πίνωpínō

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

Greek (New Testament) · G4095

Meanings

to drink: absolutely, Luke 2:19, John 4:7, and elsewhere; with accusative of thing, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:31, Mark 14:25, and elsewhere; of habitual use, Luke 1:15, Romans 14:21, and elsewhere; by by metonymy, τὸ ποτήριον, 1 Corinthians 10:21, and elsewhere; of the earth absorbing rain, Hebrews 6:7; spiritually, of the blood of Christ, John 6:53, John 6:54, John 6:56; followed by ἐκ (of the vessel), Matthew 26:27, and elsewhere; id. (of the drink; Bl., § 36, 1), Matthew 26:29, John 4:13, John 4:14, Revelation 14:10, and elsewhere; ἀπό, Luke 22:18 (cf. ἀπο-, συν-πίνω; on the form πίεσαι, Luke 17:8, see Bl., § 21, 8, and on the contr. aorist πεῖν, M, Pr., 44 f., Thackeray, Gr., 63 f.).

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 72 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 6:25 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?
  • Matthew 6:31 “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’
  • Matthew 11:18 For John didn’t spend his time eating and drinking, and you say, ‘He’s possessed by a demon.’
  • Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by its results.”
  • Matthew 20:22 But Jesus answered by saying to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink?” “Oh yes,” they replied, “we are able!”
  • Matthew 20:23 Jesus told them, “You will indeed drink from my bitter cup. But I have no right to say who will sit on my right or my left. My Father has prepared those places for the ones he has chosen.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.