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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.

2. (n.) Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.

3. (n.) To feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.

4. (n.) To have a vehement desire.

5. (v. t.) To have a thirst for.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

THIRST

thurst (tsama', verb tsame'; dipsao, dipsos, dipsa): One of the most powerful natural appetities, the craving for water or other drink. Besides its natural significance, thirst is figuratively used of strong spiritual desire. The soul thirsts for God (Psalm 42:2; Psalm 63:1). Jesus meets the soul's thirst with water of life (John 4:13; 6:35; 7:37). It is said of the heavenly bliss, "They shall hunger no more; neither thirst any more" (Revelation 7:16, 17; compare Isaiah 49:10).

Greek

1372. dipsao -- to thirst
... to thirst. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dipsao Phonetic Spelling:
(dip-sah'-o) Short Definition: I thirst for, desire earnestly Definition: I thirst ...
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1373. dipsos -- thirst
... dipsos. 1374 . thirst. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: dipsos Phonetic
Spelling: (dip'-sos) Short Definition: thirst Definition: thirst. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6772. tsama -- thirst
... 6771, 6772. tsama. 6773 . thirst. Transliteration: tsama Phonetic Spelling:
(tsaw-maw') Short Definition: thirst. Word Origin from ...
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6773. tsimah -- parched condition
... 6772, 6773. tsimah. 6774 . parched condition. Transliteration: tsimah Phonetic
Spelling: (tsim-aw') Short Definition: thirst. Word Origin fem. ... thirst. ...
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6770. tsame -- to be thirsty
... 6769, 6770. tsame. 6771 . to be thirsty. Transliteration: tsame Phonetic Spelling:
(tsaw-may') Short Definition: thirst. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3864. Lubim -- inhab. of N. Africa
... 11:43) {loob-bee'}; partrial from a name probably derived from an unused root meaning
to thirst, ie A dry region; apparently a Libyan or inhabitant of interior ...
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5315. nephesh -- a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire ...
... perfume* (1), person (68), person* (1), persons (19), slave (1), some (1), soul
(238), soul's (1), souls (12), strength (1), themselves (6), thirst (1), throat ...
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6771. tsame -- thirsty
... that thirsts,. From tsame'; thirsty (literally or figuratively) -- (that)
thirst(-eth, -y). see HEBREW tsame'. 6770, 6771. tsame. 6772 . Strong's Numbers.
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7301. ravah -- to be saturated, drink one's fill
... A primitive root; to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites) -- bathe,
make drunk, (take the) fill, satiate, (abundantly) satisfy, soak, water ...
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Library

I Thirst for Love
... SELECTED POEMS OF SOEUR TH??R??SE, THE LITTLE FLOWER OF JESUS I THIRST FOR LOVE. ... "I
thirst"I thirst"I thirst"for love alway!". I, too, Thy prisoner am I; ...
//christianbookshelf.org/therese/story of a soul/i thirst for love.htm

Thirst and Satisfaction
... VOLUME II: PSALMS LI to CXLV THIRST AND SATISFACTION. 'My soul ... surface. I.
The soul that knows its own needs will thirst after God. The ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/thirst and satisfaction.htm

The Thirst of God
... The Thirst of God. Heinrich Suso John 4:7. The hart panteth after the waters,. The
dying for life that departs; The Lord in His glory for sinners,. ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen suso and others/the thirst of god.htm

"The Spiritual Thirst (Which was in Him from Without Beginning) is ...
... THE THIRTEENTH REVELATION CHAPTER XXXI "The Spiritual Thirst (which was in Him from
without beginning) is desire in Him as long as we be in need, drawing us up ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter xxxi the spiritual thirst.htm

Knox Little -- Thirst Satisfied
... KNOX LITTLE " THIRST SATISFIED. THIRST SATISFIED BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. William ...
KNOX LITTLE. BORN IN 1839. THIRST SATISFIED[1]. [Footnote ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 8/knox little thirst satisfied.htm

The Divine Hunger and Thirst
... THE DIVINE HUNGER AND THIRST. ... For just in as far as a man hungers and thirsts after
righteousness and truth, he will hunger and thirst after nothing else. ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon ii the divine hunger.htm

Whether Pleasure Causes Thirst or Desire for Itself?
... OF THE EFFECTS OF PLEASURE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether pleasure causes thirst
or desire for itself? Objection 1: It would seem that ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether pleasure causes thirst or.htm

The Thirst of the Rich Man in Hell Does not Prove the Soul to be ...
... Book II. Chapter 8."The Thirst of the Rich Man in Hell Does Not Prove the
Soul to Be Corporeal. Now with regard to the point, which ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 8 the thirst of the.htm

The Divine Hunger and Thirst. December 14.
... The Divine Hunger and Thirst. December 14. God grant us to be among "those
who really hunger and thirst after righteousness," and ...
/.../kingsley/daily thoughts /the divine hunger and thirst.htm

LM Miss Bremer. Thirst for Living Waters.
... VI. THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 236. LM Miss Bremer. Thirst for Living Waters.
1 I thirst!"O, grant the waters pure Which they who ...
/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/236 l m miss bremer.htm

Thesaurus

Thirst (40 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; --
usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold. ...THIRST. ...
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Quench (14 Occurrences)
... said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions;
as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate ...
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Thirsty (38 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing
sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire. ...
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Thirsted (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Thirst. Multi-Version Concordance
Thirsted (6 Occurrences). Matthew 25:35 for I hungered ...
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Nakedness (50 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 4:11 To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in
nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home, (DBY). ...
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Parched (37 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:13 Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their
honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst. ...
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Toil (66 Occurrences)
... (WEY DBY NAS). 2 Corinthians 6:5 by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots,
by toil, by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst; (WEY). ...
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Drinketh (33 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV WBS). John 4:13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh
of this water shall thirst again: (KJV ASV WBS). John ...
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Drinks (28 Occurrences)
... WEB DBY). John 4:13 Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water
will thirst again, (WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV). John 4:14 ...
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Sleepless (2 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 6:5 by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil,
by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst; (WEY NAS NIV). ...
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Resources

What does it mean that blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness? | GotQuestions.org

Why did Jesus say, “I thirst,” from the cross? | GotQuestions.org

What did Jesus mean when He said, “I am the Bread of Life” (John 6:35)? | GotQuestions.org

Thirst: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Thirst (40 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 25:35
for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 25:42
for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 4:13
Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 4:14
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 4:15
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I don't get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 6:35
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:37
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 19:28
After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 12:20
Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 4:11
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 6:5
by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil, by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst;
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 2:2
Thirst, like newly-born infants, for pure milk for the soul, that by it you may grow up to salvation;
(WEY)

Revelation 7:16
They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 17:3
The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 8:15
who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;
(Root in WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:48
therefore you shall serve your enemies whom Yahweh shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck, until he has destroyed you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 15:18
He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, "You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?"
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 32:11
Doesn't Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Yahweh our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 9:15
and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 9:20
You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn't withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 24:11
They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 69:21
They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 104:11
They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 5:13
Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 29:8
It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn't satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 41:17
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 48:21
They didn't thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 49:10
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he will guide them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 50:2
Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 65:13
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed;
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 2:25
Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 46:10
For that day is a day of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 48:18
You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Lamentations 4:4
The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 2:3
Lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 8:11
Behold, the days come," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 8:13
In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Thirst

Thirst: Figurative of the Ardent Desire of the Devout Mind

Related Terms

Quench (14 Occurrences)

Thirsty (38 Occurrences)

Thirsted (6 Occurrences)

Nakedness (50 Occurrences)

Parched (37 Occurrences)

Toil (66 Occurrences)

Drinketh (33 Occurrences)