ἀντλ-έω G0501
to draw water from a well or vessel
All four NT occurrences of this verb appear in the Gospel of John in connection with water. At the wedding in Cana (John 2:8-9), servants draw water that has been transformed into wine. In Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman (John 4:7, 15), drawing water from Jacob's well becomes the occasion for a discourse on living water. The verb is straightforwardly practical — Spanish 'sacar,' French 'puiser,' and German 'schoepfen' all denote the everyday act of drawing water — yet John consistently places it in contexts where ordinary water points to something extraordinary.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To draw water from a well, cistern, or vessel. A concrete, everyday action appearing exclusively in John's Gospel. At Cana, servants draw (and discover wine, John 2:8-9); at Sychar, the woman draws from Jacob's well (John 4:7, 15). The cross-linguistic evidence is unanimous — Spanish 'sacar,' French 'puiser,' German 'schoepfen,' English 'draw' — all pointing to a single sense of extracting liquid from a source. The theological weight comes not from multiple senses but from John's symbolic staging of this ordinary act. 4×
AR["اِسْتَقُوا", "لِأَسْتَقِيَ", "لِتَسْتَقِيَ", "مُسْتَقِينَ"]·ben["তুলতে", "তোল", "তোলা-দের"]·DE["schoepfen"]·EN["Draw", "having-drawn", "to-draw"]·FR["puiser"]·heb["לִשְׁאֹב", "שְׁאַבוּ", "שֹׁאֲבִים"]·HI["निकालने", "निकालनेवालों-ने", "निकालने।", "निकालो"]·ID["Cedoklah", "menimba", "menimba.", "yang-telah-mencedok"]·IT["antlein", "antlesai", "antlesate", "entlekotes"]·jav["Mendéta", "ingkang-mendét", "nimba", "nimba."]·KO["길으러", "길은-자들은", "떠라"]·PT["Tirai", "que-tiraram", "tirar", "tirar."]·RU["Зачерпните", "зачерпнувшие", "зачерпнуть", "черпать"]·ES["Sacad", "a-sacar", "que-habían-sacado"]·SW["Choteeni", "kuchota", "waliochota"]·TR["çekenler", "çekmek", "çekmeye", "Şimdi-çekin"]·urd["نکالنے-والے", "نکالو", "پانی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀντλ-έω, (ἄντλος) bale out bilge-water, bale the ship, Refs 7th c.BC+ __2 generally, draw water, ἀντλέει καὶ ἐγχέειNT+5th c.BC+; οἷον ἐκ κρήνης ἐπ᾽ ὀχετοὺς ἀ. draw as from a well, and pour into.., Refs 5th c.BC+ draw water in a sieve, Refs 5th c.BC+; but ἐκ πίθω ἀ. of one who has abundance in store, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II metaphorically, drain dry, i.e., __II.1 use the utmost, make the most of, τὰν…