διψάω
dipsáō · G1372 · Greek · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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to be thirsty, thirst
The state resulting from not having drunk anything for a period of time
ExamplesMatthew 25:35 ‘For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
Matthew 25:37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?
Matthew 25:42 for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
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to desire strongly
(Figurative extension of meaning of διψάω ‘to thirst,’) To have a strong desire to attain some goal, with the implication of an existing lack
ExamplesMatthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
John 7:37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
15 occurrences in 8 groups
- Not stated (participle) 5
- Not stated: I 3
- πίνωto drink 2
- ἸησοῦςJesus 1
- πιστεύωto believe 1
- τὶςsomeone 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δικαιοσύνηrighteousness 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- εἰςto+ αἰώνage, forever 1
- μετάwith, after+ οὗτοςthis 1
With adverbsAdverbs
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- οὐnot 2
- ἔτιstill 1
- μήnot 1
- πάλινagain, and, also 1
- πώποτεever 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔρχομαιto come 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔπωto say 2
- λέγωto say 1
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μακάριοςblessed, happy 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- צָמֵא tsâmêʼ · H6771 · thirsty, dry
- Hebrew צָמֵא (tsâmêʼ, H6771) denotes the state or condition of being thirsty (adjectival/substantival: 'thirsty/thirsty one'), while Greek διψάω (dipsáō, G1372) expresses the dynamic action or experience of thirsting (verbal); both share the same semantic core of thirst in literal and figurative registers, functioning as direct cross-linguistic equivalents in LXX rendering.
- צָמֵא tsâmêʼ · H6770 · to be thirsty, to be thirsty > to long for
- Greek διψάω directly translates Hebrew צָמֵא across both literal physical thirst and figurative spiritual longing contexts, representing the standard LXX rendering of this Hebrew root with complete semantic overlap in both concrete and metaphorical senses.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To be thirsty, thirst23.39
- Used of a physical craving for drink, as of those who hunger and thirst for righteousness in Matthew 5:6, and Jesus identifying with those who thirsted and were given something to drink, or not, in Matthew 25:35, 25:37, 25:42, and 25:44.
- To desire strongly25.17
- Used figuratively of an intense longing directed toward something other than physical drink, drawn from the same broad range of meaning as the physical-thirst entry above.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon διψῶ, subjunctive present 3 person singular δίψα (Jn 7:37 Rom 12:20; often so from the…
1. absolutely, to suffer thirst; suffer from thirst: properly, Mt 25:35, Mt 25:37, Mt 25:42, Mt 25:44; Jn 4:15; Jn 19:28; Rom 12:20; 1 Cor 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: Jn 4:13; Jn 6:35; Jn 7:37; Rev 7:16; Rev 21:6; Rev 22:17; (Sir. 24:21 (Sir 24:20); Sir 51:21>).
2. with an accusative of the thing desired: τήν δικαιοσύνην, Mt 5:6, (Ps 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).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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