ποτήριον in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

1) a cup, a drinking vessel
2) metaphorically one's lot or experience, whether joyous or adverse, divine appointments, whether favourable or unfavourable, are likened to a cup which God presents one to drink: so of prosperity and adversity
Part of Speech: noun neuter
Citing in TDNT: 6:148, 841

Strong

G4221
Neuter of a derivative of the alternate of G4095; a drinking vessel; by extension the contents thereof, that is, a cupful (draught); figuratively a lot or fate: - cup.

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
cup6.121
(πίνω ποτήριον) suffer severely24.81
(παραφέρω τὸ ποτήριον ἀπό) cause not to experience90.97

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

SBLWestcott/HortTischendorfByzantine
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4
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Total31
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17
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6
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18
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6
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2
Total33

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