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Koine Greek wordlink #163079

SR GNT Rev 16:4 ποταμούς (potamous) ‘of him into the rivers and the springs’ Strongs=42150 Lemma=potamos
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=96 AD Referred to from Word #163088

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Only use of identical word form ποταμούς (N-AMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ποταμούς’ (N-AMP) 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 ποταμούς (N-AMP) with a gloss related to ‘rivers’

YHN 7:38 Ποταμοί (Potamoi) N-NMP ‘said the scripture rivers out_of the belly’ SR GNT Yhn 7:38 word 9

OET-LV: 38 The one believing in me, as the scripture said: Rivers of_ living _water will _be _flowing out _of the belly of _him. (JHN_7:38)

OET-RV: 38 Whoever trusts me will have rivers of living water flowing out from him just like the scriptures say.” (JHN 7:38)

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)

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