Lexical Summary antleō: to bail out, draw water Original Word: ἀντλέωTransliteration: antleō Phonetic Spelling: (ant-leh-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to bail out, draw water Meaning: to bail out, draw water Strong's Concordance draw out waterFrom antlos (the hold of a ship); to bale up (properly, bilge water), i.e. Dip water (with a bucket, pitcher, etc.) -- draw (out). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 501: ἀντλέωἀντλέω, ά᾿ντλω; 1 aorist ή᾿ντλησα; perfect ἤντληκα; (from ὁ ἄντλος, or τό ἀντλον, bilge-water (or rather, the place in the hold where it settles, Eustathius commentary on Homer 1728, 58 ὁ τόπος ἔνθα ὕδωρ συρρηι, τό τέ ἄνωθεν καί ἐκ τῶν ἁρμονιων)); a. properly, to draw out a ship's bilge-water, to bale or pump out. b. universally, to draw water: John 2:8; John 4:15; ὕδωρ, John 2:9; John 4:7. (Genesis 24:13, 20; Exodus 2:16, 19; Isaiah 12:3. In Greek writings from Herodotus down.) |
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