ποταμόςpotamós

Meanings

Same root

• πίνωpínō · G4095to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
• πότοςpótos · G4224a drinking-bout or carousal
• ΜεσοποταμίαMesopotamía · G3318Mesopotamia (as lying between the Euphrates and the Tigris; compare 0763), a region of Asia
• ποταμοφόρητοςpotamophórētos · G4216river-borne, i.e. overwhelmed by a stream

Where it appears

Appears 16 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 7:25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.
• Matthew 7:27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
• Mark 1:5 All of Judea, including all the people of Jerusalem, went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.
• Luke 6:48 It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built.
• Luke 6:49 But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house right on the ground, without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”
• John 7:38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”