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ὕδωρ
hýdōr · Greek · Strong's G5204 · 76 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “water”
What it means
water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively
from the base of G5205 (ὑετός);
How the KJV renders it
water
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- What does 1 Peter 3:21 mean ('baptism now saves you')?
- What does John 3:5 mean ('born of water and Spirit')?
- What does it mean to be born again?
- Is hell eternal conscious torment or annihilation?
Where it appears
76 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 John 5:6 N-DSN1 John 5:8 N-NSN1 Peter 3:20 N-GSN2 Peter 3:5 N-GSN2 Peter 3:6 N-DSNActs 1:5 N-DSNActs 8:36 N-ASNActs 8:38 N-ASNActs 8:39 N-GSNActs 10:47 N-ASNActs 11:16 N-DSNEphesians 5:26 N-GSNHebrews 9:19 N-GSNHebrews 10:23 N-DSNJames 3:12 N-ASNJohn 1:26 N-DSNJohn 1:31 N-DSNJohn 1:33 N-DSNJohn 2:7 N-GSNJohn 2:9 N-ASNJohn 3:5 N-GSNJohn 3:23 N-NPNJohn 4:7 N-ASNJohn 4:10 N-ASNJohn 4:11 N-ASNJohn 4:13 N-GSNJohn 4:14 N-GSNJohn 4:15 N-ASNJohn 4:46 N-ASNJohn 5:7 N-NSNJohn 7:38 N-GSNJohn 13:5 N-ASNJohn 19:34 N-NSNLuke 3:16 N-DSNLuke 7:44 N-ASNLuke 8:24 N-GSNLuke 8:25 N-DSNLuke 16:24 N-GSNLuke 22:10 N-GSNMatthew 3:11 N-DSNMatthew 3:16 N-GSNMatthew 8:32 N-DPNMatthew 14:28 N-APNMatthew 14:29 N-APNMatthew 17:15 N-ASNMatthew 27:24 N-ASNMark 1:8 N-DSNMark 1:10 N-GSNMark 9:22 N-APNMark 9:41 N-GSNMark 14:13 N-GSNRevelation 1:15 N-GPNRevelation 7:17 N-GPNRevelation 8:10 N-GPNRevelation 8:11 N-GPNRevelation 11:6 N-GPNRevelation 12:15 N-ASNRevelation 14:2 N-GPNRevelation 14:7 N-GPNRevelation 16:4 N-GPN
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.