Water
ὕδωρStrong’s G5204hudōr, hudatos
Appears in 70 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hudōr, hudatos is the Greek word usually translated “water” and “waters”. It appears in 70 verses of the New Testament.
“For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:”
Meaning
Usually translated “water” and “waters”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- water 48
- waters 11
- of water 7
- with water 6
- of waters 6
- in water 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 20
- Revelation 17
- Matthew 7
- Luke 6
- Acts 6
- Mark 5
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 3:6In contextWhereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
- Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
- Matthew 3:16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
- Matthew 8:32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
- Matthew 14:28And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
- Matthew 14:29And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
All 70 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ὕδωρ hudōr, hudatos · water
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 2 …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “water” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WATER, noun
Wauter. [G., Gr.]
- A fluid, the most abundant and most necessary for living beings of any in nature, except air. water when pure, is colorless, destitute of taste and smell, ponderous, transparent, and in a very small degree compressible.
- The ocean; a sea; a lake; a river; any great collection of water; as in the phrases, to go by water to travel by water
- Urine; the animal liquor secreted by the kidneys and discharged from the bladder.
- The color or luster of a diamond or pearl, sometimes perhaps of other precious stones; as a diamond of the first water that is, perfectly pure and transparent.
All definitions
- water is a name given to several liquid substances or humors in animal bodies; as the water of the pericardium, of dropsy, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.