antleo denotes drawing water, whether commanded, completed, or undertaken to avoid returning for water.

The attested use concerns drawing water: servants draw it in John 2:8 and John 2:9, while a woman comes or would need to come to draw water in John 4:7 and John 4:15.

1. Drawing water · dominant

   In John 2:8, the aorist active plural form occurs in the command to draw some out and take it to the head waiter; in John 2:9, the perfect active participle identifies the servants who had drawn the water. In John 4:7 and John 4:15, infinitive forms occur with a woman coming to draw water and with her wish not to come there to draw.

   John 2:8John 2:9John 4:7John 4:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action with “Draw some out,” “had drawn the water,” and “draw water.” These renderings confirm the water-drawing setting rather than isolate every nuance of the Greek forms.