Strong's Lexicon
G1372 — διψάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1372 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διψάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a variation of G1373 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 16 |
| Transliteration: | dipsao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dip-sah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to thirst for {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | (be, be a-)thirst(-y) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διψάω, διψῶ, subjunctive present 3 person singular δίψα (Joh 7:37 Rom 12:20; often so from the Maced. age on for the Attic δίψῃ, 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, Mat 25:35; Mat 25:37; Mat 25:42; Mat 25:44; Joh 4:15; Joh 19:28; Rom 12:20; 1Co 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: Joh 4:13; Joh 6:35; Joh 7:37; Rev 7:16; Rev 21:6; Rev 22:17; (Sir 24:21 (); ).
2. with an accusative of the thing desired: τήν δικαιοσύνην, Mat 5:6, (Psa 62:2 () 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).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
διψάω ((be)
Matthew 5:6
- KJV: Blessed they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled
- GK: μακάριοι οι πεινώντες και διψώντες την δικαιοσύνην ότι αυτοί χορτασθήσονται
Matthew 25:35
- KJV: For I was an hungred and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in
- GK: επείνασα γαρ και εδώκατέ μοι φαγείν εδίψησα και εποτίσατέ με ξένος ήμην και συνηγάγετέ με
Matthew 25:37
- KJV: Then shall the righteous answer him saying Lord when saw we thee an hungred and fed or thirsty and gave thee drink
- GK: τότε αποκριθήσονται αυτώ οι δίκαιοι λέγοντες κύριε πότε σε είδομεν πεινώντα και εθρέψαμεν η διψώντα και εποτίσαμεν
Matthew 25:42
- KJV: For I was an hungred and ye gave me no meat I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink
- GK: επείνασα γαρ και ουκ εδώκατέ μοι φαγείν εδίψησα και ουκ εποτίσατέ με
Matthew 25:44
- KJV: Then shall they also answer him saying Lord when saw we thee an hungred or athirst or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister unto thee
- GK: τότε αποκριθήσονται αυτώ και αυτοί λέγοντες κύριε πότε σε είδομεν πεινώντα η διψώντα η ξένον η γυμνόν η ασθενή η εν φυλακή και ου διηκονήσαμέν σοι
John 4:13
- KJV: Jesus answered and said unto her Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again
- GK: απεκρίθη ο Ιησούς και είπεν αυτή πας ο πίνων εκ του ύδατος τούτου διψήσει πάλιν
John 4:14
- KJV: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him never thirst but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life
- GK: ος δ αν πίη εκ του ύδατος ου εγώ δώσω αυτώ ου διψήση εις τον αιώνα αλλά το ύδωρ ο δώσω αυτώ γενήσεται εν αυτώ πηγή ύδατος αλλομένου εις ζωήν αιώνιον
John 4:15
- KJV: The woman saith unto him Sir give me this water that I thirst not neither come hither to draw
- GK: λέγει προς αυτόν η γυνή κύριε δος μοι τούτο το ύδωρ ίνα μη διψώ μηδέ έρχωμαι ενθάδε αντλείν
John 6:35
- KJV: And Jesus said unto them I am the bread of life he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that believeth on me shall never thirst
- GK: είπε δε αυτοίς ο Ιησούς εγώ ειμι ο άρτος της ζωής ο ερχόμενος προς με ου πεινάση και ο πιστεύων εις εμέ ου διψήση πώποτε
John 7:37
- KJV: In the last day that great of the feast Jesus stood and cried saying If any man thirst let him come unto me and drink
- GK: εν δε τη εσχάτη ημέρα τη μεγάλη της εορτής ειστήκει ο Ιησούς και έκραξε λέγων εάν τις διψά ερχέσθω προς με και πινέτω
John 19:28
- KJV: After this Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished that the scripture might be fulfilled saith I thirst
- GK: μετά τούτο ιδών ο Ιησούς ότι πάντα ήδη τετέλεσται ίνα τελειωθή η γραφή λέγει διψώ
Romans 12:20
- KJV: Therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him if he thirst give him drink for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head
- GK: εάν ούν πεινά ο εχθρός σου ψώμιζε αυτόν εάν διψά πότιζε αυτόν τούτο γαρ ποιών άνθρακας πυρός σωρεύσεις επί την κεφαλήν αυτού
1 Corinthians 4:11
- KJV: Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted and have no certain dwellingplace
- GK: άχρι της άρτι ώρας και πεινώμεν και διψώμεν και γυμνητεύομεν και κολαφιζόμεθα και αστατούμεν
Revelation 7:16
- KJV: They shall hunger no more neither thirst any more neither sun light on them nor any heat
- GK: ου πεινάσουσιν έτι ουδέ διψήσουσιν ετι ουδ΄ ου πέση επ΄ αυτούς ο ήλιος ουδέ παν καύμα
Revelation 21:6
- KJV: And he said unto me It is done I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely
- GK: και είπέ μοι γέγονα το Α και το Ω η αρχή και τέλος εγώ τω διψώντι δώσω εκ της πηγής του ύδατος της ζωής δωρεάν
Revelation 22:17
- KJV: And the Spirit and the bride say Come And let him that heareth say Come And let him that is athirst come And whosoever will let him take the water of life freely
- GK: και το πνεύμα και η νυμφή λέγουσιν έρχου και ο ακούων ειπάτω έρχου και ο διψών ερχέσθω ο θέλων λαβέτω ύδωρ ζωής δωρεάν