Quick Definition
ποτίζω v. I cause to drink, give to drink
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of the alternate of 4095; to furnish drink, irrigate
KJV Usage: give (make) to drink, feed, water
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | πίνω
23.35 · Physiological Processes and States · Eat, Drink
to give to drink to cause to drink In some languages it is impossible to avoid a reference to what is drunk. Therefore, one may translate MAT 25:35 as ‘I was thirsty and you gave me water to drink.’
MAT 10:42 · MAT 25:35 · MAT 25:37 · MAT 25:42 · MAT 27:48 · MRK 9:41 · MRK 15:36 · LUK 13:15 · ROM 12:20 · 1CO 3:2 · 1CO 12:13 · REV 14:8
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ποτίζω ; impf. ἐπότιζον; 1 aor. ἐπότισα; pf. πεπότικα (Rev. xiv. 8); 1 aor. pass. ἐποτίσθην ; (πότος) ; fr. [Hippocr.], Xen., Plat. down; Sept. for MpwN ; to give to drink, to furnish drink, (Vulg. in 1 Co. xii. 18 and Rev. xiv. 8 poto [but in Rev. 1. c. Tdf. gives potiono; A. V. to make to drink): τινά, Mt. xxv. 35, 37, 42; xxvii. 48; Mk. xv. 36; Lk. xiii. 15; Ro. xii. 20; τινά τι, to offer one anything to drink (W. § 32,4 a.; [B.§ 131, 6]): Mt. x. 42; Mk. ix. 41, and often in the Sept.; in fig. discourse 1. τινὰ γάλα, to give one teaching easy to be apprehended, 1 Co. iii. 2 (where by zeugma οὐ βρῶμα is added; [cf. W. § 66, 2e.; B. § 151,30; A. V. 7 have fed you with milk, ete.]); τινὰ ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου, Rev. xiv. 8 (see οἶνος, b. and θυμός, 2); i.q.to water, irrigate, (plants, fields, ete.) : 1 Co. iii. 6-8 (Xen. symp. 2, 25; Leian., Athen., Geop., [Strab., Philo]; Sept. [Gen. xiii. 10]; Ezek. xvii. 7); metaph. to imbue, saturate, τινά, one’s mind, w. the addition of an accus. of the thing, ἕν πνεῦμα, in pass., 1 Co. xii. 13 L T Tr WH [W. § 82,5; Β. § 134, 5]; eis ἐν πνεῦμα, that we might be united into one body which is imbued with one spirit, ibid. RG, (τινὰ πνεύματι κατανύξεως, Is. xxix. 10 [ef. Sir. xv. 3]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ποτίζω potizō 15x
to cause to drink, give drink to, Mt. 10:42; met. 1 Cor. 3:2; Rev. 14:8; to water, irrigate, met. 1 Cor. 3:6, 7, 8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ποτίζω
(< πότος), [in LXX chiefly for שׁקה hi.;]
to give to drink: c. acc. pers., Mt 25:35, 37, 42 27:48, Mk 15:36, Lk 13:15, Ro 12:20; c. dupl. acc., Mt 10:42, Mk 9:41; fig., γάλα, I Co 3:2; ἐκ τ. οἴνου, Re 14:8; of plants, to water (Xen., Strab., al.; Ge 13:10), fig., I Co 3:6-8. Metaph. (cf. Is 29:10, Si 15:3), of the Spirit, I Co 12:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ποτίζω. For the meaning ‘‘irrigate,” which is common in the LXX, cf. P Petr I. 29 verso (iii/B.c.) (=Witkowski?, p. 31) ὀχιτεύομεν καὶ ποτίζομεν, ‘we are making conduits and irrigating,” PSI V. 5364 (iii/B.c.) thy γῆν τὴγ καθαρὰν πᾶσαν. .. ποτίσας κατάσπειρον, BGU 11. 53078 (i/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 62) μόλις γὰρ μίαν πρασεὰν ποτίζι τὸ ὕδωρ, ‘for there is hardly a single plot which the water irrigates,” P Fay 11176 (A.D. 95-6) τὼν στίχον τὸν φυτὸν (1 τὸν στίχον τῶν φυτῶν) τῶν ἐν τῷ προφήτῃ πότισον, “*water the row of trees ‘at the prophet’’’ (Edd.), Ρ Ryl 11. 15774 (A.D. 135) cited s.v. mots, and P Oxy VI. 9385 (ili/iv A.D.) τῆς γῆς - - . μὴ ποτιζομένης. For the subst. ποτισμός, as in Aq Prov 38, see 74. 93414 (iii/A.D.) χάριν τῶν ποτισμῶν, “for the sake of the irrigation,” ef saefe. In MGr ποτίζω ‘make to drink,’ “‘ water,” is used with double acc.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ποτίζω (potizō) — to water. ποτίζω, Attic dialect future ιῶ [Refs]: (πότος):— give to drink, ἄκρητον ποτίσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. with double accusative, τοὺς ἵππους νέκταρ ἐπότισε gave them nectar to drink, [NT+5th c.BC+]
3. water, [τὰ φυόμενα] [LXX+5th c.BC+]; irrigate, φυτά [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also water cattle, ταύρως καὶ πόρτιας [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, of land, to be watered, to be irrigated, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
4. π. οἴνῳ [Refs 4th c.AD+]; οἴνου [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; οἴνῳ codices [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
5. moisten, μετά τινος Zos.Alch.p.167 [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]