Water
מַיִם (mayim)
DRINK
Not a plant or animal product — outside the scope of Leviticus 11's dietary laws
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 612 verses (KJV)
Drink
Description
Most of the Bible’s hundreds of references to water are simply rivers, rain, and the sea rather than drinking water as food — but drinking water still shaped every journey Israel took, especially through the wilderness, where its scarcity could turn a whole camp against Moses overnight. At a well outside a Samaritan town, Jesus offered a different kind entirely.
Key verses
“Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.”
Exodus 17:6
“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”
John 4:14
Symbolism
Eternal life freely given — ‘the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life’ (John 4:14).
All 612 referencesshow
- 1 Chronicles 11:17
- 1 Chronicles 11:18
- 1 Chronicles 14:11
- 1 John 5:6
- 1 John 5:8
- 1 Kings 13:8
- 1 Kings 13:9
- 1 Kings 13:16
- 1 Kings 13:17
- 1 Kings 13:18
- 1 Kings 13:19
- 1 Kings 13:22
- 1 Kings 14:15
- 1 Kings 17:10
- 1 Kings 18:4
- 1 Kings 18:5
- 1 Kings 18:13
- 1 Kings 18:33
- 1 Kings 18:35
- 1 Kings 18:38
- 1 Kings 19:6
- 1 Kings 22:27
- 1 Peter 3:20
- 1 Samuel 7:6
- 1 Samuel 9:11
- 1 Samuel 25:11
- 1 Samuel 26:11
- 1 Samuel 26:12
- 1 Samuel 26:16
- 1 Samuel 30:11
- 1 Samuel 30:12
- 1 Timothy 5:23
- 2 Chronicles 18:26
- 2 Chronicles 32:3
- 2 Chronicles 32:4
- 2 Corinthians 11:26
- 2 Kings 2:8
- 2 Kings 2:14
- 2 Kings 2:19
- 2 Kings 2:21
- 2 Kings 2:22
- 2 Kings 3:9
- 2 Kings 3:11
- 2 Kings 3:17
- 2 Kings 3:19
- 2 Kings 3:20
- 2 Kings 3:22
- 2 Kings 3:25
- 2 Kings 5:12
- 2 Kings 6:5
- 2 Kings 6:22
- 2 Kings 8:15
- 2 Kings 18:31
- 2 Kings 19:24
- 2 Kings 20:20
- 2 Peter 2:17
- 2 Peter 3:5
- 2 Peter 3:6
- 2 Samuel 5:20
- 2 Samuel 12:27
- 2 Samuel 14:14
- 2 Samuel 17:20
- 2 Samuel 17:21
- 2 Samuel 21:10
- 2 Samuel 22:12
- 2 Samuel 22:17
- 2 Samuel 23:15
- 2 Samuel 23:16
- Acts 1:5
- Acts 8:36
- Acts 8:38
- Acts 8:39
- Acts 10:47
- Acts 11:16
- Amos 4:8
- Amos 5:8
- Amos 5:24
- Amos 8:11
- Amos 9:6
- Daniel 1:12
- Daniel 12:6
- Daniel 12:7
- Deuteronomy 2:6
- Deuteronomy 2:28
- Deuteronomy 4:18
- Deuteronomy 5:8
- Deuteronomy 8:7
- Deuteronomy 8:15
- Deuteronomy 9:9
- Deuteronomy 9:18
- Deuteronomy 10:7
- Deuteronomy 11:4
- Deuteronomy 11:11
- Deuteronomy 12:16
- Deuteronomy 12:24
- Deuteronomy 14:9
- Deuteronomy 15:23
- Deuteronomy 23:4
- Deuteronomy 23:11
- Deuteronomy 29:11
- Deuteronomy 32:51
- Deuteronomy 33:8
- Ecclesiastes 2:6
- Ecclesiastes 11:1
- Ephesians 5:26
- Exodus 2:10
- Exodus 2:16
- Exodus 2:19
- Exodus 4:9
- Exodus 7:15
- Exodus 7:17
- Exodus 7:18
- Exodus 7:19
- Exodus 7:20
- Exodus 7:21
- Exodus 7:24
- Exodus 8:6
- Exodus 8:20
- Exodus 12:9
- Exodus 14:21
- Exodus 14:22
- Exodus 14:26
- Exodus 14:28
- Exodus 14:29
- Exodus 15:8
- Exodus 15:10
- Exodus 15:19
- Exodus 15:22
- Exodus 15:23
- Exodus 15:25
- Exodus 15:27
- Exodus 17:1
- Exodus 17:2
- Exodus 17:3
- Exodus 17:6
- Exodus 20:4
- Exodus 23:25
- Exodus 29:4
- Exodus 30:18
- Exodus 30:20
- Exodus 32:20
- Exodus 34:28
- Exodus 40:7
- Exodus 40:12
- Exodus 40:30
- Ezekiel 1:24
- Ezekiel 4:11
- Ezekiel 4:16
- Ezekiel 4:17
- Ezekiel 7:17
- Ezekiel 12:18
- Ezekiel 12:19
- Ezekiel 16:4
- Ezekiel 16:9
- Ezekiel 17:5
- Ezekiel 17:7
- Ezekiel 17:8
- Ezekiel 19:10
- Ezekiel 21:7
- Ezekiel 24:3
- Ezekiel 26:12
- Ezekiel 26:19
- Ezekiel 27:26
- Ezekiel 27:34
- Ezekiel 31:4
- Ezekiel 31:5
- Ezekiel 31:7
- Ezekiel 31:14
- Ezekiel 31:15
- Ezekiel 31:16
- Ezekiel 32:2
- Ezekiel 32:6
- Ezekiel 32:13
- Ezekiel 32:14
- Ezekiel 34:18
- Ezekiel 36:25
- Ezekiel 43:2
- Ezekiel 47:1
- Ezekiel 47:2
- Ezekiel 47:3
- Ezekiel 47:4
- Ezekiel 47:5
- Ezekiel 47:8
- Ezekiel 47:9
- Ezekiel 47:12
- Ezekiel 47:19
- Ezekiel 48:28
- Ezra 10:6
- Genesis 1:2
- Genesis 1:6
- Genesis 1:7
- Genesis 1:9
- Genesis 1:10
- Genesis 1:20
- Genesis 1:21
- Genesis 1:22
- Genesis 2:10
- Genesis 6:17
- Genesis 7:6
- Genesis 7:7
- Genesis 7:10
- Genesis 7:17
- Genesis 7:18
- Genesis 7:19
- Genesis 7:20
- Genesis 7:24
- Genesis 8:1
- Genesis 8:3
- Genesis 8:5
- Genesis 8:7
- Genesis 8:8
- Genesis 8:9
- Genesis 8:11
- Genesis 8:13
- Genesis 9:11
- Genesis 9:15
- Genesis 16:7
- Genesis 18:4
- Genesis 21:14
- Genesis 21:15
- Genesis 21:19
- Genesis 21:25
- Genesis 24:11
- Genesis 24:13
- Genesis 24:17
- Genesis 24:19
- Genesis 24:20
- Genesis 24:32
- Genesis 24:43
- Genesis 24:45
- Genesis 26:18
- Genesis 26:19
- Genesis 26:20
- Genesis 26:32
- Genesis 29:7
- Genesis 29:8
- Genesis 37:24
- Genesis 43:24
- Genesis 49:4
- Habakkuk 2:14
- Habakkuk 3:10
- Habakkuk 3:15
- Hebrews 9:19
- Hebrews 10:22
- Hosea 2:5
- Hosea 5:10
- Hosea 10:7
- Isaiah 1:22
- Isaiah 1:30
- Isaiah 3:1
- Isaiah 8:6
- Isaiah 8:7
- Isaiah 11:9
- Isaiah 12:3
- Isaiah 14:23
- Isaiah 15:6
- Isaiah 15:9
- Isaiah 16:9
- Isaiah 17:12
- Isaiah 17:13
- Isaiah 18:2
- Isaiah 19:5
- Isaiah 19:8
- Isaiah 21:14
- Isaiah 22:9
- Isaiah 22:11
- Isaiah 23:3
- Isaiah 27:3
- Isaiah 28:2
- Isaiah 28:17
- Isaiah 30:14
- Isaiah 30:20
- Isaiah 30:25
- Isaiah 32:2
- Isaiah 32:20
- Isaiah 33:16
- Isaiah 35:6
- Isaiah 35:7
- Isaiah 36:16
- Isaiah 37:25
- Isaiah 40:12
- Isaiah 41:17
- Isaiah 41:18
- Isaiah 43:2
- Isaiah 43:16
- Isaiah 43:20
- Isaiah 44:3
- Isaiah 44:4
- Isaiah 44:12
- Isaiah 48:1
- Isaiah 48:21
- Isaiah 49:10
- Isaiah 50:2
- Isaiah 51:10
- Isaiah 54:9
- Isaiah 55:1
- Isaiah 57:20
- Isaiah 58:11
- Isaiah 63:12
- Isaiah 64:2
- James 3:11
- James 3:12
- Jeremiah 2:13
- Jeremiah 2:18
- Jeremiah 6:7
- Jeremiah 8:14
- Jeremiah 9:1
- Jeremiah 9:15
- Jeremiah 9:18
- Jeremiah 10:13
- Jeremiah 13:1
- Jeremiah 14:3
- Jeremiah 15:18
- Jeremiah 17:8
- Jeremiah 17:13
- Jeremiah 18:14
- Jeremiah 23:15
- Jeremiah 31:9
- Jeremiah 38:6
- Jeremiah 41:12
- Jeremiah 46:7
- Jeremiah 46:8
- Jeremiah 47:2
- Jeremiah 48:34
- Jeremiah 50:38
- Jeremiah 51:13
- Jeremiah 51:16
- Jeremiah 51:55
- Job 3:24
- Job 5:10
- Job 8:11
- Job 9:30
- Job 11:16
- Job 12:15
- Job 14:9
- Job 14:11
- Job 14:19
- Job 15:16
- Job 22:7
- Job 22:11
- Job 24:18
- Job 24:19
- Job 26:5
- Job 26:8
- Job 26:10
- Job 27:20
- Job 28:4
- Job 28:25
- Job 29:19
- Job 30:14
- Job 34:7
- Job 36:27
- Job 37:10
- Job 38:25
- Job 38:30
- Job 38:34
- Joel 1:20
- Joel 3:18
- John 1:26
- John 1:31
- John 1:33
- John 2:7
- John 2:9
- John 3:5
- John 3:23
- John 4:7
- John 4:10
- John 4:11
- John 4:13
- John 4:14
- John 4:15
- John 4:46
- John 5:3
- John 5:4
- John 5:7
- John 7:38
- John 13:5
- John 19:34
- Jonah 2:5
- Jonah 3:7
- Joshua 2:10
- Joshua 3:8
- Joshua 3:13
- Joshua 3:15
- Joshua 3:16
- Joshua 4:7
- Joshua 4:18
- Joshua 4:23
- Joshua 5:1
- Joshua 7:5
- Joshua 9:21
- Joshua 9:23
- Joshua 9:27
- Joshua 11:5
- Joshua 11:7
- Joshua 15:7
- Joshua 15:9
- Joshua 15:19
- Joshua 16:1
- Joshua 18:15
- Jude 1:12
- Judges 1:15
- Judges 4:19
- Judges 5:4
- Judges 5:11
- Judges 5:19
- Judges 5:25
- Judges 6:38
- Judges 7:4
- Judges 7:5
- Judges 7:6
- Judges 7:24
- Judges 15:19
- Lamentations 1:16
- Lamentations 2:19
- Lamentations 3:48
- Lamentations 3:54
- Lamentations 5:4
- Leviticus 1:9
- Leviticus 1:13
- Leviticus 6:28
- Leviticus 8:6
- Leviticus 8:21
- Leviticus 11:9
- Leviticus 11:10
- Leviticus 11:12
- Leviticus 11:32
- Leviticus 11:34
- Leviticus 11:36
- Leviticus 11:38
- Leviticus 11:46
- Leviticus 14:5
- Leviticus 14:6
- Leviticus 14:8
- Leviticus 14:9
- Leviticus 14:50
- Leviticus 14:51
- Leviticus 14:52
- Leviticus 15:5
- Leviticus 15:6
- Leviticus 15:7
- Leviticus 15:8
- Leviticus 15:10
- Leviticus 15:11
- Leviticus 15:12
- Leviticus 15:13
- Leviticus 15:16
- Leviticus 15:17
- Leviticus 15:18
- Leviticus 15:21
- Leviticus 15:22
- Leviticus 15:27
- Leviticus 16:4
- Leviticus 16:24
- Leviticus 16:26
- Leviticus 16:28
- Leviticus 17:15
- Leviticus 22:6
- Luke 3:16
- Luke 7:44
- Luke 8:23
- Luke 8:24
- Luke 8:25
- Luke 16:24
- Luke 22:10
- Mark 1:8
- Mark 1:10
- Mark 9:22
- Mark 9:41
- Mark 14:13
- Matthew 3:11
- Matthew 3:16
- Matthew 8:32
- Matthew 10:42
- Matthew 14:28
- Matthew 14:29
- Matthew 17:15
- Matthew 27:24
- Micah 1:4
- Nahum 2:8
- Nahum 3:8
- Nahum 3:14
- Nehemiah 3:26
- Nehemiah 8:1
- Nehemiah 8:3
- Nehemiah 8:16
- Nehemiah 9:11
- Nehemiah 9:15
- Nehemiah 9:20
- Nehemiah 12:37
- Nehemiah 13:2
- Numbers 5:17
- Numbers 5:18
- Numbers 5:19
- Numbers 5:22
- Numbers 5:23
- Numbers 5:24
- Numbers 5:26
- Numbers 5:27
- Numbers 8:7
- Numbers 19:7
- Numbers 19:8
- Numbers 19:9
- Numbers 19:13
- Numbers 19:17
- Numbers 19:18
- Numbers 19:19
- Numbers 19:20
- Numbers 19:21
- Numbers 20:2
- Numbers 20:5
- Numbers 20:8
- Numbers 20:10
- Numbers 20:11
- Numbers 20:13
- Numbers 20:17
- Numbers 20:19
- Numbers 20:24
- Numbers 21:5
- Numbers 21:16
- Numbers 21:22
- Numbers 24:6
- Numbers 24:7
- Numbers 27:14
- Numbers 31:23
- Numbers 33:9
- Numbers 33:14
- Proverbs 5:15
- Proverbs 5:16
- Proverbs 8:24
- Proverbs 8:29
- Proverbs 9:17
- Proverbs 17:14
- Proverbs 18:4
- Proverbs 20:5
- Proverbs 21:1
- Proverbs 25:21
- Proverbs 25:25
- Proverbs 27:19
- Proverbs 30:4
- Proverbs 30:16
- Psalms 1:3
- Psalms 6:6
- Psalms 18:11
- Psalms 18:15
- Psalms 18:16
- Psalms 22:14
- Psalms 23:2
- Psalms 29:3
- Psalms 32:6
- Psalms 33:7
- Psalms 42:1
- Psalms 46:3
- Psalms 58:7
- Psalms 63:1
- Psalms 65:9
- Psalms 66:12
- Psalms 69:1
- Psalms 69:2
- Psalms 69:14
- Psalms 72:6
- Psalms 73:10
- Psalms 74:13
- Psalms 77:16
- Psalms 77:17
- Psalms 77:19
- Psalms 78:13
- Psalms 78:16
- Psalms 78:20
- Psalms 79:3
- Psalms 81:7
- Psalms 88:17
- Psalms 93:4
- Psalms 104:3
- Psalms 104:6
- Psalms 105:29
- Psalms 105:41
- Psalms 106:11
- Psalms 106:32
- Psalms 107:23
- Psalms 107:35
- Psalms 109:18
- Psalms 114:8
- Psalms 119:136
- Psalms 124:4
- Psalms 124:5
- Psalms 136:6
- Psalms 144:7
- Psalms 147:18
- Psalms 148:4
- Revelation 1:15
- Revelation 7:17
- Revelation 8:10
- Revelation 8:11
- Revelation 11:6
- Revelation 12:15
- Revelation 14:2
- Revelation 14:7
- Revelation 16:4
- Revelation 16:5
- Revelation 16:12
- Revelation 17:1
- Revelation 17:15
- Revelation 19:6
- Revelation 21:6
- Revelation 22:1
- Revelation 22:17
- Song of Solomon 4:15
- Song of Solomon 5:12
- Song of Solomon 8:7
- Zechariah 9:11
- Zechariah 14:8