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Strong's G4215 ποταμός (potamos)

Potamos means “water” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4215 — mezareh (“north”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4215
Language Greek
Linked Usages 221
Books 44

Strong's G4215 Quick Answer

Strong's G4215 ποταμός (potamos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. potamos (pot-am-os') n. 1. a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water [probably from a derivative of the alternate of G4095] It has 221 linked Bible usages across 44 books. Visible English usage signals include river, lord, rivers, water, and king. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
potamos (pot-am-os') n. 1. a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water [probably from a derivative of the alternate of G4095]
Usage
221 linked usages
Books
44 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
river, lord, rivers, water, and king

Meaning and Definition

potamos (pot-am-os') n. 1. a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water [probably from a derivative of the alternate of G4095] KJV: flood, river, stream, water Root(s): G4095 Compare: G4224

Original Word
ποταμός
Transliteration
potamos
Derivation
Root: πίνω R1: 4095
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4215. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

river

Usage: ποταμός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for נָהָר, יְאֹר ;] a river, stream, torrent: Mat.3:5 7:25, 27, Mrk.1:1-45 :, Luk.6:48-49, Act.16:13, 2Co.11:26, Rev.8:10 9:14 12:15-16 16:4, 12 21:1-2. Fig., pl., π. ὕδατος ζῶντος, Jhn.7:38.† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

river lord rivers water king land into over people hand egypt sea

How Strong's G4215 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 173 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4215 (ποταμός) appears 236 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4215 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4215 in the New Testament

16 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G4215 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

173 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 2:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And a river proceeds out of Eden to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.

Genesis 2:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And the name of the second river is Gihon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.

Genesis 2:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Strong's G4215 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

27 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G4215 in 1 Enoch

5 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4215.

Genesis 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a river proceeds out of Eden to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.
Genesis 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the name of the second river is Gihon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.
Genesis 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Genesis 15:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.
Genesis 31:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he departed himself and all that belonged to him, and passed over the river, and went into the mountain Gilead.
Genesis 36:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samlah died; and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
Genesis 41:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after two full years that Pharaoh had a dream. He thought he stood upon the bank of the river.
Genesis 41:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And lo, there came up as it were out of the river seven cows, fair in appearance, and choice of flesh, and they fed on the sedge.
Genesis 41:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And other seven cows came up after these out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and fed by the other cows on the bank of the river.
Genesis 41:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, In my dream methought I stood by the bank of the river;
Genesis 41:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and there came up as it were out of the river, seven cows well-favored and choice-fleshed, and they fed on the sedge.
Genesis 41:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil and ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such that I never saw worse in all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 1:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Whatever male child shall be born to the Hebrews, cast into the river; and every female, save it alive.
Exodus 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they could no longer hide him, his mother took for him an ark, and besmeared it with bitumen, and cast the child into it, and put it in the ooze by the river.
Exodus 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to the river to bathe; and her maids walked by the river’s side, and having seen the ark in the ooze, she sent her maid, and took it up.
Exodus 4:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass if they will not believe thee for these two signs, and will not hearken to thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land, and the water which thou shalt take from the river shall be blood upon the dry land.
Exodus 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go to Pharaoh early in the morning: behold, he goes forth to the water; and thou shalt meet him on the bank of the river, and thou shalt take in thy hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.
Exodus 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These things saith the Lord: Hereby shalt thou know that I am the Lord: behold, I strike with the rod that is in my hand on the water which is in the river, and it shall change it into blood.
Exodus 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink thereupon, and the Egyptians shall not be able to drink water from the river.
Exodus 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to thy brother Aaron, Take thy rod in thy hand, and stretch forth thy hand over the waters of Egypt, and over their rivers, and over their canals, and over their ponds, and over all their standing water, and it shall become blood: and there was blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone.
Exodus 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron having lifted up his hand with his rod, smote the water in the river before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.
Exodus 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fish in the river died, and the river stank thereupon; and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 7:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the Egyptians dug round about the river, so as to drink water, for they could not drink water from the river.
Exodus 7:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And seven days were fulfilled after the Lord had smitten the river.
Exodus 7:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the river shall teem with frogs, and they shall go up and enter into thy houses, and into thy bedchambers, and upon thy beds, and upon the houses of thy servants, and of thy people, and on thy dough, and on thine ovens.
Exodus 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron thy brother, Stretch forth with the hand thy rod over the rivers, and over the canals, and over the pools, and bring up the frogs.
Exodus 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to Pharaoh, Appoint me a time when I shall pray for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cause the frogs to disappear from thee, and from thy people, and from your houses, only in the river shall they be left behind.
Exodus 8:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the frogs shall be removed away from thee, and from your houses and from the villages, and from thy servants, and from thy people, only in the river they shall be left.
Exodus 17:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Go before this people, and take to thyself of the elders of the people; and the rod with which thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and thou shalt go.
Exodus 23:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will set thy borders from the Red Sea, to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from thee.
Numbers 13:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amalek dwells in the land toward the south: and the Hittite and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.
Numbers 22:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he sent ambassadors to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is on a river of the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, a people is come out of Egypt, and behold it has covered the face of the earth, and it has encamped close to me.
Numbers 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As shady groves, And as gardens by a river, And as tents which God pitched, And as cedars by the waters.
Deuteronomy 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and go to all that dwell near about Arabah, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Canaanites near the sea, and Antilebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
Deuteronomy 11:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours; from the wilderness and Antilebanon, and from the great river, the river Euphrates, even as far as the west sea shall be your coasts.
Joshua 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The wilderness and Antilebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and as far as the extremity of the sea; your coasts shall be from the setting of the sun.
Joshua 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then thou mayest explain to thy son, saying, The river Jordan was dried up from before the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth, when it passed it: and these stones shall be for a memorial for you for the children of Israel forever.
Joshua 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the kings of the Amorites who were beyond Jordan heard, and the kings of Phoenicia by the sea, that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan from before the children of Israel when they passed over, that their hearts failed, and they were terror-stricken, and there was no sense in them because of the children of Israel.
Joshua 24:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers at first sojourned beyond the river, even Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor; and they served other gods.
Joshua 24:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and I guided him through all the land, and I multiplied his seed;
Joshua 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now fear the Lord, and serve him in righteousness and justice; and remove the strange gods, which our fathers served beyond the river, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord.
Joshua 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom ye dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.
Judges 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Syria of the rivers: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
Judges 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war against Cushan-rishathaim: and the Lord delivered into his hand Cushan-rishathaim king of Syria of the rivers, and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim.
2 Kingdoms 8:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David smote Hadadezer the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to extend his power to the river Euphrates.
2 Kingdoms 10:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hadadezer sent and gathered the Syrians from the other side of the river Chalamak, and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadadezer was at their head.
3 Kingdoms 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.
3 Kingdoms 8:65 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
3 Kingdoms 10:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
4 Kingdoms 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not go and wash in them, and be cleansed? and he turned and went away in a rage.
4 Kingdoms 17:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to the Assyrians, and settled them in Halah, and in Habor, near the rivers of Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes.
4 Kingdoms 18:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of the Assyrians carried away the Samaritans to Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor, by the river Gozan, and in the mountains of the Medes;
4 Kingdoms 19:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have refreshed myself, and have drunk strange waters, and I have dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers of fortified places.
4 Kingdoms 23:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in his days went up Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates: and Josiah went out to meet him: and Neco slew him in Megiddo when he saw him.
4 Kingdoms 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Egypt came no more out of his land: for the king of Babylon took away all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the river of Egypt as far as the river Euphrates.
1 Chronicles 1:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he dwelt eastward to the borders of the wilderness, from the river Euphrates: for they had much cattle in the land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and carried away Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and to the river Gozan, until this day.
1 Chronicles 18:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David smote Hadadezer king of Zobah of Hamath, as he was going to establish power toward the river Euphrates.
1 Chronicles 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Syrian saw that Israel had defeated him, and he sent messengers, and they brought out the Syrians from beyond the river; and Shophach the commander-in-chief of the forces of Hadadezer was before them.
2 Chronicles 9:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he ruled over all the kings from the river even to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.
2 Chronicles 20:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Tomorrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz, and ye shall find them at the extremity of the river of the wilderness of Jeriel.
2 Chronicles 32:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he collected many people, and stopped the wells of water, and the river that flowed through the city, saying, Lest the king of Assyria come, and find much water, and strengthen himself.
2 Chronicles 35:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
Ezra 4:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
Ezra 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
Ezra 4:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
Ezra 4:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
Ezra 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
Ezra 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
Ezra 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
Ezra 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
Ezra 6:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
Ezra 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Ezra 7:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
Ezra 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
Ezra 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Ezra 8:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
Ezra 8:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
Nehemiah 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
Nehemiah 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
Job 14:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sea wastes in length of time, And a river fails and is dried up.
Job 22:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who were seized before their time: Their foundations are as an overflowing stream.
Job 28:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, And mine eye has seen every precious thing.
Job 28:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, And has brought his power to light.
Psalms 23:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has founded it upon the seas, And prepared it upon the rivers.
Psalms 45:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The flowings of the river gladden the city of God: The Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.
Psalms 64:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast visited the earth, and saturated it; Thou hast abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with water; Thou hast prepared their food, for thus is the preparation of it.
Psalms 65:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who turns the sea into dry land; They shall go through the river on foot; There shall we rejoice in him,
Psalms 71:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, And from the river to the ends of the earth.
Psalms 73:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou didst cleave fountains and torrents; Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Psalms 77:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought water out of the rock, And caused waters to flow down as rivers.
Psalms 77:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And had changed their rivers into blood; And their streams, that they should not drink.
Psalms 79:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It sent forth its branches to the sea, And its shoots to the river.
Psalms 88:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will set his hand in the sea, And his right hand in the rivers.
Psalms 92:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The rivers have lifted up, O Lord, The rivers have lifted up their voices,
Psalms 97:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The rivers shall clap their hands together; The mountains shall exult.
Psalms 104:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He clove the rock, and the waters flowed; Rivers ran in dry places.
Psalms 106:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He turns rivers into a desert, And streams of water into a dry land;
Psalms 136:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For David, a Psalm of Jeremiah. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; And wept when we remembered Zion.
Proverbs 18:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A word in the heart of a man is a deep water, And a river and fountain of life spring forth.
Song of Solomon 8:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Much water will not be able to quench love, And rivers shall not drown it; If a man would give all his substance for love, Men would utterly despise it.
Isaiah 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the flies, which insect shall rule over a part of the river of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of the Assyrians.
Isaiah 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day the Lord shall shave with the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard.
Isaiah 8:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon you the water of the river, strong and abundant, even the king of the Assyrians, and his glory: and he shall come up over every valley of yours, and shall walk over every wall of yours:
Isaiah 11:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall make desolate the Sea of Egypt; and he shall lay his hand on the river with a strong wind, and he shall smite the seven channels, so that men shall pass through it dry-shod.
Isaiah 18:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to you, ye wings of the land of ships, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.
Isaiah 18:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He sends messengers by the sea, and paper letters on the water: for swift messengers shall go to a lofty nation, and to a strange and harsh people. Who is beyond it? a nation not looked for, and trodden down.
Isaiah 18:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that time shall presents be brought to the Lord of hosts from a people afflicted and peeled, and from a people great from henceforth and forever; a nation hoping and yet trodden down, which is in a part of a river of his land, to the place where is the name of the Lord of hosts, the Mount Zion.
Isaiah 19:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Egyptians shall drink the water that is by the sea, but the river shall fail, and be dried up.
Isaiah 19:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the streams shall fail, and the canals of the river; and every reservoir of water shall be dried up, in every marsh also of reed and papyrus.
Isaiah 19:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the green herbage round about the river, and everything sown by the side of the river, shall be blasted with the wind and dried up.
Isaiah 19:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fishermen shall groan, and all that cast a hook into the river shall groan; they also that cast nets, and the anglers shall mourn.
Isaiah 27:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass in that day that God shall fence men off from the channel of the river as far as Rhinocorura; but do ye gather one by one the children of Israel.
Isaiah 32:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Zion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land.
Isaiah 33:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for the name of the Lord is great to you: ye shall have a place, even rivers and wide and spacious channels: thou shalt not go this way, neither a vessel with oars go thereby.
Isaiah 41:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but I will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will make the desert pools of water, and a thirsty land watercourses.
Isaiah 42:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools.
Isaiah 43:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou pass through water, I am with thee; and the rivers shall not overflow thee: and if thou go through fire, thou shalt not be burned; the flame shall not burn thee.
Isaiah 43:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I will do new things, which shall presently spring forth, and ye shall know them: and I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4215, grouped by book.

Genesis 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 25 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 22 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 8 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 5 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G4215 FAQ

What does potamos (ποταμός) mean?

Potamos (Strong's G4215) is a Greek word most simply glossed "water". potamos (pot-am-os') n. 1. a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water [probably from a derivative of the alternate of G4095]

How many times is potamos (ποταμός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 221 linked usages for Strong's G4215 across 44 books.

Where can I study potamos (ποταμός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4215 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate potamos (ποταμός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as river, lord, rivers, water, king, and land. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4215 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 173 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 27 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 5 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4215, with linked reader references where each row is available.