GreekG1372Verb

διψάω

dipsaō

16Occurrences
G1372Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to thirst for (literally or figuratively)

from a variation of G1373 (δίψος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to thirst: absol., " (LXX); figuratively . with genitive), δικαιοσύνην.
LXX: chiefly for צָמֵא

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

διψάω appears 16 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
6
Matthew
5
Revelation
3
1 Corinthians
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 4:11BSB

To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

John 4:14BSB

But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

John 7:37BSB

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

Matthew 25:42BSB

For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

Revelation 21:6BSB

And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

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