water

Greek Noun Neuter

ὕδωρ genitive, ὕδατος, τό, [in LXX chiefly for מַיִם;] water: Mat.3:16, Mrk.1:10, Luk.7:44, Jhn.4:7, Jas.3:12, Rev.8:10, al; pl, Mat.14:28-29, Jhn.3:23, Rev.1:15, al; βαπτίζειν (ἐν) ὕδατι, Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:8, Jhn.1:26, al; τ. λυυτρὸν τοῦ ὕ, Eph.5:26; opposite to οἴνος, Jhn.2:9 4:46; αἷμα, Jhn.19:34, Heb.9:19, 1Jn.5:6 Jn 5:8 Mat.17:15 Mrk.9:22; πνεῦμα, Jhn.1:26, 31 1:33; πνεῦμα καὶ πῦρ, Mat.3:11, Luk.3:16;ἐξ ὕ. κ. πνεύματος γεννηθῆναι, Jhn.3:5; metaphorically, of divine truth and grace (τ.) ὕ. (τ.) ζῶν, Jhn.4:10-11 (cf. Jhn.4:13-15); τ. ὕ. τ. ζωῆς, of spiritual refresh­ment, Rev.21:6 22:1, 17 (AS)

water

Greek Noun Neuter

ὕδωρ [ῠ, see near the end], τό, genitive ὕδατος: an Epic dialect dative ὕδει in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later nominative ὕδος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect οὕδωρ probably in [Refs]:—water, of any kind, but in [Refs 8th c.BC+] rarely of seawater without an epithet, ἄνεμός τε καὶ ὕ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of rivers, ὕ. Αἰσήποιο, Στυγός, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in Lyric poetry and Trag, ὕ, Ἀσώπιον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in plural (but only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+] the waters of Cephisus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: spring-water, drinking-water, οἶνον ἔμισγον καὶ ὕ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕ. πίνων a water-drinker, [Refs 5th c.BC+] water for washing the hands, see at {χεί; φέρτε χερσὶν ὕ}. [Refs 8th c.BC+] —a curse was invoked upon those who refused fire (i.e. the right to borrow burning embers) or water or to direct a traveller on his way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνει; if water chokes, what more can be done? of a desperate case, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) rain-water, rain, ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕ. Ζεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+] is a gloss in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ Διὸς, or παρὰ τοῦ Δ, ὕ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καινὸν ἀεὶ τὸν Δία ὕειν ὕδωρ, ὕδωρ τὸν θεὸν ποιῆσαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] thunder-showers, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) for ἐν ὕδατι βρέχεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) in the law-courts, τὸ ὕδωρ was the water of the water-clock (κλεψύδρ), and hence the time it took in running out, ἂν ἐγχωρῇ τὸ ὕδωρ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ὕ, ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὕ, in the time allowed me, [Refs]; οὐκ ἐνδέχεται πρὸς ταὐτὸ ὕ. εἰπεῖν one cannot say (all) in one speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπίλαβε τὸ ὕ. stop the water (which was done while the speech was interrupted by the calling of evidence and reading of documents), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀποδιδόναι, παραδιδόναι τινὶ τὸ ὕ, to give him the turn of speaking, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 5) generally, liquid, ὕδατος εἴδη τὰ τοιάδε· οἶνος, οὖρον, ὀρός [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) part of the constellation Aquarius, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.2) a name for the winter solstice, [Refs 4th c.AD+] III) Ὕδατα, τά, as the name of places with hot or mineral waters, Ὕ. Σέζτια, Latin Aquae Sextiae, Ὕ. Νεαπολιτανά, etc, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] [ῠ by nature, ὕ?~Xδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+], and so always in Attic dialect (except sometimes in dactylic verse, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (always at end of line except in phrase Στυγὸς ὕδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later Epic dialect admits ὕ ¯ δωρ more freely, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], so that we find ῡ in the second half of the foot in [Refs 7th c.BC+].] (Cf. Sanskrit udán, genitive udn-ás 'water', O[Refs 5th c.BC+] woeter, O Norse vatn; I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+] u(e)d- with suffix r alternating with n (ὕδ-ṇ-τος): cognate with Sanskrit u-ná-t-ti (root ud-), 3rd.pers. plural u-n-d-ánti 'moisten', cf. Latin unda.)

Greek

Noun Neuter

water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively; water; from the base of g5205 (ὑετός)