Dictionary of Bible Themes: 4293 water

4293 water

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The colourless, odourless liquid that is essential for sustenance of life in human beings and animals. God is described as the spring of living water, being the source of life and salvation to those who come to him.

Water for drinking

For human beings

2 Samuel 23:15-16 pp 1 Chronicles 11:17-18 See also Genesis 21:14-19 God provides water for Hagar and Ishmael; Exodus 15:22-27; Exodus 17:1-3; Numbers 20:1-11; Deuteronomy 2:28; Judges 4:19; Judges 5:25; 1 Samuel 30:11-12; 1 Kings 17:10 Elijah asks the widow at Zarephath for a drink of water; 2 Kings 6:22; 2 Chronicles 18:25-26; Nehemiah 9:20; Job 6:19; Isaiah 33:16; Daniel 1:8-16 Daniel's resolve to live on vegetables and water; Hosea 2:5; Matthew 10:42 pp Mark 9:41; John 4:7; 1 Timothy 5:23

For animals

2 Kings 3:9 See also Genesis 24:13-19; Genesis 29:1-10; Exodus 2:15-16; Exodus 17:3; 2 Kings 3:17; Psalm 104:10-11; Isaiah 43:20; Luke 13:15

Water as a general descriptive term for liquid

Exodus 23:25 See also 1 Samuel 25:11; 1 Kings 13:6-22; Kings 18:4; Job 22:7; Proverbs 25:21

Abstention from water during fasting

Deuteronomy 9:9 See also Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:18; Ezra 10:6

Water for washing

For general hygiene

Genesis 18:4 See also Genesis 24:32; Genesis 43:24; Luke 7:44; John 13:1-17

For ritual cleansing

Leviticus 17:15 See also Exodus 30:17-21; Leviticus 1:3-9; Leviticus 16:20-24; Numbers 19:7-9; John 2:6; Hebrews 10:22

Water for cooking

Exodus 12:9-10 See also Ezekiel 24:3-5

Rainwater

Sources and stores of water

Wells

Genesis 26:19-20 See also Genesis 21:19; Genesis 24:11; Isaiah 37:25; John 4:6

Springs

James 3:11-12 See also Joshua 15:15-19 pp Judges 1:11-15; Revelation 8:10-11; Revelation 14:7; Revelation 16:4

Cisterns

Jeremiah 2:13 See also Leviticus 11:36; 2 Kings 18:31 pp Isaiah 36:16; Proverbs 5:15-16; Jeremiah 14:3; Jeremiah 38:6

Abundance of water as a sign of blessing

Deuteronomy 8:7 See also Numbers 24:7; Deuteronomy 10:7; Psalm 1:1-3; Jeremiah 17:7-8; Ezekiel 17:5-6; Ezekiel 19:10-11

Baptism in water

Matthew 3:11 pp Mark 1:8 pp Luke 3:16 See also Matthew 3:13-17 pp Mark 1:9-11 pp Luke 3:21-22 pp John 1:31-34; John 1:26-27; John 3:23; Acts 1:5; Acts 8:36-39; Acts 10:47; Acts 11:16; 1 Peter 3:20-22

Living water

Jeremiah 17:13 See also Zechariah 14:8-9; John 4:4-26; John 7:37-39; Revelation 7:13-17; Revelation 21:6-8; Revelation 22:1-2,17

Metaphorical references to water

As a symbol of affliction

2 Samuel 22:17; Psalm 69:1; Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 43:2

As a symbol of salvation

Isaiah 12:3; Isaiah 49:10; Isaiah 55:1; Ezekiel 36:25; John 7:38

As a symbol of life

John 4:14; John 7:37-39; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:17

Other metaphorical references

Songs 4:15; Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 35:6; Isaiah 44:12; Jeremiah 9:1; Ephesians 5:25-26; 2 Peter 2:17