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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 39 times in 38 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:3 - And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 - And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:9 - Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 - The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 - My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 - [[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.]] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:21 - They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 - They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 - Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:33 - He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:25 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 - As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:14 - The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:17 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 - I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 - And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 - They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:11 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
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