διψάω

διψάω — dipsáō

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).