ὕδωρ

(ὕω (but cf. Curtius, § 300)), genitive ὕδατος, τό, from Homer down, Hebrew מַיִם, water: of the water in rivers, Mt 3:16; Rev 16:12; in wells, Jn 4:7; in fountains, Jas 3:12; Rev 8:10; Rev 16:4; in pools, Jn 5:3f, (R L), 7; of the water of the deluge, 1 Pet 3:20; 2 Pet 3:6 (Winer's Grammar, 604f, (562)); of water in any of earth's repositories, Rev 8:10; Rev 11:6; ὁ ἄγγελος τῶν ὑδατον, Rev 16:5; of water as a primary element, out of and through which the world that was before the deluge arose and was compacted, 2 Pet 3:5. plural τά ὕδατα, of the waves of the Lake of Galilee, Mt 14:28f; (so also the singular τό ὕδωρ in Lk 8:25); of the waves of the sea, Rev 1:15; Rev 14:2 (on both these passages, see φωνή, 1); πολλά ὕδατα, many springs or fountains, Jn 3:23; figuratively used of many peoples, Rev 17:1, as the seer himself explains it in Rev 17:15, cf. Nah 2:8; of a quantity of water likened to a river, Rev 12:15; of a definite quantity of water drawn for drinking, Jn 2:7; ποτήριον ὕδατος, Mk 9:41; for washing, Mt 27:24; Lk 7:44; Jn 13:5; Heb 10:22 (23); τό λουτρόν τοῦ ὕδατος, of baptism, Eph 5:26 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 138 (130)); κεράμιον ὕδατος, Mk 14:13; Lk 22:10. in opposed to other things, whether elements or liquids: opposed to τῷ πνεύματι καί πυρί (cf. Buttmann, § 133, 19; Winer's Grammar, 217 (204), 412 (384)), Mt 3:11; Lk 3:16; to πνεύματι alone, Jn 1:26, Jn 1:31, Jn 1:33; Acts 1:5 (in all these passages the water of baptism is intended); to τῷ πυρί alone, Mt 17:15; Mk 9:22; to τῷ οἴνῳ, Jn 2:9; Jn 4:46; to τῷ αἵματι, Jn 19:34; Heb 9:19; 1 Jn 5:6, 1 Jn 5:8. Allegorically, that which refreshes and keeps alive the soul is likened to water, viz. the Spirit and truth of God, Jn 4:14f (ὕδωρ σοφίας, Sir. 15:3); on the expressions ὕδωρ ζῶν, τό ὕδωρ τῆς ζωῆς, ζῶσαι πηγαί ὑδάτων, see ζάω, II.
a. and ζωή, 2 b., p. 274a.