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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 [fn]they grumbled against Moses and said, “Why, now, have you brought us up from Egypt, to put [fn]us and [fn]our children and [fn]our livestock to death with thirst?”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - “He led you through the great and fearsome wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - Then he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a [fn]bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 - Then he became very thirsty, and he called to Yahweh and said, “You have given this great salvation by the hand of Your slave, but now [fn]shall I die of thirst [fn]and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:9 - “Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have commanded the young men not to touch you. And if you are thirsty, go to the [fn]water jars and drink from what the young men draw.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - ‘Is not Hezekiah inciting you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, “Yahweh our God will deliver us from the [fn]hand of the king of Assyria”?
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 -

“You gave bread from heaven for them for their hunger,

You brought forth water from a rock for them for their thirst,

And You said to them to enter in order to possess

The land which You [fn]swore to give them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 -

“A snare seizes him by the heel,

And a device snaps shut on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 -

“To the weary you have given no water to drink,

And from the hungry you have withheld bread.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 -

“They waited for me as for the rain,

And opened their mouth as for the [fn]late rain.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 -

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;

When shall I come and [fn]appear before God?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:1 -

A Psalm of David. [fn]When he was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, You are my God; I shall seek You [fn]earnestly;

My soul thirsts for You, my flesh [fn]yearns for You,

In a dry and weary land without water.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:21 -

They also gave me [fn]gall [fn]for my food

And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 -

They give water to every beast of the field;

The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 -

Hungry [fn]and thirsty,

Their soul fainted within them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:33 -

He [fn]makes rivers into a [fn]wilderness

And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 -

If [fn]your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;

And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:25 -

Like cold water to a weary soul,

So is a good report from a distant land.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 -

Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear

Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 -

Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge;

And [fn]their honorable men are famished,

And their multitude is parched with thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:14 -

Bring water to meet the thirsty,

O inhabitants of the land of Tema,

Meet with bread the one who has fled.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 -

For You have been a strong defense for the poor,

A strong defense for the needy in his distress,

A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;

For the breath of the ruthless

Is like a rain storm against a wall.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 -

Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the rumbling of strangers;

Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is [fn]silenced.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 -

And it will be as when a hungry man dreams

And behold, he is eating;

But he awakens, and his soul is empty,

Or as when a thirsty man dreams

And behold, he is drinking,

But he awakens, and behold, he is faint,

And his soul is not quenched.

Thus the multitude of all the nations will be

Who wage war against Mount Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 -

Each will be like a refuge from the wind

And a shelter from the storm,

Like [fn]streams of water in a dry country,

Like the shade of a [fn]huge rock in [fn]a weary land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 -

For a wicked fool speaks wicked folly,

And his heart does wickedness:

To do ungodliness and to speak error against Yahweh,

In order to make the hungry person empty;

He even causes the thirsty to lack a drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 -

The wilderness and the desert will be delighted,

And the [fn]Arabah will rejoice and flourish;

Like the crocus

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 -

Then the lame will leap like a deer,

And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.

For waters will break forth in the wilderness

And streams in the [fn]Arabah.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 -

Then the [fn]scorched land will become a pool

And the thirsty ground springs of water;

In the haunt of jackals, its resting place,

Grass becomes reeds and rushes.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:17 -

“The [fn]afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none,

And their tongue is parched with thirst;

I, Yahweh, will answer them Myself,

As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 -

“I will open rivers on the bare heights

And springs in the midst of the valleys;

I will make the wilderness a pool of water

And the dry land fountains of water.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 -

And they did not thirst when He led them through the waste places.

He made the water flow out of the rock for them;

He split the rock, and the water gushed forth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 -

“They will not hunger or thirst,

Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down;

For He who has compassion on them will guide them

And will lead them to springs of water.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:2 -

For He grew up before Him like a tender [fn]shoot,

And like a root out of parched ground;

He has no stately form or majesty

That we should look upon Him,

Nor appearance that we should desire Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 -

“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;

And you who have no [fn]money come, buy and eat.

Come, buy wine and milk

Without money and without cost.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 -

Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Behold, My slaves will eat, but you will be hungry.

Behold, My slaves will drink, but you will be thirsty.

Behold, My slaves will be glad, but you will be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - “For I satisfy the weary soul and fill up every soul who wastes away.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:11 -

“Behold, days are coming,” declares Lord Yahweh,

“When I will send a famine on the land,

Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,

But rather for hearing the words of Yahweh.

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