Quick Definition
ποτήριον, ου, τό n.n. a drinking cup
Strong's Definition
neuter of a derivative of the alternate of 4095; a drinking-vessel; by extension, the contents thereof, i.e. a cupful (draught); figuratively, a lot or fate
KJV Usage: cup
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | πίνω
6.121 · Artifacts · Containers
cup an object from which one may drink In place of the expression ‘cup of water’ (in which cup not only identifies the container but indicates the quantity of water), some languages would use the expression ‘water in a cup,’ but it is even more likely that the typical equivalent of ‘cup of water’ would be ‘a drink of water.’ In some parts of the world a term such as ‘cup’ would suggest something rather strange and foreign; therefore, one might find that an expression ‘a gourd of water’ would not only be more natural, but would be the semantic equivalent of ‘drink of water.’
MAT 10:42 · MAT 23:25 · MAT 23:26 · MAT 26:27 · MRK 7:4 · MRK 9:41 · MRK 14:23 · LUK 11:39 · LUK 22:17 · LUK 22:20 · LUK 22:20 · 1CO 10:16 · 1CO 10:21 · 1CO 10:21 · 1CO 11:25 · 1CO 11:25 · 1CO 11:26 · 1CO 11:27 · 1CO 11:28 · REV 17:4 · REV 18:6
90.97 · Case · To Cause To Experience
Collocation: παραφέρω / παρέρχομαι τὸ ποτήριον … ἀπό
to cause someone not to experience, to take the cup from (an idiom, literally: to take the cup ... from) to cause someone to not undergo some trying experience
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 20:23 · MRK 10:38 · MRK 10:39 · JHN 18:11 · REV 14:10 · REV 16:19
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ποτήριον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of ποτήρ), a cup, a drinking vessel; a. prop.: Mt. xxiii. 25 sq.; xxvi. 27; Mk. vi. 4, 8 [T WH om. Tr br. the vs.]; xiv. 23; Lk. xi. 39; xxii. 17, 20; 1 Co. xi. 25; Rev. xvii. 4; πίνειν ἐκ τοῦ ποτηρίου, 1 Co. xi. 28; τὸ ποτήριον τῆς εὐλογίας (see εὐλογία, 4), 1 Co. x. 16; with agen. of the thing with which the cup is filled: ψυχροῦ, Mt. x. 42; ὕδατος, Mk. ix. 41; by meton. of the container for the contained, the contents of the cup, what is offered to be drunk, Lk. xxii. 20
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ποτήριον potērion 31x
a vessel for drinking, cup, Mt. 10:42; 23:25, 26; meton. the contents of a cup, liquor contained in a cup, Lk. 22:20; 1 Cor. 10:16; from the Hebrew, the cup or potion of what God’s administration deals out, Mt. 20:22, 23; Rev. 14:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ποτήριον, -ου, τό, dimin. of ποτήρ
(< πίνω), [in LXX chiefly for כּוֹס;]
a wine cup: Mt 23:25, 26 26:27, Mk 7:4 14:23, Lk 11:39 22:17, 20a (WH, R, mg., om.), I Co 11:25, Re 17:4; πίνειν ἐκ τοῦ π., I Co 11:28; c. gen. rei, Mt 10:42, Mk 9:41; τ. εὐλογίας, I Co 10:16; by meton., of the contents of the cup, Lk 22:20b (WH, R, mg., om.), I Co 11:25, 26; c. gen. pers., I Co 10:21 11:27. Metaph., of experience of divine providence; of prosperity (Ps 15 (16):5, al.); of adversity (Ps 10 (11):6, Is 51:17, al.): of the sufferings of Christ, Mt 20:22, 23 26:39 10:38, 39 14:36, Lk 22:42, Jo 18:11; of divine punishment, Re 14:10 16:19 18:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ποτήριον. P Tebt I. 657 (B.c. 140-139) φιάλας καὶ ποτήρια, ‘bowls and cups,” P Ryl 11. 127%! (A.D. 29) ποτήρια κασσιδί(έρινα) B, “2 drinking-cups of tin,” P Fay 12712 (ii/iii a.p.) pik<k>dv ποτήριν Θεονᾶτι τῷ pK (k>®@ (a Doric form: Thumb e//en. p. 60), ‘‘a little cup for little Theonas,” and from the inscrr. Sy// 226 (=%495)'4 (c. B.C. 230) τὰ ἱερὰ ποτήρια. The word is fully illustrated in S4J7 iii. p- 142 ff. With Mt 23*°# we may compare ποτηροπλύτης, ** washer of cups’’ in Os¢r 1218° (Rom.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ποτήριον (potērion) — cup. ποτήριον, τό, drinking-cup, wine-cup, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; οὔποτ᾽ ἐκ ταὐτοῦ μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν πίεται π.[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. the Cup in the Eucharist, [NT]
3. jar, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4. receptacle for offerings in temples, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II. absorbent preparation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. see at {ποτίρριον}.