διψάω dipsaō

Greek word for “to thirst” · Strong’s G1372 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

διψάω,-ῶ; (δίψα, thirst);

How it is translated

Glosses given for dipsaō in context, with how often each is used:

• thirsting 4
• will thirst 3
• thirsted 2
• shall thirst 2
• thirst 2
• thirsting for 1
• may thirst 1
• will they thirst 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 25 (4), John 4 (3), Matthew 5 (1), John 6 (1), John 7 (1), John 19 (1), Romans 12 (1), 1 Corinthians 4 (1), Revelation 7 (1), Revelation 21 (1)

Forms

• διψήσει 3
• ἐδίψησα 2
• διψῶντα 2
• διψῶ 2
• διψᾷ 2
• διψῶντες 1
• διψῶμεν 1
• διψήσουσιν 1
• διψῶντι 1
• διψῶν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dipsaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πεινάω peinaō “to hunger” 9
• ποτίζω potizō “to water” 4
• ὕδωρ hudōr, hudatos “water” 5
• ζωή zōē “life” 4
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 5
• πίνω pinō “to drink” 3
• δωρεάν dōrean “freely” 2
• πηγή pēgē “flow” 2
• ξένος xenos “foreign” 2
• πότε pote “when?” 2
• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 3
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 2

Key verses

The verses using dipsaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:6 — Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
• Matthew 25:35 — For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
• Matthew 25:44 — Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister…
• John 4:14 — But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up…
• John 6:35 — And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
• John 7:37 — In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
• John 19:28 — After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
• Romans 12:20 — Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
• 1 Corinthians 4:11 — Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
• Revelation 7:16 — They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
• Revelation 21:6 — And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life…
• Revelation 22:17 — And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.