Strong's G4216: ποταμοφόρητος (potamophórētos)…

Quick Definition

ποταμοφόρητος, ον Adj carried away by a stream

Strong's Definition

river-borne, i.e. overwhelmed by a stream

Derivation: from G4215 (ποταμός) and a derivative of G5409 (φορέω);

KJV Usage: carried away of the flood

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ποταμοφόρητος (G4216)

adjc. | -ον | ποταμός + φέρω

15.205 · Linear Movement · Carry, Bear

carried off by a flood pertaining to being carried away by river or flood

REV 12:15

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ποταμο-φόρητος, -ov, ὁ, (ποταμός and φορέω; like aveμοφόρητος [cf. W. 100 (94)]), carried away by a stream (i. e. whelmed, drowned in the waters): Rev. xii. 15. Besides only in Hesych. 8. v. ἀπόερσε.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ποταμοφόρητος potamophorētos 1x

borne along or carried away by a flood or torrent, Rev. 12:15*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† ποταμο-φόρητος, -ον, carried away by a stream: Re 12:15 (for two exx. in π., v. MM, xxi).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ποταμοφόρητος [page 530] Grimm s entry ( Besides only in Hesychius ) would suggest that this compd. in Rev_12:15 = carried away by a stream was coined by John; but it occurs as early as B.C. 110 in BGU VI. 1216 .98, al . : cf. P Amh II. 85 .16 (A.D. 78) ἐὰν δέ τι ἄβροχος γένηται ἠ̣ καὶ ποταμοφόρητος ᾒ ὔ̣φα̣μ̣μ̣ος , if any part of the land becomes unwatered or is carried off by the river or covered by sand (Edd.), also in P Tebt II. 610 (ii/A.D.), P Ryl II. 378 .2 (ii/A.D.), and P Strass I. 5 .10 (as read Berichtigungen , p. 404 A.D. 262) τῆς γῆς ταύτης [πο ]ταμοφορήτου γενομέν [ης .

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ποταμοφόρητος (potamophorētos) — flooded. ποτᾰμο-φόρητος, ον, carried away by a river, [NT+1st c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ποταμο-φόρητος, -ον carried away by a stream: Rev.12:15 (for two exx. in π., see MM, xxi).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

12:15

G4216 ποταμοφόρητος (potamophórētos)