Bible Dictionary
Cup
A cup was a vessel for drinking, but Scripture also uses it for one’s allotted condition, whether blessing, suffering, judgment, or wrath. In the Lord’s Supper, the cup represents the new covenant in Christ’s blood.
Biblical Usage
The cup may signify salvation, consolation, blessing, prosperity, adversity, or God’s wrath. In the Lord’s Supper it is the cup of blessing and the new covenant in Christ’s blood, contrasted with the cup of demons. Jesus also speaks of the cup of suffering.
Scripture References
Genesis 40:11
Genesis 40:21
1 Kings 10
Revelation 17:4
Genesis 44:2-17
Psalms 116:13
Jeremiah 16:7
Proverbs 31:6
1 Corinthians 10:16
1 Corinthians 10:21
Matthew 26:27
Luke 22:17
Psalms 11:6
Psalms 16:5
Jeremiah 51:7
Proverbs 23:31
Psalms 75:8
Isaiah 51:17
Jeremiah 25:15
Lamentations 4:21
Ezekiel 23:32
Revelation 16:19
Matthew 26:39
Matthew 26:42
John 18:11
Matthew 16:28
Mark 9:1
Hebrews 2:9
1 Kings 10:21
1 Kings 7:26