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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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First occurrence: Exodus 17:3

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Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
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1611 witness · Matthew 5:6 · retained source text

Blessed are they which doe hunger and thirst after righteousnesse: for they shall be filled.

1611 marginal noteEsa. 65.13.

John 4:13
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
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Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe:

John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
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1611 witness · John 4:14 · retained source text

But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shal giue him, shall neuer thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water springing vp into euerlasting life.

John 4:15
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
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The woman saith vnto him, Sir, giue me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

John 6:35
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
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And Iesus said vnto them, I am the bread of life: hee that commeth to me, shall neuer hunger: and he that beleeueth on me, shall neuer thirst.

John 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
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In the last day, that great day of the feast, Iesus stood, and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come vnto me, and drinke.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 23.36.

John 19:28
¶ After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
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¶ After this, Iesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

1611 marginal notePsal. 69.12.

Romans 12:20
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
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Therefore if thine enemie hunger, feed him: if he thirst, giue him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.

1611 marginal notePro. 25.21.

1 Corinthians 4:11
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
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1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 4:11 · retained source text

Euen vnto this present houre we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,

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