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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 were thirsty for water there; and [fn]they grumbled against Moses and said, “Why is it that you have brought us up from Egypt, to kill [fn]us and [fn]our children and [fn]our livestock with thirst?”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - He who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions, and its thirsty ground where there was no water; He who brought water for you out of the rock of flint.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a leather 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 the LORD and said, “You have [fn]handed this great [fn]victory over to Your servant, and now [fn]am I to die of thirst [fn]and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:9 - Keep your eyes on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have ordered the servants not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the [fn]water jars and drink from what the servants draw.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - ‘Is Hezekiah not misleading you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, “The LORD our God will save us from the [fn]hand of the king of Assyria”?
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 -

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

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

And You told them to enter in order to take possession of

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 -

“A snare seizes him by the heel,

And a trap snaps shut on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 -

“You have given the weary no water to drink,

And you have withheld bread from the hungry.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 -

“They waited for me as for the rain,

And opened their mouths as for the 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.

God, You are my God; I shall be watching for You;

My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,

In a dry and exhausted land where there is no water.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:21 -

They also gave me [fn]a bitter herb in my food,

And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 -

They give drink to every animal of the field;

The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 -

They were hungry [fn]and thirsty;

Their souls felt weak within them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:33 -

He turns 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 good news 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 their [fn]nobles are famished,

And their multitude is parched with thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:14 -

Bring water [fn]for the thirsty,

You inhabitants of the land of Tema;

Meet the fugitive with bread.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 -

For You have been a stronghold for the helpless,

A stronghold for the poor 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 uproar of foreigners;

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 -

It will be as when a hungry person dreams

And behold, he is eating;

But when he awakens, his [fn]hunger is not satisfied,

Or as when a thirsty person dreams

And behold, he is drinking,

But when he awakens, behold, he is faint

And his [fn]thirst is not quenched.

So will the multitude of all the nations 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 an exhausted land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 -

For a fool speaks nonsense,

And his heart [fn]inclines toward wickedness:

To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD,

To [fn]keep the hungry person unsatisfied

And [fn]to withhold drink from the thirsty.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 -

The wilderness and the desert will rejoice,

And the [fn]desert will shout for joy and blossom;

Like the crocus

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 -

Then those who limp will leap like a deer,

And the tongue of those who cannot speak will shout for joy.

For waters will burst forth in the wilderness,

And streams in the [fn]desert.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 -

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 poor and needy are seeking water, but there is none,

And their tongues are parched with thirst.

I, the LORD, will answer them Myself;

As the God of Israel I will not abandon 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 -

They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts.

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

He split the rock and the water gushed out.

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 lead them,

And He will guide 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 dry ground;

He has no stately form or majesty

That we would look at Him,

Nor an appearance that we would take pleasure in Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 -

[fn]You there! Everyone 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, this is what the Lord [fn]GOD says:

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

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

Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - “For I give plenty of water to the weary ones, and [fn]refresh everyone who languishes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:11 -

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord GOD,

“When I will send a famine on the land,

Not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,

But rather for hearing the words of the LORD.

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