4215 - potamos

Strong's Concordance

Original word: ποταμός
Transliteration: potamos
Definition (short): river
Definition (full): a river

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from pinó
Definition: a river
NASB Translation: floods (2), River (2), river (6), rivers (4), riverside* (1), torrent (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Probably from a derivative of the alternate of pino (compare potos); a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. Running water -- flood, river, stream, water.

see GREEK pino

see GREEK potos

KJV: And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
NASB: and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.
KJV: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
NASB: "And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
KJV: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
NASB: "The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell-- and great was its fall."
KJV: And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
NASB: And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
KJV: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
NASB: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.