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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - διψάω
διψάω
G1372
Transliteration: dipsáō
Pronunciation: dip-sah'-o
Definition: thirst
- Original: διψάω - Transliteration: Dipsao - Phonetic: dip-sah'-o
- Definition:
1. to suffer thirst, suffer from thirst
a. figuratively, those who are said to thirst who painfully feel their want of, and eagerly long for, those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, strengthened
- Origin: from a variation of G1373" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1373 - TDNT entry: 05:46,2 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From a variation of G1373" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1373; to thirst for (literally or figuratively): - (be be a-) thirst (-y).