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ποταμός

Lemma	ποταμός
Citation form	ποταμός, οῦ, ὁ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	a river, torrent
Strong’s	G4215
Transliteration	potamós
Definition	a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water
KJV glosses	:--flood, river, stream, water.
Derivation	probably from a derivative of the alternate of (compare )
SBLGNT occurrences	17

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

Greek form	Grammar 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

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

Compare the biblical entry for ποταμός with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.