- ποταμός
- ποταμός, οῦ, ὁ (Hom.+) river, streamⓐ lit., of the Jordan (Jos., Ant. 20, 97, Vi. 399; SibOr 6, 5) Mt 3:6; Mk 1:5. Of the Euphrates (s. Εὐφράτης) Rv 9:14; 16:12. Of the Tiber (SibOr 5, 170; Just., A I, 26, 2) Hv 1, 1, 2ab; but the ποταμός of 1, 1, 3 cannot be identified (cp. Hdb. ad loc.). ἦν π. ἕλκων ἐκ δεξιῶν (ἕλκω 3) B 11:10. Cp. Ac 16:13; 2 Cor 11:26; Rv 8:10; 12:15f; 16:4. ἐπέβλεψα ἐπὶ τὸν χείμαρρον τοῦ ποταμοῦ I watched the flow of the river GJs 18:3 (codd.).—Lk 6:48f ὁ ποταμός means a river that flows continuously near the house in question, but in the parallel Mt 7:25, 27 οἱ ποταμοί are to be understood as the mountain torrents or winter torrents which arise in ravines after a heavy rain and carry everything before them (so the pl. in Heraclit. Sto. 38 p. 55, 9; Quint. Smyrn. [400 A.D.] 8, 384; 14, 5). The river of living water in the heavenly Jerusalem Rv 22:1; cp. vs. 2. In a fragmentary context AcPl BMM verso 15.ⓑ The pl. of large amounts of flowing water. Fig. ποταμοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος streams of living water will flow from his (the Redeemer’s—s. κοιλία 3) body J 7:38 (scripture quot. of unknown orig. See Hdb. ad loc.; Bultmann 229, 2; LKöhler, Kleine Lichter ’45, 39–41; CGoodwin, JBL 63, ’54, 72f).—B. 42. DELG. M-M. TW.
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