Greek verb · G4222
ποτίζω
potizopot-id'-zo
to water
15 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: potízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4222is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4222
to furnish drink, irrigate
The King James renders it: give (make) to drink, feed, water.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
potizo is rendered "to water". It stands 15 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 10:42And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
Matthew 10:42ποτίσῃ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's fifteen uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- watering2
- you gave to drink2
- do give drink1
- gave to drink1
- give drink1
- I gave to drink1
- may give to drink1
- shall give to drink1
- she has given to drink1
- was giving to drink1
- watered1
- we were made to drink1
and 1 more, 15 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπότιζεν2
- ἐποτίσατέ2
- ποτίζων2
- ποτίσῃ2
- ἐπότισα1
- ἐποτίσαμεν1
- ἐπότισεν1
- ἐποτίσθημεν1
- πεπότικεν1
- πότιζε1
- ποτίζει1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-AAI-2P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-AAS-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-AAI-1P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person plural1V-API-1P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular1V-PAM-2S
- verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RAI-3S
Matthew
five uses
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- ποτίσῃpotiseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall give to drink
For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
- ἐποτίσατέepotisateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you gave to drink
Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?
- ἐποτίσαμενepotisamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: gave to drink
For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,
- ἐποτίσατέepotisateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: You gave to drink
One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
- ἐπότιζενepotizenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: were giving to drink
Mark
two uses
Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.
- ποτίσῃpotiseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may give to drink
And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
- ἐπότιζενepotizenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was giving to drink
Luke
one use
“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
- ποτίζειpotizeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: give drink
Romans
one use
On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
- πότιζεpotizeverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do give drink
1 Corinthians
five uses
I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
- ἐπότισαepotisaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I gave to drink
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
- ἐπότισενepotisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: watered
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
- ποτίζωνpotizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: watering
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
- ποτίζωνpotizonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: watering
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
- ἐποτίσθημενepotisthemenverb · aorist passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we were made to drink
Revelation
one use
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- πεπότικενpepotikenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she has given to drink
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.