Strong G628ἀπολούω
to wash off
- Transliteration
- apolouō
- Pronunciation
- ap-ol-oo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀπο-λούω
[in LXX: Job.9:30 (רָחַץ)*;]
to wash off, wash away; mid., metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), to wash off oneself: ἀμαρτίας, Act.22:16; absol., ἀπελούσασθε, ye washed yourselves clean (cf. Cremer, 406), 1Co.6:11.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.9:30 (רָחַץ)*;]
to wash off, wash away; mid., metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), to wash off oneself: ἀμαρτίας, Act.22:16; absol., ἀπελούσασθε, ye washed yourselves clean (cf. Cremer, 406), 1Co.6:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G628 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wash2
First verses
- Acts 22:16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπο-λούω,
I with accusative of things, wash off, λούειν ἄπο βρότον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.7:)] —middle, ὄφρ᾽.. ἅλμην ὤμοιϊν ἀπολούσομαι that I may wash the brine from off my shoulders, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.219)]; of baptism, ἀ. τὰς ἁμαρτίας[NT (NT.Act.22.16.)]
I.2 with accusative person, wash clean, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 118 (ἀπέλου for ἀπέλοε, see at {λούω}), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 405b, 406a)]:—middle, wash away from oneself, λούσασθαι ἄπο βρότον αἱματόεντα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.41; τὸ σῶμα ἀπελούετο 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 1.13)]: in archaic style, ἀπολούμενος[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 2, compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.97e, 98a.)]
I.3 with accusative person et of things, ὄφρα τάχιστα Πάτροκλον λούσειαν ἄπο βρότον might wash the gore off him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.345: with _genitive_ _of things_, καί μ᾽ ἀπέλουσε λύθρου “epigram Gr.” 314.6 (from Smyrna).)]
I.4 ἀπολουσέμεναι· κολ[λ]οβώσειν [Refs 5th c.AD+ ((5th c.AD: Cypria), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; compare ἀπολέπω.
I with accusative of things, wash off, λούειν ἄπο βρότον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.7:)] —middle, ὄφρ᾽.. ἅλμην ὤμοιϊν ἀπολούσομαι that I may wash the brine from off my shoulders, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.219)]; of baptism, ἀ. τὰς ἁμαρτίας[NT (NT.Act.22.16.)]
I.2 with accusative person, wash clean, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 118 (ἀπέλου for ἀπέλοε, see at {λούω}), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 405b, 406a)]:—middle, wash away from oneself, λούσασθαι ἄπο βρότον αἱματόεντα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.41; τὸ σῶμα ἀπελούετο 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 1.13)]: in archaic style, ἀπολούμενος[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 2, compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.97e, 98a.)]
I.3 with accusative person et of things, ὄφρα τάχιστα Πάτροκλον λούσειαν ἄπο βρότον might wash the gore off him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.345: with _genitive_ _of things_, καί μ᾽ ἀπέλουσε λύθρου “epigram Gr.” 314.6 (from Smyrna).)]
I.4 ἀπολουσέμεναι· κολ[λ]οβώσειν [Refs 5th c.AD+ ((5th c.AD: Cypria), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; compare ἀπολέπω.