ὕδωρ (
ὕω (but cf. 
Curtius, § 300)), genitive 
ὕδατος, 
τό, from 
Homer down, Hebrew 
מַיִם, 
water: of the water in rivers, 
Matthew 3:16; 
Revelation 16:12; in wells, 
John 4:7; in fountains, 
James 3:12; 
Revelation 8:10; 
Revelation 16:4; in pools, 
John 5:3f, (
R L), 7; of the water of the deluge, 
1 Peter 3:20; 
2 Peter 3:6 (
Winer's Grammar, 604f, (562)); of water in any of earth's repositories, 
Revelation 8:10; 
Revelation 11:6; 
ὁ ἄγγελος τῶν ὑδατον, 
Revelation 16:5; of water as a primary element, out of and through which the world that was before the deluge arose and was compacted, 
2 Peter 3:5. plural 
τά ὕδατα, of the waves of the Lake of Galilee, 
Matthew 14:28f; (so also the singular 
τό ὕδωρ in 
Luke 8:25); of the waves of the sea, 
Revelation 1:15; 
Revelation 14:2 (on both these passages, see 
φωνή, 1); 
πολλά ὕδατα, many springs or fountains, 
John 3:23; figuratively used of many peoples, 
Revelation 17:1, as the seer himself explains it in 
Revelation 17:15, cf. 
Nahum 2:8; of a quantity of water likened to a river, 
Revelation 12:15; of a definite quantity of water drawn for drinking, 
John 2:7; 
ποτήριον ὕδατος, 
Mark 9:41; for washing, 
Matthew 27:24; 
Luke 7:44; 
John 13:5; 
Hebrews 10:22 (23); 
τό λουτρόν τοῦ ὕδατος, of baptism, 
Ephesians 5:26 (cf. 
Winer's Grammar, 138 (130)); 
κεράμιον ὕδατος, 
Mark 14:13; 
Luke 22:10. in opposed to other things, whether elements or liquids: opposed to 
τῷ πνεύματι καί πυρί (cf. 
Buttmann, § 133, 19; 
Winer's Grammar, 217 (204), 412 (384)), 
Matthew 3:11; 
Luke 3:16; to 
πνεύματι alone, 
John 1:26, 
31, 
33; 
Acts 1:5 (in all these passages the water of baptism is intended); to 
τῷ πυρί alone, 
Matthew 17:15; 
Mark 9:22; to 
τῷ οἴνῳ, 
John 2:9; 
John 4:46; to 
τῷ αἵματι, 
John 19:34; 
Hebrews 9:19; 
1 John 5:6, 
8. Allegorically, that which refreshes and keeps alive the soul is likened to water, viz. 
the Spirit and truth of God, John 4:14f (
ὕδωρ σοφίας, Sir. 15:3); on the expressions 
ὕδωρ ζῶν, 
τό ὕδωρ τῆς ζωῆς, 
ζῶσαι πηγαί ὑδάτων, see 
ζάω, II. a. and 
ζωή, 2 b., p. 274a. 
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