Word Study · Strong's G4215 · Greek
ποταμός
potamos
pot-am-os'
Strong's 1890 spelling: potamós
“a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water
Rendered in the KJV as
flood, river, stream, water.
- 17occurrencesin the New Testament
- 7 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- ποταμὸν4
- ποταμοὶ3
- ποταμῷ3
- ποταμόν,1
- ποταμὸς1
- ποταμός,1
- ποταμοῦ,1
- ποταμοὺς1
- ποταμῶν1
- ποταμῶν,1
How it is rendered · 11
- river4
- a river2
- rivers2
- torrents2
- a river,1
- of rivers,1
- River1
- river,1
- Rivers1
- stream1
- stream,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular5
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular3
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASM · 5
- N-DSM · 3
- N-NPM · 3
- N-GPM · 2
- N-NSM · 2
- N-APM · 1
- N-GSM · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Revelation carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew3 occurrences
- Matthew 3:6ποταμῷpotamōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularConfessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.here: River
- Matthew 7:25ποταμοὶpotamoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThe rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.here: torrents
- Matthew 7:27ποταμοὶpotamoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThe rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”here: torrents
Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 6:48ποταμὸςpotamosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularHe is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.here: stream
- Luke 6:49ποταμός,potamosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”here: stream,
Revelation8 occurrences
- Revelation 8:10ποταμῶνpotamōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralThen the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.here: rivers
- Revelation 9:14ποταμῷpotamōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularsaying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”here: river
- Revelation 12:15ποταμόν,potamonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularThen from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.here: a river,
- Revelation 12:16ποταμὸνpotamonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularBut the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.here: river
- Revelation 16:4ποταμοὺςpotamousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAnd the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.here: rivers
- Revelation 16:12ποταμὸνpotamonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularAnd the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.here: river
- Revelation 22:1ποταμὸνpotamonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularThen the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lambhere: a river
- Revelation 22:2ποταμοῦ,potamounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulardown the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.here: river,