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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