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Strong's G4224 πότος (potos)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4224 — machabe (“refuge”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4224
Language Greek
Linked Usages 31
Books 13

Strong's G4224 Quick Answer

Strong's G4224 πότος (potos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. potos (pot'-os) n. 1. a drinking-bout or carousal [from the alternate of G4095] It has 31 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include banquet, king, made, house, and days. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
potos (pot'-os) n. 1. a drinking-bout or carousal [from the alternate of G4095]
Usage
31 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
banquet, king, made, house, and days

Meaning and Definition

potos (pot'-os) n. 1. a drinking-bout or carousal [from the alternate of G4095] KJV: banqueting Root(s): G4095

Original Word
πότος
Transliteration
potos
Derivation
Root: πίνω R1: 4095
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4224. 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)

carousing

Usage: πότος, -ου, ὁ (πίνω), [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁתֶּה ;] a drinking bout, carousal: 1Pe.4:3.† SYN.: see: κραιπάλη (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.

banquet king made house days feast came wine day servants men esther

How Strong's G4224 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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 25 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 G4224 (πότος) appears 32 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4224 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 G4224 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

1 Peter 4:3 KJV

For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

Strong's G4224 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

25 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 19:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And he constrained them, and they turned aside to him, and they entered into his house, and he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened cakes for them, and they did eat.

Genesis 40:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass on the third day that it was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in the midst of his servants.

Judges 14:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.

Strong's G4224 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 6:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And Uzziah took him out of the assembly unto his house, and made a feast to the elders; and they called on the God of Israel all that night for help.

Judith 12:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And in the fourth day Holofernes made a feast to his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.

Judith 13:1 Septuagint / Brenton

Now when the evening was come, his servants made haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the waiters from the presence of his lord; and they went to their beds: for they were all weary, because the feast had been long.

Usage Excerpts

First 31 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4224.

Genesis 19:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he constrained them, and they turned aside to him, and they entered into his house, and he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened cakes for them, and they did eat.
Genesis 40:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the third day that it was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in the midst of his servants.
Judges 14:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.
Judges 14:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if ye will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment.
Judges 14:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she wept before him the seven days, during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people.
1 Kingdoms 25:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abigail came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in his house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry within him, and he was very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.
2 Kingdoms 3:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abner came to David to Hebron, and with him twenty men: and David made for Abner and his men with him a banquet of wine.
2 Kingdoms 13:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Absalom pressed him, and he sent with him Amnon and all the king’s sons; and Absalom made a banquet like the banquet of the king.
3 Kingdoms 3:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream: and he arose and came to Jerusalem, and stood before the altar that was in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Zion: and he offered whole burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings, and made a great banquet for himself and all his servants.
3 Kingdoms 10:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the vessels made by Solomon were of gold, and the lavers were golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon.
Esther 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I say, the days of the marriage feast were completed, the king made a banquet to the nations who were present in the city six days, in the court of the king’s house,
Esther 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Esther 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
dwelt.
Esther 2:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.
Esther 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thy request, queen Esther? speak, and thou shalt have all that thou requirest.
Esther 6:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
Esther 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, What is it, queen Esther? and what is thy request, and what is thy petition? and it shall be done for thee, to the half of my kingdom.
Job 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his sons visiting one another Prepared a banquet every day, Taking with them also their three sisters To eat and drink with them.
Job 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the days of the banquet were completed, Job sent and purified them, having risen up in the morning, And offered sacrifices for them, according to their number, And one calf for a sin offering for their souls: For Job said, Lest peradventure my sons have thought evil in their minds against God. Thus then Job did continually.
Job 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Does the rush flourish without water, Or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
Proverbs 23:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Are not those of them that stay long at wine? Are not those of them that haunt the places where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, And converse with them openly.
Ecclesiastes 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is better to go to the house of mourning, Than to go to the banquet house: Since this is the end of every man; And the living man will apply good warning to his heart.
Daniel 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king appointed them a daily portion from the king’s table, and from the wine which he drank; and gave orders to nourish them three years, and that afterward they should stand before the king.
Daniel 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the king’s table, nor with the wine of his drink: and he entreated the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Daniel 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the queen came into the banquet house, and said, O king, live forever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, and let not thy countenance be changed.
1 Peter 4:3 New Testament, KJV
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Judith 6:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Uzziah took him out of the assembly unto his house, and made a feast to the elders; and they called on the God of Israel all that night for help.
Judith 12:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the fourth day Holofernes made a feast to his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.
Judith 13:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when the evening was come, his servants made haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the waiters from the presence of his lord; and they went to their beds: for they were all weary, because the feast had been long.
3 Maccabees 5:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The king listened to this, and then turning aside to his potations, commanded the guests to sit down before him.
3 Maccabees 7:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
they partook of a banquet of deliverance, for the king generously granted them severally the means of securing a return home.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4224, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4224 FAQ

What does potos (πότος) mean?

Potos (Strong's G4224) is a Greek word most simply glossed "banqueting". potos (pot'-os) n. 1. a drinking-bout or carousal [from the alternate of G4095]

How many times is potos (πότος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 31 linked usages for Strong's G4224 across 13 books.

Where can I study potos (πότος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4224 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate potos (πότος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as banquet, king, made, house, days, and feast. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4224 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 25 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4224, with linked reader references where each row is available.