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G4095 πίνω (pínō)
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πίνω v. I drink, imbibe

Strong's Definition

pio pee'-o, which (together with another form) poo po'-o occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: drink

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | fut. πίομαι · 2sg. πίεσαι · aor. ἔπιον · subj. πίω · impv. πίε · inf. πιεῖν, πεῖν · pf. πέπωκα | καταπίνω · οἰνοπότης · πόμα · πόσις · ποτήριον · ποτίζω · πότος · συμπίνω · συμπόσιον · ὑδροποτέω

23.34 · Physiological Processes and States · Eat, Drink

to drink, drinking to consume liquids, particularly water and wine In a number of languages a clear distinction is made between drinking water and drinking alcoholic beverages. Still other terms may be employed in speaking of drinking soups or broths.

MAT 6:31 · MAT 11:18 · MAT 11:19 · MAT 24:38 · MAT 24:49 · MAT 26:27 · MAT 26:29 · MAT 26:29 · MAT 27:34 · MAT 27:34 · MRK 14:23 · MRK 14:25 · MRK 14:25 · MRK 16:18 · LUK 1:15 · LUK 5:30 · LUK 5:33 · LUK 5:39 · LUK 7:33 · LUK 7:34 · LUK 10:7 · LUK 12:19 · LUK 12:29 · LUK 12:45 · LUK 13:26 · LUK 17:8 · LUK 17:8 · LUK 17:27 · LUK 17:28 · LUK 22:18 · LUK 22:30 · JHN 4:7 · JHN 4:9 · JHN 4:10 · JHN 4:12 · JHN 4:13 · JHN 4:14 · JHN 6:53 · JHN 6:54 · JHN 6:56 · JHN 7:37 · ACT 9:9 · ACT 23:12 · ACT 23:21 · ROM 14:21 · 1CO 9:4 · 1CO 10:4 · 1CO 10:4 · 1CO 10:7 · 1CO 10:21 · 1CO 10:31 · 1CO 11:22 · 1CO 11:25 · 1CO 11:26 · 1CO 11:27 · 1CO 11:28 · 1CO 11:29 · 1CO 11:29 · 1CO 15:32 · REV 14:10 · REV 16:6

14.35 · Physical Events and States · Events Involving Liquids and Dry Masses

to absorb, to soak up (a figurative extension of meaning of πίνω[a] ‘to drink,’ 23.34) the action of a material which soaks up a liquid Instead of speaking about ‘the ground absorbing the rain’ or ‘... drinking up the rain,’ it is often more natural to describe the event as ‘the rain disappearing into the ground’ or ‘the rain flowing into the ground.’

HEB 6:7

24.81 · Sensory Events and States · Pain, Suffering

Collocation: πίνω ποτήριον

to undergo a difficult experience, to drink the cup, to suffer (an idiom, literally: to drink a cup) to undergo a trying, difficult experience In a number of languages it is not possible to use the phrase ‘to drink the cup,’ since this will almost inevitably refer to the drinking of a poison cup as a means of proving innocence in an ordeal. Even if one uses a literal rendering of the idiom ‘to drink the cup,’ it is usually necessary to have some explanation as to the significance of the idiom.

MAT 20:22 · MAT 20:22 · MAT 20:23 · MAT 26:42 · MRK 10:38 · MRK 10:38 · MRK 10:39 · MRK 10:39 · JHN 18:11

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πίνω; impf. ἔπινον ; fut. πίομαι [cf. W. 90 sq. (86)], 2 pers. sing. πίεσαι (Lk. xvii. 8 [(see reff. in κατακαυχάοpa)}); pé. 3 pers. sing. (Rev. xviii. 3) πέπωκε RG, but LT WH org. plur. -καν, for which L ed. ster. Tr txt. WH txt. read πέπτωκαν (see γίνομαι) ; 2 aor. ἔπιον, impy. mie (Lk. xii. 19), inf. πιεῖν ([Mt. xx. 22; xxvii. 34 (not Tdf.); Mk. x. 38]; Acts xxiii. 12 [not WH], 21; Ro. xiv. 21 [not WH], ete.), and in colloquial form πῖν (Lehm. in Jn. iv. 9; Rev. xvi. 6), and πεῖν (T Tr WH in Jn. iv. 7,9 sq.; T WH in 1 Co. ix. 4; x. 7; Rev. xvi. 6; Tin Mt. xxvii. 34 (bis); WH in Acts xxiii. 12, 21; Ro. xiv. 21, and often among the var. of the codd.) —on these forms see [esp. WH. App. p. 170]; Fritzsche, De conformatione N. T. critica ete. p. 27 sq.; B. 66 (58) sq.; [Curtius, Das Verbum, ii. 103]; Sept. for 7nw; [fr. Hom. down]; to drink: absol., Lk. xii. 19; Jn. iv. 7, 10; 1 Co. xi. 25; figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh, strengthen, nourish it unto life eternal, Jn. vii. 37; on the various uses of the phrase ἐσθίειν x. πίνειν see in ἐσθίω, a.; τρώγειν κ. πίνειν, of those living in fancied security, Mt. xxiv. 38; πίνω with an ace. of the thing, to drink a thing [ef. W. 198 (187) n.], Mt. vi. 25 [ἃ Tom. WH br. the cl. ], 31; xxvi. 29; Mk. xiv. 25; xvi. 18; Rev. xvi. 6; to use a thing for drink, Lk. i. 15; xii. 29; Ro. xiv. 21; 1Co. x. 4 [ef. W. § 40, 3b.]; τὸ αἷμα of Christ, see αἷμα, fin.; τὸ ποτήριον i. 6. what is in the cup, 1 Co. x. 21; xi. 27, etc. (see ποτήριον, a.). ἡ γῆ is said πίνειν τὸν ὑετόν, to suck in, absorb, imbibe, Heb. vi. 7 (Deut. xi. 11; Hat. 3,117; 4, 198; Verg. ecl. 8, 111 sat prata biberunt). πίνω ἐκ w. a gen. of the vessel out of which one drinks, ἐκ τοῦ ποτηρίου, Mt. xxvi. 27; Mk. xiv. 23; 1 Co. x. 4 [ef. above]; xi. 28, (Arstph. eqq. 1289); ἐκ νυ. a gen. denoting the drink of which as a supply one drinks, Mt. xxvi. 29; Mk. xiv. 25; ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος, Jn. iv. 13 sq.; ἐκ Tod οἴνου (or θυμοῦ), Rev. xiv. 10; xviii. 3 [L om. Tr WH br. τοῦ οἴνου] ; ἀπό w. a gen. of the drink, Lk. xxii. 18. [Cf B. §132, 7; W. 199 (187). Comp.: κατα-, συμ-πίνω.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πίνω pinō 73x

to drink, Mt. 6:25, 31; 26:27, 29, et al. freq.; trop. of the earth, to drink in, imbibe, Heb. 6:7

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πίνω,

[in LXX chiefly for שׁתה;]

to drink: absol., Lk 2:19, Jo 4:7, al.; c. acc. rei, Mt 6:25, 31, Mk 14:25, al.; of habitual use, Lk 1:15, Ro 14:21, al.; by meton., τὸ ποτήριον, I Co 10:21, al.; of the earth absorbing rain (Hdt., al.), He 6:7; spiritually, of the blood of Christ, Jo 6:53, 54, 56; seq. ἐκ (of the vessel), Mt 26:27, al.; id. (of the drink; Bl., § 36, 1), Mt 26:29, Jo 4:13, 14, Re 14:10, al.; ἀπό, Lk 22:18 (cf. ἀπο-, συν-πίνω; on the form πίεσαι, Lk 17:8, v. Bl., § 21, 8, and on the contr. aor. πεῖν, M, Pr., 44 f., Thackeray, Gr., 63 f.).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πίνω. In P Par 4733 (as read in UPZ i. p. 332—B.c. 152-1) the strategus spends two days in the Anubieion πίνων, ‘‘ drinking,” apparently in connexion with some festival. The schoolboy who does not get his own way informs his father π-οὐ μὴ φάγω, οὐ μὴ πείνω" ταῦτα, “1 won't eat, I won't drink: there now!’’ (P Oxy I. 1191 (= Selections, p. 103) —ii/iii a.D.). And the magical P Lond 12118 (iii/a.p.) (=I. p. 90) supplies a recipe enabling a man πολλὰ πίνειν καὶ μὴ μεθύειν, ‘to drink much and not be drunk.” With 1 Cor 158? Deissmann (LAZ p. 296) compares a sepulchral epigram of the Imperial period in which the passer-by is exhorted—reive, βλέπις τὸ τέλος, “drink, thou seest the end.” Cf. Kazbe/ 6461 (iii/iv A.D.) οὐκ ὁ θανὼν πίεται, and Sy// 804 (=% 1170) (ii/A.D.) πιόντος pov γάλα μόνον, in connexion with a cure at the temple of Asclepius in Epidaurus. For Heb 67 cf. Anacreontea xxi. 1 ἣ γῆ μέλαινα πίνει, and for the common phrase δοῦναι πιεῖν, as in Jn 47, see the citations in Headlam Herodas, p. 55 f. The NT form πεῖν is overwhelmingly attested in papyri of the Roman age—P Oxy VIII. ro88°° (medical receipt— early i/A.D.) δὸς πεῖν (cf. Jn 47, a/.), P Flor I. 1o18 (i/a.p.) ὕδωρ els πεῖν, P Giss I. 31+? (end ii/a.D.) ἐμοὶ els πεῖν (cf. Proleg. p. 81), and P Oxy XVI. 1945? (A.D. 517) παρασχοῦ eis miv. Deissmann (U*rgeschichte p. 39f.) has drawn attention to the bearing of this ‘‘ vulgar” form upon the question of the Johannine vocabulary and style. The dissyllabic πιεῖν, which survives in Mt 278} (for LXX see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 64), may be seen in a series of accounts P Tebt I. 120!3,. (B.c. 97 or 64) els πιεῖν ἃ. For the form πίομαι (Mk 1089) cf. Profeg. p. 155, and for πίεσαι (Lk 178), which in the LXX has entirely superseded πίῃ (Thackeray Gr. i. p. 218), cf. Proleg. p. 54.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πίνω (pinō) — to drink. πίνω [ῑ], Epic dialect infinitive πινέμεναι and -έμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect imperfect πίνεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future πίομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+]; also as falsa lectio in earlier authors, πιεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular πίεσαι [LXX+NT]aorist ἔπῐον, Epic dialect πίον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular subjunctive πίῃσθα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πίει, πίεις, Kretschmer [Refs]; infinitive πιεῖν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later contraction πεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Epic dialect πῐέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+] falsa lectio for{ὑπιέναι} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle πῐών, πῐοῦσα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, subjunctive πινώμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: πίομαι [ῑ] as present middle, [Refs 6th c.BC+] (passive in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]imperfect πίνετο [Refs 8th c.BC+] —Other tenses are from πω- or πο-, perfect πέπωκα [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, future ποθήσομαι (κατα-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐπόθην (ἐξ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect infinitive πεπόσθαι [Refs 6th c.BC+]: Aeolic dialect present πώνω [Refs 7th c.BC+]aorist imperative πῶθι, τῶ, [Refs]. [ῑ always in πίνω. πίνομα; ῐ always in aorist ἔπιον, hence πίε must be read for πῖνε in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in imperative πῖθι, ῑ always.—In future πίομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in later Poetry, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; for present middle πίομαι, see above]: —drink, frequently from [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ὕδωρ Αἰσήποιο drink its water, i.e. live on its banks, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with genitive partitive, drink of a thing, π. οἴνοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς οἶνον.., ἔνθεν ἔπινον whereof..,[Refs]; also πίνειν κρητῆρας οῐνοιο to drink bowls of wine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀπὸ κρήνης drink of a spring, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; π. ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ (i.e. δέπαος) αἴθοπα οἶνον from it, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκύφος ᾧ περ ἔπινεν with which.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. κερατίνοις ποτηρίοις variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ φάρμακα π. παρὰ τοῦ ἰατροῦ draughts sent by him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. absolutely, drink, ἐσθιέμεν καὶ πινέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῆλα πιόμεν᾽ ἐκ βοτάνης going to drink after pasture,[Refs 7th c.BC+]; τινὶ πιεῖν ἐγχέας[Refs 4th c.BC+]perfect πέπωκα, to be drunk, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πίνοντά τε καὶ πεπωκότα drinking and having finished drinking, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. celebrate by a carouse, νίκην [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. metaphorically, drink up, as the earth does rain, τὸ ὕδωρ, ὄμβρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of plants, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a lamp, π. τοὔλαιον [Refs 5th c.BC+] pōy- and pī-, cf. Sanskrit pāy-áyati 'cause to drink', pīti- 'a drink', Latin pōtus, etc.)

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