to water
Potizo is used for giving drink, including watering a field, supplying people or animals with drink, and making others drink.
The verb most often describes supplying a drink in acts of care, whether to people, animals, or Jesus in the crucifixion accounts. It also occurs for watering in the planting-and-growth comparison and for causing people to drink in statements about one Spirit and Babylon's wine.
Senses in use
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Giving a person or animal something to drink · dominant
In Matthew 25:35 the aorist active form occurs in the response to thirst alongside giving food, while Matthew 25:42 uses the same form for withholding a drink. Luke 13:15 places the present active form with leading an ox or donkey away and giving it water; Mark 15:36 describes a sponge filled with vinegar being given as a drink.
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Watering in a planting comparison · common
In 1 Corinthians 3:6, the aorist active form follows “I planted,” and the APB renders the next action “Apollos watered,” before God causes growth. In 1 Corinthians 3:7 and 1 Corinthians 3:8, the present active participle identifies “the one who waters” alongside “the one who plants.”
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Causing others to drink · occasional
In 1 Corinthians 12:13, the aorist passive form occurs in the clause that all were made to drink of one Spirit. Revelation 14:8 uses a perfect active form in the statement that Babylon has made all nations drink from the wine of wrath.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously renders the relevant clauses with “watered,” “water it,” “gave... drink,” and “made to drink.” These renderings confirm the clauses' drinking or watering settings rather than establish a separate English equivalent for every occurrence.