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διψάω

Strong’s: G1372

Associated OET lemmas: διψάω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: δίψος

Sense 1: to be thirsty, thirst

Semantic entry: 23.39

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Eat, Drink

Definition: the state resulting from not having drunk anything for a period of time

MAT 25:35: RV MAT 25:35 · LV MAT 25:35 · Read together MAT 25:35

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OET-RV MAT 25:35

35 because 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 accommodated me,

OET-LV MAT 25:35

35 For/Because I _hungered and you _all _gave to _me to _eat, I _thirsted and you _all _gave_ me _to _drink, I _was a_stranger and you _all _brought_ me _in,

MAT 25:37: RV MAT 25:37 · LV MAT 25:37 · Read together MAT 25:37

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OET-RV MAT 25:37

37 Then those godly people will ask, ‘Master, when did we ever see you hungry and we fed you, or thirsty and we gave you a drink?

OET-LV MAT 25:37

37 Then the righteous will _be _answering to _him saying:
master, when we _saw you hungering and we _fed, or thirsting and we _gave _to _drink?

All 14 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 25:35 · RV MAT 25:37 · RV MAT 25:42 · RV MAT 25:44 · LV MAT 25:35 · LV MAT 25:37 · LV MAT 25:42 · LV MAT 25:44 · Read together MAT 25:35 · Read together MAT 25:37 · Read together MAT 25:42 · Read together MAT 25:44

JHN: RV JHN 4:13–15 · RV JHN 6:35 · RV JHN 19:28 · LV JHN 4:13–15 · LV JHN 6:35 · LV JHN 19:28 · Read together JHN 4:13–15 · Read together JHN 6:35 · Read together JHN 19:28

ROM: RV ROM 12:20 · LV ROM 12:20 · Read together ROM 12:20

CO1: RV CO1 4:11 · LV CO1 4:11 · Read together CO1 4:11

REV: RV REV 7:16 · RV REV 21:6 · RV REV 22:17 · LV REV 7:16 · LV REV 21:6 · LV REV 22:17 · Read together REV 7:16 · Read together REV 21:6 · Read together REV 22:17

Sense 2: to desire strongly

Semantic entry: 25.17

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Desire Strongly

Definition: (figurative extension of meaning of διψάω[a] ‘to thirst,’ 23.39: διψάω / 23.39: δίψος) to have a strong desire to attain some goal, with the implication of an existing lack

Notes: In RV MAT 5:6 · LV MAT 5:6 · Read together MAT 5:6 the two terms διψάω and πεινάω mutually reinforce the meaning of great desire.

MAT 5:6: RV MAT 5:6 · LV MAT 5:6 · Read together MAT 5:6

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OET-RV MAT 5:6

6 “Those who are hungry and thirsty to obey God are blessed, because they’ll be satisfied.

OET-LV MAT 5:6

6 Blessed are the ones hungering and thirsting the for _righteousness, because they will _be _being _satisfied.

JHN 7:37: RV JHN 7:37 · LV JHN 7:37 · Read together JHN 7:37

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OET-RV JHN 7:37

37 On the final climax day of the celebrations, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) stood there and shouted, “Anyone who’s thirsty, come here to me and drink.

OET-LV JHN 7:37

37 And at the the great last day of _the feast the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) had _stood, and cried _out saying:
If anyone may _be _thirsting, let _him _be _coming to me and let _him _be _drinking.