Strong G1372διψάω

to thirst

Transliteration
dipsaō
Pronunciation
dip-sah'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From a variation of G1373; to thirst for (literally or figuratively): - (be be a-) thirst (-y).

Detailed definition

διψάω,-ῶ
(δίψα, thirst), [in LXX chiefly for צָמֵא;]
to thirst: absol., Mat.25:35, 37 25:42, 44, Jhn.4:13, 15 19:28, Rom.12:20" (LXX), 1Co.4:11; figuratively, Jhn.4:14 6:35 7:37, Rev.7:16 21:6 22:17; with accusative (= cl. with genitive), τ. δικαιοσύνην, Mat.5:6.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1372 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • thirst10
  • thirsty3
  • athirst2
  • shall2
  • let1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:6
    Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
  2. Matthew 25:35
    For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
  3. Matthew 25:37
    Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
  4. Matthew 25:42
    For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
  5. Matthew 25:44
    Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
  6. John 4:13
    Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
  7. John 4:14
    But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
  8. John 4:15
    The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
  9. John 6:35
    And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
  10. John 7:37
    In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
  11. John 19:28
    After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
  12. Romans 12:20
    Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
  13. 1 Corinthians 4:11
    Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
  14. Revelation 7:16
    They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
  15. Revelation 21:6
    And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
  16. Revelation 22:17
    And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διψ-άω,
late Epic dialect διψ-ώω [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 548, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.57 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]: Ionic dialect διψ-έω [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 68)]; participle διψεῦσα [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.21)]; contraction 3rd.pers. singular διψῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 35b)]; infinitive διψῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.24, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 735, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 441, etc.)]: imperfect 3rd.pers. singular ἐδίψη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.1.β,γ (διψᾷς, -ᾷ, -ᾶν)] only in later writers, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (“APl.” 4.137 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 366a, LXX.Isa.29.8, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.837))]: future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.17)]: aorist ἐδίψησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 562c)]: perfect δεδίψηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 73:)] —middle (see. below):—thirst, στεῦτο δὲ διψάων [ᾱ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.584, etc.)]; of the ground, to be thirsty, parched, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.24; δ. ὑπὸ καύματος 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39.2)]; of trees, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.22.5)]:—middle, διψώμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 25.)]
2 metaphorically, δ. τινός thirst after a thing, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.6; ἐλευθερίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 562c: later with _accusative_, δ. Χῖον 3rd c.BC: Teles Philosophus p.8 H.; φόνον “APl.” 4.137 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus); δικαιοσύνην NT.Matt.5.6; αἷμα 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.32.2; also δ. πρὸς τὸν θεόν LXX.Psa.41(42).2: with _dative_, ὕδατιLXX.Exo.17.3)]: with infinitive, διψῶ χαρίζεσθαι ὑμῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.1; ἀκρατῶς ἐδίψη οἴνου πίνειν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.41, etc.)]