Strong G633ἀπονίπτω
to wash off
- Transliteration
- aponiptō
- Pronunciation
- ap-on-ip'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀπο-νίπτω
[in LXX for שָׁטַף, רָחַץ, מָחָה;]
to wash off: mid. (reflex.), τ. χεῖρας, Mat.27:24.†
(AS)
[in LXX for שָׁטַף, רָחַץ, מָחָה;]
to wash off: mid. (reflex.), τ. χεῖρας, Mat.27:24.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G633 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wash1
First verses
- Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπονίζω,
later ἀπονευρ-νίπτω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (D.S 4.59, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 18, and once as variant in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], see below:— wash off, ἀπονίψαντες.. βρότον ἐξ ὠτειλῶν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.18), compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.425 (tmesis))]:—middle, wash off from oneself, ἱδρῶ πολλὸν ἀπονίζοντο θαλάσσῃ [Refs ([prev. work] 10.572.)]
II wash clean, especially of the hands and feet, τὴν ἀπονίζουσα φρασάμην I perceived it (the scar) as I was washing his feet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.75; ὅταν ἡ θυγάτηρ μ᾽ ἀπονίζῃ καὶ τὼ πόδ᾽ ἀλείφῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 608, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 60; ἓ μὲν ἔφη ἀ. τὸν παῖδα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175a:)] —middle, χρῶτ᾽ ἀπονίπτεσθαι wash one's body, variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.179, compare 172; χεῖράς τε πόδας τε [prev. work] 22.478: _absolutely_, οἷον εἴ τις εἰς πηλὸν ἐμβὰς πηλῷ -νίζοιτο 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 5)]; wash one's hands (especially after meals,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristophanes Byzantinus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.408f), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.89; ἐγὼ μὲν ἀποτρέχων ἀπονίψομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1163; ἀπονίψασθαι δοτέον)]water to wash with, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 250, compare 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 136)]; so in perfect passive, ἀπονενίμμεθ᾽[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1217; ἀπονενιμμένος [prev. author] “Ec.” 419)]; also in late Prose, see above; τῆς κρήνης -νιψάμενος[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.1; but ἀπονίψασθαι τὸ πρόσωπον ἀπὸ τᾶς κράνας “IG” 4.951.63 (Epid.).)]
II.2 rarely of things, ἀ. τὴν κύλικα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 41.)]
later ἀπονευρ-νίπτω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (D.S 4.59, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 18, and once as variant in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], see below:— wash off, ἀπονίψαντες.. βρότον ἐξ ὠτειλῶν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.18), compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.425 (tmesis))]:—middle, wash off from oneself, ἱδρῶ πολλὸν ἀπονίζοντο θαλάσσῃ [Refs ([prev. work] 10.572.)]
II wash clean, especially of the hands and feet, τὴν ἀπονίζουσα φρασάμην I perceived it (the scar) as I was washing his feet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.75; ὅταν ἡ θυγάτηρ μ᾽ ἀπονίζῃ καὶ τὼ πόδ᾽ ἀλείφῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 608, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 60; ἓ μὲν ἔφη ἀ. τὸν παῖδα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175a:)] —middle, χρῶτ᾽ ἀπονίπτεσθαι wash one's body, variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.179, compare 172; χεῖράς τε πόδας τε [prev. work] 22.478: _absolutely_, οἷον εἴ τις εἰς πηλὸν ἐμβὰς πηλῷ -νίζοιτο 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 5)]; wash one's hands (especially after meals,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristophanes Byzantinus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.408f), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.89; ἐγὼ μὲν ἀποτρέχων ἀπονίψομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1163; ἀπονίψασθαι δοτέον)]water to wash with, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 250, compare 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 136)]; so in perfect passive, ἀπονενίμμεθ᾽[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1217; ἀπονενιμμένος [prev. author] “Ec.” 419)]; also in late Prose, see above; τῆς κρήνης -νιψάμενος[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.1; but ἀπονίψασθαι τὸ πρόσωπον ἀπὸ τᾶς κράνας “IG” 4.951.63 (Epid.).)]
II.2 rarely of things, ἀ. τὴν κύλικα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 41.)]