noun · masculine
potos
Greekπότος (potos)
Strong’sG4224
a drinking, carousing
stem pot-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πότος, -ου, ὁ
(< πίνω), [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁתֶּה;]
SYN.: v.s. κραιπάλη.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4224 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpot'-os
a drinking-bout or carousal
Fromfrom the alternate of G4095;
King Jamesbanqueting.
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 nominative | potos | potois |
| object accusative | poton | potoin |
| direct address vocative | potor | potoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | potou | potoiu |
| to, for dative | poto | potoi1×πότοις |
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
poto 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
potoi“drinking parties”to, fordative plural1×
1 Peter 4:3“drinking parties”arketos gar tos parercharētos chronos tem boulēmem teiu ethneiu katergazerē, poreuerētoin en aselgeiai, epithumiai, oinoflugiai, kōmoi, potoi, kai athemitai eidōlolatriai.For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.