noun · neuter
pomem
Greekπόμα (poma)
Strong’sG4188
drink
stem pom-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πόμα, -τος, τό
(< πίνω), late form of Att. πῶμα, [in LXX: Ps 101 (102):9 (שִׁקּוּי), al.4*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4188 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpom'-ah
a beverage
Fromfrom the alternate of G4095;
King Jamesdrink.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | pomem | pomeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | pomeu | pomeiu |
| to, for dative | pome | pomei1×πόμασιν |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
pome is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
pomei“drink”to, fordative plural1×
Hebrews 9:10“drink”monem epi brōmei kai pomei kai diaforoi baptismoi, dikaiōmeim sarxau mechris kairou diorthōsiau epikeierōteim.They consist only in food and drink and special washings — external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
pomem1×
1 Corinthians 10:4“drink”kai pantois tem autem pneumatikem pinala pomem, pinale gar ek pneumatikau akoloutharōtau petrau, tas petras de ate tos Christos;and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.