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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 - 'Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness -- because they shall be filled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35 - for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37 - 'Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:42 - for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - 'Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:13 - Jesus answered and said to her, 'Every one who is drinking of this water shall thirst again;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:14 - but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst -- to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.'

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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 may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:35 - And Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst -- at any time;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:37 - And in the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, 'If any one doth 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 now have been finished, that the Writing may be fulfilled, saith, 'I thirst;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20 - I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:11 - unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:16 - they shall not hunger any more, nor may the sun fall upon them, nor any heat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:6 - and He said to me, 'It hath been done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End; I, to him who is thirsting, will give of the fountain of the water of the 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 who is hearing -- let him say, Come; and he who is thirsting -- let him come; and he who is willing -- let him take the water of life freely.
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