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πίνω
pínō · Greek · Strong's G4095 · 73 occurrences
The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “drink”
What it means
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
a prolonged form of ; which (together with another form) ; occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses;
How the KJV renders it
drink
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“drink”
also renders pósis (G4213), póma (G4188), gâmâʼ (H1572), mishteh (H4960), shᵉthâh (H8355)
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Where it appears
73 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 9:4 · V-2AAN
Have we no right to eat and to drink?
1 Corinthians 10:4 · V-2AAI-3P
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:7 · V-2AAN
Don’t be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
1 Corinthians 10:21 · V-PAN
You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.
1 Corinthians 10:31 · V-PAI-2P
Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 11:22 · V-PAN
What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.
1 Corinthians 11:25 V-PAS-2P1 Corinthians 11:26 V-PAS-2P1 Corinthians 11:27 V-PAS-3S1 Corinthians 11:28 V-PAM-3S1 Corinthians 11:29 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 15:32 V-2AAS-1PActs 9:9 V-2AAI-3SActs 23:12 V-2AANActs 23:21 V-2AANHebrews 6:7 V-2AAP-NSFJohn 4:7 V-2AANJohn 4:9 V-2AANJohn 4:10 V-2AANJohn 4:12 V-2AAI-3SJohn 4:13 V-PAP-NSMJohn 4:14 V-2AAS-3SJohn 6:53 V-2AAS-2PJohn 6:54 V-PAP-NSMJohn 6:56 V-PAP-NSMJohn 7:37 V-PAM-3SJohn 18:11 V-2AAS-1SLuke 1:15 V-2AAS-3SLuke 5:30 V-PAI-2PLuke 5:33 V-PAI-3PLuke 5:39 V-2AAP-NSMLuke 7:33 V-PAP-NSMLuke 7:34 V-PAP-NSMLuke 10:7 V-PAP-NPMLuke 12:19 V-2AAM-2SLuke 12:29 V-2AAS-2PLuke 12:45 V-PANLuke 13:26 V-2AAI-1PLuke 17:8 V-2AAS-1SLuke 17:27 V-IAI-3PLuke 17:28 V-IAI-3PLuke 22:18 V-2AAS-1SLuke 22:30 V-PAS-2PMatthew 6:31 V-2AAS-1PMatthew 11:18 V-PAP-NSMMatthew 11:19 V-PAP-NSMMatthew 20:22 V-2AANMatthew 20:23 V-FDI-2PMatthew 24:38 V-PAP-NPMMatthew 24:49 V-PAS-3SMatthew 26:27 V-2AAM-2PMatthew 26:29 V-2AAS-1SMatthew 26:42 V-2AAS-1SMatthew 27:34 V-2AANMark 2:16 V-PAI-3SMark 10:38 V-2AANMark 10:39 V-FDI-2PMark 14:23 V-2AAI-3PMark 14:25 V-2AAS-1SMark 16:18 V-2AAS-3P
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