potizō · give to drink

What it means

potizō (ποτίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “give to drink”.

Water plants.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To hand another something to drink.
2. To moisten plants.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• gives to drink ×2
• was giving a drink ×2
• waters ×2
• I gave you milk to drink ×1
• give drink ×1
• give him a drink ×1
• give it water ×1
• give you drink ×1
• has made all the nations drink ×1
• watered ×1
• others ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×2
• Luke×1
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×5
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 10:42

  And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

• Matthew 25:35

  For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you welcomed me;

• Matthew 25:37

  Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?

• Matthew 25:42

  For I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat; I was thirsty and you did not give me drink;

• Matthew 27:48

  And at once one of them ran and took a sponge, and filled it with sour wine, and putting it on a reed, he was giving him a drink.

• Mark 9:41

  For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in the name that you belong to the Messiah, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.

• Mark 15:36

  And someone ran, and filling a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and was giving him a drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”

• Luke 13:15

  But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away and give it water?

• Romans 12:20

  But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for by doing this you will heap coals of fire on his head.

• 1 Corinthians 3:2

  I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able. But even now you are still unable,

• 1 Corinthians 3:6

  I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving the growth.

• 1 Corinthians 3:7

  So neither the one who plants is anything, nor the one who waters, but God who gives the growth.

• 1 Corinthians 3:8

  Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

• 1 Corinthians 12:13

  For indeed in one Spirit we all were immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and all were given one Spirit to drink.

• Revelation 14:8

  And another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the fury of her sexual immorality.”