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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 39 times in 38 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:3 -

But the people thirsted there for water and grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you ever bring us up from Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 -

“He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous[fn] snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint rock for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 -

He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink for I am thirsty.” She opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 -

He became very thirsty and called out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great victory through your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:9 -

“See which field they are harvesting, and follow them. Haven’t I ordered the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 -

“Isn’t Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, “The LORD our God will keep us from the grasp of the king of Assyria”?

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 -

You provided bread from heaven for their hunger;

you brought them water from the rock for their thirst.

You told them to go in and possess the land

you had sworn[fn] to give them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 -

A trap catches him by the heel;

a noose seizes him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 -

You gave no water to the thirsty

and withheld food from the famished,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 -

They waited for me as for the rain

and opened their mouths as for spring showers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 -

I thirst for God, the living God.

When can I come and appear before God?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 -

God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you.

I thirst for you;

my body faints for you

in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:21 -

Instead, they gave me gall for my food,

and for my thirst

they gave me vinegar to drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 -

They supply water for every wild beast;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 -

They were hungry and thirsty;

their spirits failed[fn] within them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:33 -

He turns rivers into desert,

springs into thirsty ground,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 -

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,

and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:25 -

Good news from a distant land

is like cold water to a parched throat.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 -

A wicked ruler over a helpless people

is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 -

Therefore my people will go into exile

because they lack knowledge;

her[fn] dignitaries are starving,

and her masses are parched with thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:14 -

Bring water for the thirsty.

The inhabitants of the land of Tema

meet[fn] the refugees with food.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 -

For you have been a stronghold for the poor person,

a stronghold for the needy in his distress,

a refuge from storms and a shade from heat.

When the breath of the violent

is like a storm against a wall,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 -

like heat in a dry land,

you will subdue the uproar of barbarians.

As the shade of a cloud cools the heat of the day,

so he will silence the song of the violent.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 -

It will be like a hungry one who dreams he is eating,

then wakes and is still hungry;

and like a thirsty one who dreams he is drinking,

then wakes and is still thirsty, longing for water.

So it will be for all the many nations

who go to battle against Mount Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 -

Each will be like a shelter from the wind,

a refuge from the rain,

like flowing streams in a dry land

and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 -

For a fool speaks foolishness

and his mind plots iniquity.

He lives in a godless way

and speaks falsely about the LORD.

He leaves the hungry empty

and deprives the thirsty of drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 -

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;

the desert will rejoice and blossom like a wildflower.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 -

Then the lame will leap like a deer,

and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,

for water will gush in the wilderness,

and streams in the desert;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 -

the parched ground will become a pool,

and the thirsty land, springs.

In the haunt of jackals, in their lairs,

there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:17 -

The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched with thirst.

I will answer them.

I am the LORD, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 -

I will open rivers on the barren heights,

and springs in the middle of the plains.

I will turn the desert into a pool

and dry land into springs.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 -

They did not thirst

when he led them through the deserts;

he made water flow from the rock for them;

he split the rock, and water gushed out.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 -

They will not hunger or thirst,

the scorching heat or sun will not strike them;

for their compassionate one will guide them,

and lead them to springs.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2 -

He grew up before him like a young plant

and like a root out of dry ground.

He didn’t have an impressive form

or majesty that we should look at him,

no appearance that we should desire him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 -

“Come, everyone who is thirsty,

come to the water;

and you without silver,

come, buy, and eat!

Come, buy wine and milk

without silver and without cost!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 -

Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says:

“Look! My servants will eat,

but you will be hungry.

Look! My servants will drink,

but you will be thirsty.

Look! My servants will rejoice,

but you will be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 -

“for I satisfy the thirsty person and feed all those who are weak.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:11 -

Look, the days are coming —

this is the declaration of the Lord GOD —

when I will send a famine through the land:

not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,

but of hearing the words of the LORD.

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