The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ποταμός

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaποταμός
Citation formποταμός, οῦ, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa river, torrent
Strong’sG4215
Transliterationpotamós
Definitiona current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water
KJV glosses:--flood, river, stream, water.
Derivationprobably from a derivative of the alternate of (compare )
SBLGNT occurrences17

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ποταμοὶ
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Matthew 7:25
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Matthew 7:27
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — John 7:38
ποταμὸν
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Acts 16:13
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Revelation 12:16
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Revelation 16:12
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Revelation 22:1
ποταμόν
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Revelation 12:15
ποταμὸς
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Luke 6:48
ποταμός
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Luke 6:49
ποταμοῦ
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — Revelation 22:2
ποταμοὺς
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Revelation 16:4
ποταμῷ
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-) — Matthew 3:6
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-) — Mark 1:5
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-) — Revelation 9:14
ποταμῶν
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — 2 Corinthians 11:26
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Revelation 8:10

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ποταμος.