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Strong's G4222 ποτίζω (potizo)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4222 — macha (“clap”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4222
Language Greek
Linked Usages 77
Books 27

Strong's G4222 Quick Answer

Strong's G4222 ποτίζω (potizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. potizo (pot-id'-zo) v. 1. to furnish drink, irrigate [from a derivative of the alternate of G4095] It has 77 linked Bible usages across 27 books. Visible English usage signals include drink, watereth, watering, and watered. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
potizo (pot-id'-zo) v. 1. to furnish drink, irrigate [from a derivative of the alternate of G4095]
Usage
77 linked usages
Books
27 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
drink, watereth, watering, and watered

Meaning and Definition

potizo (pot-id'-zo) v. 1. to furnish drink, irrigate [from a derivative of the alternate of G4095] KJV: give (make) to drink, feed, water Root(s): G4095

Original Word
ποτίζω
Transliteration
potizo
Derivation
Root: πίνω R1: 4095
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4222. 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)

to water

Usage: ποτίζω (πότος), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁקָה hi. ;] to give to drink: with accusative of person(s), Mat.25:35, 37 25:42 27:48, Mrk.15:36, Luk.13:15, Rom.12:20; with dupl. accusative, Mat.10:42, Mrk.9:41; fig., γάλα, 1Co.3:2; ἐκ τ. οἴνου Rev.14:8; of plants, to water (Xen., Strab., al.; Gen.13:10), figuratively, 1Co.3:6-8 Metaphorical (cf. Isa.29:10 Sir.15:3), of the Spirit, 1Co.12:13.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4222 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render potizo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

drink Matthew 10:42 10× watereth 1 Corinthians 3:7 watered 1 Corinthians 3:6 watering Luke 13:15

How Strong's G4222 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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 57 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.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4222 (ποτίζω) appears 64 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4222 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 G4222 in the New Testament

15 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 10:42 KJV

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Matthew 25:35 KJV

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Matthew 25:37 KJV

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

Strong's G4222 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

57 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 2:6 Septuagint / Brenton

But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth.

Genesis 2:10 Septuagint / Brenton

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

Genesis 13:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.

Strong's G4222 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

3 Maccabees 5:2 Septuagint / Brenton

he commanded him, with a quantity of unmixed wine and handfuls of incense infused to drug the elephants early on the following day. These five hundred elephants were, when infuriated by the copious draughts of frankincense, to be led up to the execution of death upon the Jews.

3 Maccabees 5:10 Septuagint / Brenton

Then Hermon, who had filled his merciless elephants with copious draughts of mingled wine and frankincense, came early to the palace to certify the king thereof.

Wisdom of Sirach 15:3 Septuagint / Brenton

With the bread of understanding shall she feed him, And give him the water of wisdom to drink.

Usage Excerpts

First 77 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4222.

Genesis 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth.
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 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.
Genesis 19:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Come and let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father.
Genesis 19:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So they made their father drink wine in that night, and the elder went in and lay with her father that night, and he knew not when he slept and when he rose up.
Genesis 19:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the elder said to the younger, Behold, I slept yesternight with our father, let us make him drink wine in this night also, and do thou go in and sleep with him, and let us raise up seed of our father.
Genesis 19:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So they made their father drink wine in that night also, and the younger went in and slept with her father, and he knew not when he slept, nor when he arose.
Genesis 21:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of springing water; and she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the child drink.
Genesis 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be, the virgin to whomsoever I shall say, Incline thy waterpot, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink, until they shall have done drinking—even this one thou hast prepared for thy servant Isaac, and hereby shall I know that thou hast dealt mercifully with my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher;
Genesis 24:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and she said, Drink, Sir; and she hastened, and let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him to drink, till he ceased drinking.
Genesis 24:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water, and it shall be that the damsel to whom I shall say, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher,
Genesis 24:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightaway Rebekah came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink.
Genesis 24:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she hastened and let down her pitcher on her arm from her head, and said, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink; and I drank, and she gave the camels drink.
Genesis 29:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain; and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.
Genesis 29:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.
Genesis 29:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob said, It is yet high day, it is not yet time that the flocks be gathered together; water ye the flocks, and depart and feed them.
Genesis 29:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds be gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.
Genesis 29:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, that Jacob came and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother.
Exodus 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest of Midian had seven daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jethro; and they came and drew water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jethro.
Exodus 2:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the shepherds came, and were driving them away; and Moses rose up and rescued them, and drew water for them, and watered their sheep.
Exodus 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds, and drew water for us and watered our sheep.
Exodus 32:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having taken the calf which they made, he consumed it with fire, and ground it very small, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel to drink it.
Numbers 5:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall cause the woman to drink the water of the conviction that brings the curse; and the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her.
Numbers 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall take a handful of the sacrifice as a memorial of it, and shall offer it up upon the altar; and afterward he shall cause the woman to drink the water.
Numbers 20:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take thy rod, and call the assembly, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye to the rock before them, and it shall give forth its waters; and ye shall bring forth for them water out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.
Deuteronomy 11:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the land into which thou goest to inherit it, is not as the land of Egypt, whence ye came out, whensoever they sow the seed, and water it with their feet, as a garden of herbs:
Judges 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Sisera said to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty: and she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and covered him.
1 Kingdoms 30:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.
2 Kingdoms 23:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink out of the well that is in Bethlehem by the gate? now the band of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 11:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, that is in the gate?
Job 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, But hast taken away the morsel of the hungry.
Psalms 35:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou shalt cause them to drink of the full stream of thy delights.
Psalms 59:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast shown thy people hard things: Thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment.
Psalms 68:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They gave me also gall for my food, And made me drink vinegar for my thirst.
Psalms 77:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He clove a rock in the wilderness, And made them drink as in a great deep.
Psalms 79:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears; And wilt cause us to drink tears by measure.
Psalms 103:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: The wild asses shall take of them to quench their thirst.
Psalms 103:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He waters the mountains from his chambers: The earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
Proverbs 32:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ecclesiastes 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I made me pools of water, To water from them the timber-bearing wood.
Song of Solomon 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I would take thee, I would bring thee into my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me; I would make thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranates.
Isaiah 27:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am a strong city, a city in a siege: in vain shall I water it; for it shall be taken by night, and by day the wall shall fall.
Isaiah 29:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep; and he shall close their eyes, and the eyes of their prophets and of their rulers, who see secret things.
Isaiah 43:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The beasts of the field shall bless me, the owls and young ostriches; for I have given water in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land, to give drink to my chosen race,
Jeremiah 8:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the strong cities, and let us be cast out there: for God has cast us out, and made us drink water of gall, because we have sinned before him.
Jeremiah 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them with trouble and will cause them to drink water of gall:
Jeremiah 16:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and there shall be no bread broken in mourning for them for consolation over the dead: they shall not give one to drink a cup for consolation over his father or his mother.
Jeremiah 23:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth into all the land.
Jeremiah 32:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Take the cup of this unmixed wine from my hand, and thou shalt cause all the nations to drink, to whom I send thee.
Jeremiah 32:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I took the cup out of the Lord’s hand, and caused the nations to whom the Lord sent me to drink:
Jeremiah 42:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go to the house of the Rechabites, and thou shalt bring them to the house of the Lord, into one of the courts, and give them wine to drink.
Ezekiel 17:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was another great eagle, with great wings and many claws: and, behold, this vine bent itself round toward him, and her roots were turned toward him, and she sent forth her branches toward him, that he might water her together with the growth of her plantation.
Ezekiel 32:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the land shall be drenched with thy dung, because of thy multitude upon the mountains: I will fill the valleys with thee.
Joel 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the fountains of Judah shall flow with water, and a fountain shall go forth of the house of the Lord, and water the Valley of Flags.
Amos 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But ye gave the consecrated ones wine to drink; and ye commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Habakkuk 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to him that gives his neighbor to drink the thick lees of wine, and intoxicates him, that he may look upon their secret parts.
Matthew 10:42 New Testament, KJV
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Matthew 25:35 New Testament, KJV
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Matthew 25:37 New Testament, KJV
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Matthew 25:42 New Testament, KJV
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
Matthew 27:48 New Testament, KJV
And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
Mark 9:41 New Testament, KJV
For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Mark 15:36 New Testament, KJV
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
Luke 13:15 New Testament, KJV
The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
Romans 12:20 New Testament, KJV
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
1 Corinthians 3:2 New Testament, KJV
I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
1 Corinthians 3:6 New Testament, KJV
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
1 Corinthians 3:7 New Testament, KJV
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
1 Corinthians 3:8 New Testament, KJV
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
1 Corinthians 12:13 New Testament, KJV
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Revelation 14:8 New Testament, KJV
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
3 Maccabees 5:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
he commanded him, with a quantity of unmixed wine and handfuls of incense infused to drug the elephants early on the following day. These five hundred elephants were, when infuriated by the copious draughts of frankincense, to be led up to the execution of death upon the Jews.
3 Maccabees 5:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Hermon, who had filled his merciless elephants with copious draughts of mingled wine and frankincense, came early to the palace to certify the king thereof.
Wisdom of Sirach 15:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
With the bread of understanding shall she feed him, And give him the water of wisdom to drink.
Wisdom of Sirach 24:31 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I said, I will water my best garden, And will water abundantly my garden bed: And, lo, my brook became a river, And my river became a sea.
Wisdom of Sirach 29:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt entertain, and feast, and have no thanks: Moreover thou shalt hear bitter words:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4222, grouped by book.

Genesis 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 5 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 5 usages, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4222 FAQ

What does potizo (ποτίζω) mean?

Potizo (Strong's G4222) is a Greek word most simply glossed "feed". potizo (pot-id'-zo) v. 1. to furnish drink, irrigate [from a derivative of the alternate of G4095]

How many times is potizo (ποτίζω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 77 linked usages for Strong's G4222 across 27 books.

Where can I study potizo (ποτίζω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4222 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate potizo (ποτίζω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as drink, watereth, watering, and watered. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4222 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 57 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4222, with linked reader references where each row is available.