Strong G631ἀπομάσσω
to wipe off
- Transliteration
- apomassomai
- Pronunciation
- ap-om-as'-som-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice from G575 and μάσσω massō (to squeeze knead 6
smear); to scrape away: - wipe off.
smear); to scrape away: - wipe off.
Detailed definition
απο-μάσσω
(μάσσω, Att... -ττω, to touch, handle), [in LXX: Tob.7:17 *;]
to wipe off, wire clean: mid., Luk.10:11.†
(AS)
(μάσσω, Att... -ττω, to touch, handle), [in LXX: Tob.7:17 *;]
to wipe off, wire clean: mid., Luk.10:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G631 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wipe1
First verses
- Luke 10:11Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπομάσσω,
Attic dialect ἀπομάττω, wipe off, δάκρυα χλαμύδι[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.26.3, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 21)]:—middle, wipe off oneself, ὕδατος ἄχνην[NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 14; τὸν κονιορτόν τισι NT.Luke.10.11)]; wipe, τι [Refs (“POxy.” 1381.133)]: absolutely, dry oneself, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.203b.)]
2 wipe clean, especially in magical ceremonies, ἀπομάττων [αὐτοὺς] τῷ πηλῷ καὶ τοῖς πιτύροις[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.259, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 7, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus s. vv. μαγίδες, μαγμόν)]: —middle, wipe for oneself, Ἀχιλλείων ἀπομάττει you wipe your hands on the finest bread, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 819; χεῖρας χειρομάκτρῳ ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.410b)]: absolutely, wipe one's mouth, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus 30)]; of a serpent, ἀ. τὸν ἰόν get rid of its poison, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 372.)]
II wipe off or level corn in a measure with a strickle: hence χοίνικα ἀ. give scant measure, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 25)]; κενεὰν ἀπομάξαι (i.e. χοίνικα) level an empty measure, i.e. labour in vain, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.95.)]
III take an impression of, ἔν τισι τῶν μαλακῶν σχήματα ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 50e)]:—middle, model, as a sculptor, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.19, “APl.” 4.120 (1st c.BC: Archias or 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus))]: metaphorically, take impressions, ὅθεν ἡμὴ φρὴν ἀπομαξαμένη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1040; τὰς ἰδέας 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).655)]; ἀ. παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων one from another, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1172a12)]: generally, copy, imitate, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Veterum Censura” 3.2; ἤθεα ἀ. τεκούσης 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 46.18, compare 48.229)]: with genitive, model oneself upon, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 27.)]
Attic dialect ἀπομάττω, wipe off, δάκρυα χλαμύδι[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.26.3, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 21)]:—middle, wipe off oneself, ὕδατος ἄχνην[NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 14; τὸν κονιορτόν τισι NT.Luke.10.11)]; wipe, τι [Refs (“POxy.” 1381.133)]: absolutely, dry oneself, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.203b.)]
2 wipe clean, especially in magical ceremonies, ἀπομάττων [αὐτοὺς] τῷ πηλῷ καὶ τοῖς πιτύροις[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.259, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 7, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus s. vv. μαγίδες, μαγμόν)]: —middle, wipe for oneself, Ἀχιλλείων ἀπομάττει you wipe your hands on the finest bread, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 819; χεῖρας χειρομάκτρῳ ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.410b)]: absolutely, wipe one's mouth, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus 30)]; of a serpent, ἀ. τὸν ἰόν get rid of its poison, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 372.)]
II wipe off or level corn in a measure with a strickle: hence χοίνικα ἀ. give scant measure, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 25)]; κενεὰν ἀπομάξαι (i.e. χοίνικα) level an empty measure, i.e. labour in vain, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.95.)]
III take an impression of, ἔν τισι τῶν μαλακῶν σχήματα ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 50e)]:—middle, model, as a sculptor, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.19, “APl.” 4.120 (1st c.BC: Archias or 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus))]: metaphorically, take impressions, ὅθεν ἡμὴ φρὴν ἀπομαξαμένη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1040; τὰς ἰδέας 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).655)]; ἀ. παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων one from another, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1172a12)]: generally, copy, imitate, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Veterum Censura” 3.2; ἤθεα ἀ. τεκούσης 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 46.18, compare 48.229)]: with genitive, model oneself upon, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 27.)]