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thirst

Meaning of “thirst”

Sense 1: A strong need or desire for drink; by figure, an intense desire for something. Sense 2: To feel thirst; by figure, to desire intensely.

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31 occurrences31 verses18 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 17:3

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Nehemiah 9:15
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:15 · retained source text

And gauest them bread from heauen for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rocke, for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should goe in to possesse the land, which thou hadst sworne to giue them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. which thou hadst lift vp thine hand to giue them.

1611 marginal noteExod. 16.15. & 17.6. num. 20.9.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 1.8.

Nehemiah 9:20
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:20 · retained source text

Thou gauest also thy good spirit, to instruct them, and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth, and gauest them water for their thirst.

1611 marginal noteNum. 11.17.

1611 marginal noteExod. 16.15. & 17.6. iosh. 5.12.

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