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 27New Testament books
- 10spellings
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.
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.
- 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,
- 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?
- 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,
- 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?’
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.’
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
