Quick Definition
I thirst for, desire earnestly
Strong's Definition
to thirst for (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: from a variation of G1373 (δίψος);
KJV Usage: (be, be a-)thirst(-y)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διψάω, διψῶ, subjunctive present 3 person singular δίψα (Joh_7:37 Rom_12:20; often so from the Maced. age on for the Attic δίψῃ, cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 3 b.; (Buttmann, 44 (38)); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 61); future διψήσω; 1 aorist ἐδίψησα; (δίψα, thirst); (from Homer down); to thirst;
1. absolutely, to suffer thirst; suffer from thirst: properly, Mat_25:35; Mat_25:37; Mat_25:42; Mat_25:44; Joh_4:15; Joh_19:28; Rom_12:20; 1Co_4:11; figuratively, those are said to thirst who painfully feel their want of, and eagerly long for, those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, strengthened: Joh_4:13; Joh_6:35; Joh_7:37; Rev_7:16; Rev_21:6; Rev_22:17; (Sir_24:21 (); ).
2. with an accusative of the thing desired: τήν δικαιοσύνην, Mat_5:6, (Psa_62:2 () in the better Greek writings with the genitive; cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 10 b.; (Buttmann, 147 (129)); ἐλευθερίας, Plato, rep. 8, p. 562 c.; τιμῆς, Plutarch, Cat. maj. 11; others; cf. Winer's Grammar, 17).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διψάω dipsaō 16x
to thirst, be thirsty, Mat_25:35 ; Mat_25:37 ; Mat_25:42 ; Mat_25:44 ; met. to thirst after in spirit, to desire or long for ardently, Mat_5:6 ; Joh_4:14 ; Joh_6:35 thirst.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
διψάω ,-ῶ
( < δίψα , thirst),
[in LXX chiefly for H6770 ;]
to thirst: absol. , Mat_25:35 ; Mat_25:37 ; Mat_25:42 ; Mat_25:44 , Joh_4:13 ; Joh_4:15 ; Joh_19:28 , Rom_12:20 ( LXX ), 1Co_4:11 ; fig ., Joh_4:14 ; Joh_6:35 ; Joh_7:37 , Rev_7:16 ; Rev_21:6 ; Rev_22:17 ; c . acc ( = cl . c . gen .), τ . δικαιοσύνην , Mat_5:6 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διψάω [page 165]
The verb is found in no. 3 of the first discovered collection of Λόγια Ἰησοῦ , P Oxy I. p. 3, λέγει Ἰ (ησοῦ )ς Ἔ [σ ]την ἐν μέσω̣ τοῦ κόσμου καὶ ἐν σάρκει ὤφθην αὐτοῖς καὶ εὗρον πάντας μεθύοντας καὶ οὐδένα εὗρον δειψῶντα ἐν αὐτοῖς κτλ . See also the late metrical epitaph from Rome, Cagnat I. 317 .11 (= IGSI 1890) ψυχῇ διψώσῃ ψυχρὸν ὕδωρ μετάδες ( l. -δος ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
διψάω [Etym: δίψα] "to thirst", διψάων [α_] Od. ; of the ground, "to be thirsty, parched", Hdt. metaph. "to thirst after" a thing, c. gen., Plat. : later c. acc., Anth. , NTest. ; c. inf. "to long" to do, Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
διψάω,-ῶ
(δίψα, thirst), [in LXX chiefly for צָמֵא ;]
to thirst: absol., Mat.25:35, 37 25:42, 44, Jhn.4:13, 15 19:28, Rom.12:20" (LXX), 1Co.4:11; figuratively, Jhn.4:14 6:35 7:37, Rev.7:16 21:6 22:17; with accusative (= cl. with genitive), τ. δικαιοσύνην, Mat.5:6.†
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