ποτᾰμός, ὁ,
river, stream, Ὠκεανοῖο ἐξ οὗ περ πάντες π. Il. 21.196; π. ἁλιμυρήεις, ἀργυροδίνης, βαθυδίνης, βαθύρροος, δεινός, διιπετής, δινήεις, ἐΰρροος, ἐρίδουπος, εὐρὺ ῥέων, θεῖος, ἱερός, ἴφθιμος, καλλίροος, κελάδων, λάβρος, πλήθων, χειμάρροος, ὠκύροος, Od. 5.460, Il. 21.8, 212, 8, 25, 17.263, Od. 11.242, Il. 21.130, Od. 10.515 (pl.), Il. 21.304, Od. 11.238, 10.351 (pl.), Il. 17.749 (pl.), Od. 5.441, Il. 18.576, 21.270, 5.87, 87, 598; νυκτὸς π., of the rivers of hell, Pi. Fr. 130.9: prov., ἄνω ποταμῶν, of extraordinary events, A. Fr. 335, etc. (in full, ἄνω π. ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαί E. Med. 410 (lyr.)); π. οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ Heraclit. 91; π. θαλάσσῃ ἐρίζεις, of unequal combats, Suid., etc.
2. metaph., rivers of fire or lava, Pi. P. 1.22, A. Pr. 370: Com., ζωμοῦ π. κρέα θερμὰ κυλίνδων Telecl. 1.8, cf. Pherecr. 108.3; also π. πραγμάτων Porph. Marc. 5 .
3. artificial stream, canal, Str. 16.1.10, Arr. An. 7.21.1; οἱ ὀρυχθέντες π. OGI 54.23 (Adule, iii B. C. ).
II personified, rivergod, Il. 20.7, 73, etc.
III name of the constellation Eridanus, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20, Arat. 358, etc.
ποταμός potamos 17x
a river, stream, [Mar 1:5]; [Act 16:13];
met. and allegor. [Joh 7:38]; [Rev 22:1-2];
a flood, winter torrent, for χείμαρρος ποταμός, [Mat 7:25]; [Mat 7:27] river; stream.
G4215 — ποταμός
ποταμοῦ, ὁ, from Homer down, the Sept. for נָהָר and יְאֹר, a stream, a river: [Mat 3:6] L T Tr WH; [Mar 1:5]; [Act 16:13]; [2Co 11:26] (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 a.); [Rev 8:10]; [Rev 9:14]; [Rev 12:15]; [Rev 16:4], [Rev 16:12]; [Rev 22:1]f; equivalent to a torrent, [Mat 7:25], [Mat 7:27]; [Luk 6:48]; [Rev 12:15]f; plural figuratively equivalent to the greatest abundance (cf. colloquial English streams, floods), [Joh 7:38].
ποταμός , - οῦ , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5104, H2975;]
a river, stream, torrent: [Mat 3:5]; [Mat 7:25]; [Mat 7:27], [Mar 1:1-45]:, [Luk 6:48-49], [Act 16:13], [2Co 11:26], [Rev 8:10]; [Rev 9:14]; [Rev 12:15-16]; [Rev 16:4]; [Rev 16:12]; [Rev 21:1-2]. Fig., pl ., Papyri ὕδατος ζῶντος , [Joh 7:38]. †