hydōr · water

What it means

hydōr (ὕδωρ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “water”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The liquid of rivers, wells and rain, for drinking and washing.
2. The water of life that Jesus gives.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Water; in the plural, the waters of the sea or of a river. In John, also an image of the life Jesus gives. Thayer: water; figuratively, the water of life.

• “I immerse you in water” Matthew 3:11
• Peter walked “on the waters” Matthew 14:29
• The water that became wine John 2:9
• “Living water”; “the water of life” John 4:10Revelation 22:17Revelation 21:6
• “Born of water and Spirit”; “blood and water” John 3:5John 19:34

How we translate it

“Water” 62 times and “waters” 14, according to the number in the Greek.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• water ×62
• waters ×14

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×5
• Luke×6
• John×21
• Acts×7
• Ephesians×1
• Hebrews×2
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×3
• 1 John×4
• Revelation×18

• Matthew 3:11

  I immerse you in water for change of mind, but the one who comes after me is stronger than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire.

• Matthew 3:16

  And after being immersed, Jesus at once went up from the water; and look, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and coming upon him.

• Matthew 8:32

  And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs; and look, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.

• Matthew 14:28

  And Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”

• Matthew 14:29

  And he said, “Come.” And getting down from the boat, Peter walked on the waters and came to Jesus.

• Matthew 17:15

  and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is moonstruck and suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

• Matthew 27:24

  When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this blood; you will see to it.”

• Mark 1:8

  I immersed you in water, but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.”

• Mark 1:10

  And at once, as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit coming down like a dove to him.

• Mark 9:22

  and often it has thrown him both into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us!”

• Mark 9:41

  For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in the name that you belong to the Messiah, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.

• Mark 14:13

  And he sends two of his disciples and says to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him,

• Luke 3:16

  John answered, saying to all, “I immerse you in water; but the one stronger than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire.

• Luke 7:44

  And turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

• Luke 8:24

  And they came and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the surge of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm.

• Luke 8:25

  And he said to them, “Where is your faith?” And being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”

• Luke 16:24

  And he called out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.’

• Luke 22:10

  And he said to them, “Look, when you have entered into the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house into which he enters.

• John 1:26

  John answered them, saying, “I immerse in water; among you stands one whom you do not know,

• John 1:31

  And I did not know him, but so that he might be revealed to Israel, for this reason I came immersing in water.”

• John 1:33

  And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to immerse in water, he said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who immerses in the Holy Spirit.’

• John 2:7

  Jesus says to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.

• John 2:9

  When the master of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast calls the bridegroom

• John 3:5

  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

• John 3:23

  And John too was immersing at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there, and people kept coming and being immersed.

• John 4:7

  A woman of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, “Give me something to drink.”

• John 4:10

  Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give me something to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

• John 4:11

  The woman says to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where then do you get that living water?

• John 4:13

  Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again;

• John 4:14

  but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty, ever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

• John 4:15

  The woman says to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty nor have to come here to draw water.”

• John 4:46

  So he came again to Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son was sick in Capernaum.

• John 5:7

  The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am coming, another goes down before me.”

• John 7:38

  Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from within him.’”

• John 13:5

  Then he pours water into the basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him.

• John 19:34

  But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out.

• Acts 1:5

  for John immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

• Acts 8:36

  And as they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch says, “Look, water! What prevents me from being immersed?”

• Acts 8:38

  And he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him.

• Acts 8:39

  And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched away Philip, and the eunuch did not see him anymore, for he went on his way rejoicing.

And 36 more times.