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Koine Greek wordlink #69196

SR GNT Yhn 7:38 Ποταμοί (Potamoi) ‘said the scripture rivers out_of the belly’ Strongs=42150 Lemma=potamos
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form Ποταμοί (N-NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Ποταμοί’ (N-NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘rivers’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘potamos’ have 7 different glosses: ‘a river’, ‘of rivers’, ‘River’, ‘flood’, ‘floods’, ‘river’, ‘rivers’.

Greek words (3) other than Ποταμοί (N-NMP) with a gloss related to ‘rivers’

2 COR 11:26 ποταμῶν (potamōn) N-GMP ‘in journeys often in dangers of rivers in dangers of robbers in dangers’ SR GNT 2 Cor 11:26 word 4

OET-LV: 26 in _journeys often, in _dangers of _rivers, in _dangers of _robbers, in _dangers from ^my_race, in _dangers from the_pagans, in _dangers in the_city, in _dangers in the_wilderness, in _dangers on the_sea, in _dangers among false _brothers, (CO2_11:26)

OET-RV: 26 I’ve done many long trips, crossed dangerous rivers, risked being robbed, was persecuted by my own people as well as by non-Jews, have been in danger in the city, in the wilderness and on the ocean, as well as being attacked by false teachers. (CO2 11:26)

REV 8:10 ποταμῶν (potamōn) N-GMP ‘the third of the rivers and on the’ SR GNT Rev 8:10 word 22

OET-LV: 10 And the third messenger trumpeted, and fell out _of the sky a_star great, being _burned like a_torch, and fell on the third of _the rivers, and on the springs of _the waters, (REV_8:10)

OET-RV: 10 Then the third messenger blew his trumpet and a huge star, burning like a torch, fell down from the sky and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. (REV 8:10)

REV 16:4 ποταμούς (potamous) N-AMP ‘of him into the rivers and the springs’ SR GNT Rev 16:4 word 13

OET-LV: 4 And the third poured _out the bowl of _him into the rivers and the springs of _the waters, and it _became blood. (REV_16:4)

OET-RV: 4 The third messenger poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and it became blood. (REV 16:4)

Key: N=noun AMP=accusative,masculine,plural GMP=genitive,masculine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural