STRONGS G501:
ἀντλέω,
-ῶ; 1 aorist
ἤντλησα; perfect
ἤντληκα; (from
ὁ ἄντλος, or
τὸ ἄντλον, bilge-water, [or rather, the place in the hold where it settles, Eustathius commentary in Homer 1728, 58
ὁ τόπος ἔνθα ὕδωρ συρρέει,
τό τε ἄνωθεν καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἁρμονιῶν]);
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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