ποτήριον, ποτηρίου, τό (diminutive of ποτήρ), a cup, a drinking vessel; a. properly: Mat_23:25; Mat_26:27; Mar_7:4; Mar_7:8 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Mar_14:23; Luk_11:39; Luk_22:17; Luk_22:20; 1Co_11:25; Rev_17:4; πίνειν ἐκ τοῦ ποτηρίου, 1Co_11:28; τό ποτήριον τῆς ἐυλογιασς (see εὐλογία, 4), 1Co_10:16; with a genitive of the thing with which the cup is filled: ψυχροῦ, Mat_10:42; ὕδατος, Mar_9:41; by metonymy, of the container for the contained, the contents of the cup, what is offered to be drunk, Luk_22:20 b ((WH reject the passage) cf. Winer's 635f (589f)); 1Co_11:25 f; τό ποτήριον τίνος, genitive of the person giving the entertainment (cf. Rückert, Abendmahl, p. 217f): πίνειν, 1Co_10:21 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 189 (178)); (cf. Winers Grammar, 411 (410)). b. By a figure common to Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and not unknown to Latin writers, one's lot or experience, whether joyous or adverse, divine appointments, whether favorable or unfavorable, are likened to a cup which God presents one to drink (cf. Winer's Grammar, 32): so of prosperity, Psa_15:5 (); Psa_22:5 (); Psa_115:13 (); of adversity, Psa_10:6 (); Psa_74:9 (); Isa_51:17; Isa_51:22. In the N. T. of the bitter lot (the sufferings) of Christ: Mat_26:39; Mat_26:42 Rec.; Mar_14:36; Luk_22:42; Joh_18:11; πίνειν τό ποτήριον μου or ὁ ἐγώ πίνω, to undergo the same calamities which I undergo, Mat_20:22-23; Mar_10:38-39 (Plautus Cas. 5, 2 , 53 (50) ut senex hoc eodem poculo quod ego bibi biberet, i. e. that he might be treated as harshly as I was); used of the divine penalties: Rev_14:10; Rev_16:19; Rev_18:6. ((Alcaeus, Sappho), Herodotus, Ctesias (), Aristophanes, Lucian, others; the Sept. for λΜερ.)

ποτήριον potērion 31x a vessel for drinking, cup, Mat_10:42 ; Mat_23:25-26 ; meton. the contents of a cup, liquor contained in a cup, Luk_22:20 ; 1Co_10:16 ; from the Hebrew, the cup or potion of what God s administration deals out, Mat_20:22-23 ; Rev_14:10 cup.

ποτήριον , -ου , τό , dimin. of ποτήρ ( < πίνω ), [in LXX chiefly for H3563 :] a wine cup: Mat_23:25-26 ; Mat_26:27 , Mar_7:4 ; Mar_14:23 , Luk_11:39 ; Luk_22:17 ; Luk_22:20 a ( WH , R , mg ., cm.), 1Co_11:25 , Rev_17:4 ; πίνειν ἐκ τοῦ Papyri, 1Co_11:28 ; c . gen . rei , Mat_10:42 , Mar_9:41 ; τ . εὐλογίας , 1Co_10:16 ; by meton ., of the contents of the cup, Luk_22:20 b ( WH , R , mg ., cm.), 1Co_11:25-26 ; c . gen . pers ., 1Co_10:21 ; 1Co_11:27 . Metaph ., of experience of divine providence; of prosperity ( Psa_16:5 , al. ); of adversity ( Psa_11:6 , Isa_51:17 , al. ): of the sufferings of Christ, Mat_20:22-23 ; Mat_26:39 ; Mat_10:38-39 ; Mat_14:36 , Luk_22:42 , Joh_18:11 ; of divine punishment, Rev_14:10 ; Rev_16:19 ; Rev_18:6 .†

ποτήριον [page 531] P Tebt I. 6 .27 (B.C. 140 139) φιάλας καὶ ποτήρια , bowls and cups, P Ryl II. 127 .31 (A.D. 29) ποτήρια κασσιδ (έρινα ) β̄ , 2 drinking-cups of tin, P Fay 127 .12 (ii/iii A.D.) μικ <κ >ὸν ποτήριν Θεονᾶτι τῷ μικ <κ >ῷ (a Doric form : Thumb Hellen. p. 60), a little cup for little Theonas, and from the inscrr. Syll 226 (= .3 495) .14 ( c. B.C. 230) τὰ ἱερὰ ποτήρια . The word is fully illustrated in SAM iii. p. 142 ff. With Mat_23:25 ff. we may compare ποτηροπλύτης , washer of cups in Ostr 1218 .5 (Rom.)

ποτήριον ποτήριον, ου, τό, [Etym: ΠΟ, Root of some tenses of πίνω] "a drinking-cup, wine-cup", Hdt. , attic

ποτήριον, -ου, τό dimin. of ποτήρ (πίνω), [in LXX chiefly for כּוֹס:] a wine cup: Mat.23:25-26 26:27, Mrk.7:4 14:23, Luk.11:39 22:17, 20 a (WH, R, mg., cm.), 1Co.11:25, Rev.17:4; πίνειν ἐκ τοῦ π., 1Co.11:28; with genitive of thing(s), Mat.10:42, Mrk.9:41; τ. εὐλογίας, 1Co.10:16; by meton., of the contents of the cup, Luk.22:20 b (WH, R, mg., cm.), 1Co.11:25-26; with genitive of person(s), 1Co.10:21 11:27. Metaphorical, of experience of divine providence; of prosperity (Psa.16:5, al.); of adversity (Psa.11:6, Isa.51:17, al.): of the sufferings of Christ, Mat.20:22-23 26:39 10:38-39 14:36, Luk.22:42, Jhn.18:11; of divine punishment, Rev.14:10 16:19 18:6.† (AS)