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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.
Answers that weigh this word
- 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-DSN
This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
1 John 5:8 · N-NSN
the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.
1 Peter 3:20 · N-GSN
who before were disobedient when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
2 Peter 3:5 · N-GSN
For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,
2 Peter 3:6 · N-DSN
by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished.
Acts 1:5 · N-DSN
For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
Acts 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
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