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ποταμός
potamós · Greek · Strong's G4215 · 17 occurrences
The KJV renders 7 different Hebrew and Greek words as “stream”
What it means
a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water
probably from a derivative of the alternate of G4095 (πίνω) (compare G4224 (πότος));
How the KJV renders it
flood, river, stream, water
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“stream”
also renders ʼâphîyq (H650), yâbâl (H2988), nᵉhar (H5103), nâzal (H5140), nachal (H5158), peleg (H6388)
“flood”
“river”
also renders ʼâphîyq (H650), yûwbal (H3105), nᵉhar (H5103), nachal (H5158), peleg (H6388)
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Where it appears
17 occurrences in the Greek text.
2 Corinthians 11:26 · N-GPM
I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;
Acts 16:13 · N-ASM
On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
John 7:38 · N-NPM
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
Luke 6:48 · N-NSM
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
Luke 6:49 · N-NSM
But he who hears and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.”
Matthew 3:6 · N-DSM
They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
Matthew 7:25 N-NPMMatthew 7:27 N-NPMMark 1:5 N-DSMRevelation 8:10 N-GPMRevelation 9:14 N-DSMRevelation 12:15 N-ASMRevelation 12:16 N-ASMRevelation 16:4 N-APMRevelation 16:12 N-ASMRevelation 22:1 N-ASMRevelation 22:2 N-GSM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.