UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: πίνω

Sense 1: to give to drink

Semantic entry: 23.35

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Eat, Drink

Definition: to cause to drink

Notes: In some languages it is impossible to avoid a reference to what is drunk. Therefore, one may translate RV MAT 25:35 · LV MAT 25:35 · Read together MAT 25:35 as ‘I was thirsty and you gave me water to drink.’

MAT 10:42: RV MAT 10:42 · LV MAT 10:42 · Read together MAT 10:42

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OET-RV MAT 10:42

42 Anyone who, as one of my apprentices, gives a cup of cool water to one of these little ones to drink, I’m telling you that that person certainly won’t lose their reward.

OET-LV MAT 10:42

42 And whoever if may _give _to _drink one of_ the _these of _little ones a_cup of _cool water, only in the_name of_an_apprentice/follower, truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, by _no _means he _may_ not _lose the reward of _him.

MAT 25:35: RV MAT 25:35 · LV MAT 25:35 · Read together MAT 25:35

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OET-RV MAT 25:35

35 because I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you accommodated me,

OET-LV MAT 25:35

35 For/Because I _hungered and you _all _gave to _me to _eat, I _thirsted and you _all _gave_ me _to _drink, I _was a_stranger and you _all _brought_ me _in,

All 12 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 10:42 · RV MAT 25:35 · RV MAT 25:37 · RV MAT 25:42 · RV MAT 27:48 · LV MAT 10:42 · LV MAT 25:35 · LV MAT 25:37 · LV MAT 25:42 · LV MAT 27:48 · Read together MAT 10:42 · Read together MAT 25:35 · Read together MAT 25:37 · Read together MAT 25:42 · Read together MAT 27:48

MRK: RV MRK 9:41 · RV MRK 15:36 · LV MRK 9:41 · LV MRK 15:36 · Read together MRK 9:41 · Read together MRK 15:36

LUK: RV LUK 13:15 · LV LUK 13:15 · Read together LUK 13:15

ROM: RV ROM 12:20 · LV ROM 12:20 · Read together ROM 12:20

CO1: RV CO1 3:2 · RV CO1 12:13 · LV CO1 3:2 · LV CO1 12:13 · Read together CO1 3:2 · Read together CO1 12:13

REV: RV REV 14:8 · LV REV 14:8 · Read together REV 14:8

Sense 2: to water, to irrigate

Semantic entry: 43.9

Semantic domains: Agriculture

Definition: to provide water for plants

Notes: In a number of languages one not speak of ‘watering a plant,’ but one may ‘water the ground’ or ‘cause the ground to drink’ or ‘make the ground muddy.’

CO1 3:6: RV CO1 3:6 · LV CO1 3:6 · Read together CO1 3:6

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OET-RV CO1 3:6

6 I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

OET-LV CO1 3:6

6 I planted, Apollōs gave _to _drink, but the god was _growing.

CO1 3:7: RV CO1 3:7 · LV CO1 3:7 · Read together CO1 3:7

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OET-RV CO1 3:7

7 That means that neither the planter or the waterer counts for anything, only the grower, God.

OET-LV CO1 3:7

7 So _that neither the one planting is anything, nor the one giving _to _drink, but the one growing, god.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

CO1: RV CO1 3:6–8 · LV CO1 3:6–8 · Read together CO1 3:6–8

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ποτίζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to give to drink

Sense 2: to water, to irrigate