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Greek verb · G1372

διψάω

dipsaodip-sah'-o

to thirst

16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: dipsáō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1372is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 5 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 10
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G1372

to thirst for (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: (be, be a-)thirst(-y).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

dipsao is rendered "to thirst". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across five books.

  • Six of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
  • The Greek text spells it ten different ways.

The first use

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Matthew 5:6διψῶντες

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Six of the word's sixteen uses are in John.

The other 22 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • thirsting4
  • will thirst3
  • I thirsted2
  • he shall thirst1
  • I may thirst1
  • I thirst1
  • shall thirst1
  • thirst1
  • thirsting for1
  • will they thirst1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 16, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

10 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • διψήσει3
  • διψᾷ2
  • διψῶ2
  • διψῶντα2
  • ἐδίψησα2
  • διψήσουσιν1
  • διψῶμεν1
  • διψῶν1
  • διψῶντες1
  • διψῶντι1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-FAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-AAI-1S
  • verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular2V-PAP-ASM
  • verb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-PAS-3S
  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FAI-3P
  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PAI-1P
  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PAI-1S
  • verb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1V-PAP-DSM
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
  • verb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-PAS-1S

Matthew

five uses
  • Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

    Matthew 5:6

    • διψῶντεςdipsontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: thirsting for
  • 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 took Me in,

    Matthew 25:35

    • ἐδίψησαedipsesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I thirsted
  • 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 25:37

    • διψῶνταdipsontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: thirsting
  • For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

    Matthew 25:42

    • ἐδίψησαedipsesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I thirsted
  • And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

    Matthew 25:44

    • διψῶνταdipsontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: thirsting

John

six uses
  • Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

    John 4:13

    • διψήσειdipseseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will thirst
  • 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 4:14

    • διψήσειdipseseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will thirst
  • The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

    John 4:15

    • διψῶdipsoverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may thirst
  • Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

    John 6:35

    • διψήσειdipseseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will thirst
  • 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.

    John 7:37

    • διψᾷdipsaverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall thirst
  • After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

    John 19:28

    • διψῶdipsoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I thirst

Romans

one use
  • On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

    Romans 12:20

    • διψᾷdipsaverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he shall thirst

1 Corinthians

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

    1 Corinthians 4:11

    • διψῶμενdipsomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: thirst

Revelation

three uses
  • ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’

    Revelation 7:16

    • διψήσουσινdipsesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will they thirst
  • 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.

    Revelation 21:6

    • διψῶντιdipsontiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: thirsting
  • The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

    Revelation 22:17

    • διψῶνdipsonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: thirsting

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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