Word

ἀντλέω

antléō · G501 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to draw water

To take liquid, normally water, from a container or well

Examples
John 2:8 And He said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” And they took it to him.
John 2:9 Now when the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the groom,
John 4:7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

How it’s used In 5 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

4 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated (infinitive) 2
Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ὕδωρwater 2

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐνθάδεhere 1
νῦνnow 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

διάκονοςservant, deacon 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

λέγωto say 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 1 word

שָׁאַב shâʼab · H7579 · to draw (water): Greek ἀντλέω (antleō) and Hebrew שָׁאַב (sha'av) are direct cross-linguistic equivalents both denoting the physical action of drawing water from a well or source using a vessel or bucket.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To draw water47.1: In John 4:7, “a woman of Samaria came to draw (antlē̃sai) water. Jesus said to her, 'Give Me a drink,'” describing the ordinary task of drawing water from a well.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἀντλέωantléō · G501ἄντλημα ántlēma · G502 · container, vessel · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ά᾿ντλω; 1 aorist ή᾿ντλησα; perfect ἤντληκα; (from ὁ ἄντλος, or τό ἀντλον, bilge-water (or…

ά᾿ντλω; 1 aorist ή᾿ντλησα; perfect ἤντληκα; (from ὁ ἄντλος, or τό ἀντλον, bilge-water (or rather, the place in the hold where it settles, Eustathius commentary on Homer 1728, 58 ὁ τόπος ἔνθα ὕδωρ συρρηι, τό τέ ἄνωθεν καί ἐκ τῶν ἁρμονιων));
a. properly, to draw out a ship's bilge-water, to bale or pump out.
b. universally, to draw water: Jn 2:8; Jn 4:15; ὕδωρ, Jn 2:9; Jn 4:7. (Gen 24:13, Gen 24:20; Ex 2:16, Ex 2:19; Isa 12:3. In Greek writings from Herodotus down.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Movement of Liquids or Masses4 occurrences

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