Lexical Definition

‎ὕδωρ‎ hýdōr (hoo'-dore) water ^G:N-N
from the base of ‎ὑετός‎

water.

• water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively

Abbott-Smith

ὕδωρ gen., ὕδατος, τό, [in LXX chiefly for מַיִם ;]
water: Mt 3:16, Mk 1:10, Lk 7:44, Jo 4:7, Ja 3:12, Re 8:10, al.; pl., Mt 14:28, 29, Jo 3:23, Re 1:15, al.; βαπτίζειν (ἐν) ὕδατι, Mt 3:11, Mk 1:8, Jo 1:26, al.; τ. λουτρὸν τοῦ ὕ., Eph 5:26; opp. to οἴνος, Jo 2:9 4:46; αἷμα, Jo 19:34, He 9:19, I Jo 5:6, 8, Mt 17:15, Mk 9:22; πνεῦμα, Jo 1:26, 31, 33; πνεῦμα καὶ πῦρ, Mt 3:11, Lk 3:16; ἐξ ὕ. κ. πνεύματος γεννηθῆναι, Jo 3:5; metaph., of divine truth and grace (τ.) ὕ. (τ.) ζῶν, Jo 4:10, 11 (cf. ib. 13-15,); τ. ὕ. τ. ζωῆς, of spiritual refresh­ment, Re 21:6 22:1, 17

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὕδωρ [ῠ,

see near the end], τό, genitive ὕδατος: an Epic dialect dative ὕδει in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later nominative ὕδος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect οὕδωρ probably in [Refs]:—water, of any kind, but in [Refs 8th c.BC+] rarely of seawater without an epithet, ἄνεμός τε καὶ ὕ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of rivers, ὕ. Αἰσήποιο, Στυγός, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in Lyric poetry and Trag., ὕ, Ἀσώπιον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in plural (but only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+] the waters of Cephisus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: spring-water, drinking-water, οἶνον ἔμισγον καὶ ὕ. [ὕδωρ 9.85; ὕδατα καὶ.. δῖτοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 404a; πότιμον ὕ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.19 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕ. πίνων a water-drinker, [ὕδωρ κατὰ χειρός">Refs 5th c.BC+] water for washing the hands, see at {χεί; φέρτε χερσὶν ὕ}. [ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν and διδόναι, see at {γῆ} 1.2b:">Refs 8th c.BC+] —a curse was invoked upon those who refused fire (i.e. the right to borrow burning embers) or water or to direct a traveller on his way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνει; if water chokes, what more can be done ? of a desperate case, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 rain-water, rain, ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕ. Ζεύς [ὕδωρ ἐζ οὐρανοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.2, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 50(26).35 (but ἐζ οὐρανοῦ">Refs 8th c.BC+] is a gloss in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ Διὸς, or παρὰ τοῦ Δ., ὕ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καινὸν ἀεὶ τὸν Δία ὕειν ὕδωρ, ὕδωρ τὸν θεὸν ποιῆσαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] thunder-showers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 for ἐν ὕδατι βρέχεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 in the law-courts, τὸ ὕδωρ was the water of the water-clock (κλεψύδρ), and hence the time it took in running out, ἂν ἐγχωρῇ τὸ ὕδωρ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ὕ., ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὕ., in the time allowed me, [Refs]; οὐκ ἐνδέχεται πρὸς ταὐτὸ ὕ. εἰπεῖν one cannot say (all) in one speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπίλαβε τὸ ὕ. stop the water (which was done while the speech was interrupted by the calling of evidence and reading of documents), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀποδιδόναι, παραδιδόναι τινὶ τὸ ὕ., to give him the turn of speaking, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 generally, liquid, ὕδατος εἴδη τὰ τοιάδε· οἶνος, οὖρον, ὀρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II part of the constellation Aquarius, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 a name for the winter solstice, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III Ὕδατα, τά, as the name of places with hot or mineral waters, Ὕ. Σέζτια, Latin Aquae Sextiae, Ὕ. Νεαπολιτανά, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+] [ῠ by nature, ὕ?\~Xδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+], and so always in Attic dialect (except sometimes in dactylic verse, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (always at end of line except in phrase Στυγὸς ὕδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later Epic dialect admits ὕ ¯ δωρ more freely, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], so that we find ῡ in the second half of the foot in [Refs 7th c.BC+].] (Cf. Sanskrit udán-, genitive udn-ás 'water', O[Refs 5th c.BC+] woeter, O Norse vatn; I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+] u(e)d- with suffix r alternating with n (ὕδ-ṇ-τος): cognate with Sanskrit u-ná-t-ti (root ud-), 3rd.pers. plural u-n-d-ánti 'moisten', cf. Latin unda.)