, to drink water or wine.
  2. To suck in; to absorb; to imbibe.
  3. To take in by any inlet; to hear; to see; as, to drink words or the voice.
  4. To take in air; to inhale.

DRINK, noun

Liquor to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach, for quenching thirst, or for medicinal purposes; as water, wine, beer, cider, decoctions, etc.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.