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Lexicon :: Strong's G1372 - dipsaō

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διψάω
Transliteration
dipsaō (Key)
Pronunciation
dip-sah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a variation of δίψος (G1373)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:226,177

Strong’s Definitions

διψάω dipsáō, dip-sah'-o; from a variation of G1373; to thirst for (literally or figuratively):—(be, be a-)thirst(-y).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G1372 in the following manner: thirst (10x), be thirsty (3x), be athirst (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G1372 in the following manner: thirst (10x), be thirsty (3x), be athirst (3x).

  1. to suffer thirst, suffer from thirst

    1. figuratively, those who are said to thirst who painfully feel their want of, and eagerly long for, those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, strengthened

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διψάω dipsáō, dip-sah'-o; from a variation of G1373; to thirst for (literally or figuratively):—(be, be a-)thirst(-y).
STRONGS G1372:
διψάω, -ῶ, subjunctive present 3 person singular δίψᾷ (John 7:37; Romans 12:20; often so from the Macedonian age on for the Attic δίψῇ, cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 3 b.; [Buttmann, 44 (38)]; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 61); future διψήσω; 1 aorist ἐδίψησα; (δίψα, thirst); [from Homer down]; to thirst;
1. absolutely, to suffer thirst; suffer from thirst: properly, Matthew 25:35, 37, 42, 44; John 4:15; John 19:28; Romans 12:20; 1 Corinthians 4:11; figuratively, those are said to thirst who painfully feel their want of, and eagerly long for, those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, strengthened: John 4:13; John 6:35; John 7:37; Revelation 7:16; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:17; (Sir. 24:21 (Sir 24:20); Sir 51:24).
2. with an accusative of the thing desired: τὴν δικαιοσύνην, Matthew 5:6, (Psalm 62:2 (Ps. 63:2) in the better Greek writings with the genitive; cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 10 b.; [Buttmann, 147 (129)]; ἐλευθερίας, Plato, rep. 8, p. 562 c.; τιμῆς, Plutarch, Cat. maj. 11; others; cf. Winer's Grammar, 17).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
62:2; 63:2
Matthew
5:6; 25:35; 25:37; 25:42; 25:44
John
4:13; 4:15; 6:35; 7:37; 7:37; 19:28
Romans
12:20; 12:20
1 Corinthians
4:11
Revelation
7:16; 21:6; 22:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1372 matches the Greek διψάω (dipsaō),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:6 - Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35 - for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:42 - for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:13 - Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 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 become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:15 - The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:35 - Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:37 - Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:28 - After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20 - But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:11 - Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:16 - They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:6 - And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:17 - And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.
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