To water
ποτίζωStrong’s G4222potizō
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Potizō is the Greek word usually translated “gave to drink”, “watering” and “shall give to drink”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.”
Meaning
Usually translated “gave to drink”, “watering” and “shall give to drink”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- you gave to drink 2
- watering 2
- shall give to drink 1
- gave to drink 1
- were giving to drink 1
- may give to drink 1
- was giving to drink 1
- give drink 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 5
- 1 Corinthians 5
- Mark 2
- Luke 1
- Romans 1
- Revelation 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 25:35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
- Matthew 25:37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
- Matthew 25:42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
- Matthew 27:48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
- Mark 9:41For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
- Mark 15:36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
Greek dictionary
ποτίζω potizō · to water
ποτίζω (πότος), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁקָה hi. ;] to give to drink: with accusative of person(s), Mat.25:35, 37 25:42 27:48, Mrk.15:36, Luk.13:15, Rom.12:20; with dupl. accusative, Mat.10:42, Mrk.9:41; fig., γάλα, 1Co.3:2; ἐκ τ. οἴνου Rev.14:8; of plants, to water (Xen., Strab., al.; Gen.13:10), figuratively, 1Co.3:6-8 Metaphorical (cf. Isa.29:10 Sir.15:3), of the Spirit, 1Co.12:13.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “water” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WATER, noun
Wauter. [G., Gr.]
- A fluid, the most abundant and most necessary for living beings of any in nature, except air. water when pure, is colorless, destitute of taste and smell, ponderous, transparent, and in a very small degree compressible.
- The ocean; a sea; a lake; a river; any great collection of water; as in the phrases, to go by water to travel by water
- Urine; the animal liquor secreted by the kidneys and discharged from the bladder.
- The color or luster of a diamond or pearl, sometimes perhaps of other precious stones; as a diamond of the first water that is, perfectly pure and transparent.
All definitions
- water is a name given to several liquid substances or humors in animal bodies; as the water of the pericardium, of dropsy, 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.