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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ποτήριον

Strong’s: G4221

Associated OET lemmas: ποτήριον

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: ποτήριον; -ου

Related lemmas: πίνω

Sense 1: cup

Semantic entry: 6.121

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Containers

Definition: an object from which one may drink

Notes: In place of the expression ‘cup of water’ (in which cup not only identifies the container but indicates the quantity of water), some languages would use the expression ‘water in a cup,’ but it is even more likely that the typical equivalent of ‘cup of water’ would be ‘a drink of water.’ In some parts of the world a term such as ‘cup’ would suggest something rather strange and foreign; therefore, one might find that an expression ‘a gourd of water’ would not only be more natural, but would be the semantic equivalent of ‘drink of water.’

Show passage in OET: MAT 10:42

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.
Show passage in OET: MAT 23:25

OET-RV MAT 23:25

25 “You religious teachers and Farisaios are hypocrites and will have a bad end, because you scrub the outsides of your cups and bowls, but the insides are still full of greed and selfishness.

OET-LV MAT 23:25

25 Woe to_you_all, scribes and Farisaios_party, hypocrites.
Because you_all_are_cleansing the part outside of_the cup and of_the dish, but inside they_are_being_full of theft and intemperance.

Jump to OET MAT 10:42 section.

Jump to OET MAT 23:25 section.

All 18 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 10:42 · OET MAT 23:25–26 · OET MAT 26:27

MRK: OET MRK 7:4 · OET MRK 9:41 · OET MRK 14:23

LUK: OET LUK 11:39 · OET LUK 22:17 · OET LUK 22:20

CO1: OET CO1 10:16 · OET CO1 10:21 · OET CO1 11:25–28

REV: OET REV 17:4 · OET REV 18:6

Sense 2: to cause someone not to experience, to take the cup from

Semantic entry: 90.97

Semantic domains: Case

Subdomains: To Cause To Experience

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to take the cup … from) to cause someone to not undergo some trying experience

Collocations: παραφέρω / παρέρχομαι τὸ ποτήριον … ἀπό

Show passage in OET: MAT 26:39

OET-RV MAT 26:39

39 He went on a little further, and knelt with his face to the ground, saying, “My father, if it’s possible, let me avoid this suffering. However, it’s not what I want because I want to do what you want.”

OET-LV MAT 26:39

39 And having_approached a_little, he_fell on the_face of_him, praying and saying:
father of_me, if it_is possible, let_ the this cup _pass_by from me.
However not as I am_wanting, but as you.
Show passage in OET: MRK 14:36

OET-RV MRK 14:36

36 But he said, “Father, I know that you can do anything. Let me avoid this suffering, but yes I do know, it doesn’t matter what I want but rather what you’ve planned.”

OET-LV MRK 14:36

36 And he_was_saying:
father, the father, all things are_possible to_you.
Take_away the this cup from me, but not what I am_wanting, but what you want.

Jump to OET MAT 26:39 section.

Jump to OET MRK 14:36 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 26:39

MRK: OET MRK 14:36

LUK: OET LUK 22:42

Sense 3: to undergo a difficult experience, to drink the cup, to suffer

Semantic entry: 24.81

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Pain, Suffering

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to drink a cup) to undergo a trying, difficult experience

Notes: In a number of languages it is not possible to use the phrase ‘to drink the cup,’ since this will almost inevitably refer to the drinking of a poison cup as a means of proving innocence in an ordeal. Even if one uses a literal rendering of the idiom ‘to drink the cup,’ it is usually necessary to have some explanation as to the significance of the idiom.

Collocations: πίνω ποτήριον

Show passage in OET: MAT 20:22

OET-RV MAT 20:22

22 But Yeshua answered, “You people don’t realise what you’re asking. Do you think you’ll be able to bear the suffering that I’ll have to suffer?”
 ¶ “Yes,” they replied, “we can.”

OET-LV MAT 20:22

22 But the Yaʸsous answering said:
You_all_have_ not _known what you_all_are_requesting.
Are_you_all_being_able to_drink the cup which I am_going to_be_drinking?
They_are_saying to_him:
We_are_being_able.
Show passage in OET: MAT 20:23

OET-RV MAT 20:23

23 “Well, you will indeed share my suffering,” Yeshua responded. “But on the other hand, sitting on my right and my left is not my decision to make—it’s for the people my father’s prepared those places for.”

OET-LV MAT 20:23

23 He_is_saying to_them:
On_one_hand you_all_will_be_drinking the cup of_me, on_the_other_hand which to_sit_down on the_right of_me and on the_left, is not mine to_give, but for_whom it_has_been_prepared by the father of_me.

Jump to OET MAT 20:22 section.

Jump to OET MAT 20:23 section.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 20:22–23

MRK: OET MRK 10:38–39

JHN: OET JHN 18:11

REV: OET REV 14:10 · OET REV 16:19