Strong G1591ἐκμάσσω
to wipe off
- Transliteration
- ekmassō
- Pronunciation
- ek-mas'-so
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐκ-μάσσω
[in LXX: Sir.12:11, Ep. Jer.13:1-27 24:1-10 *;]
to wipe off: with accusative, Luk.7:38, 44, Jhn.11:2 12:3 13:5.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Sir.12:11, Ep. Jer.13:1-27 24:1-10 *;]
to wipe off: with accusative, Luk.7:38, 44, Jhn.11:2 12:3 13:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1591 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wipe5
First verses
- Luke 7:38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
- Luke 7:44And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
- John 11:2(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
- John 12:3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
- John 13:5After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκμάσσω,
Attic dialect ἐκμάττω, perfect ἐκμέμᾰχα (ἐκμέμα-κα codices) conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 4:)]aorist 2 passive -εμάγην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 191d)]; also aorist I participle ἐκμαχθείς [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]:—wipe off, wipe away, κάρᾳ κηλῖδας ἐξέμαξεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 446)]; ἔκμασσε [τὸ αἷμα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1400; ἀλωπεκίας ὀθονίῳ 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.406)]:—middle, wipe away one's tears, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.42 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus).)]
2 wipe dry, ὑπὸ σπόγγου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 65 (_passive_),compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.9)]; [τοὺς ἔμπροσθεν πόδας] ἐ. εἰς τοὺς μέσους, of bees, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 624b1.)]
II of an artist, mould or model in wax or plaster, αὑτὸν ἐκμάττειν τε καὶ ἐνιστάναι εἰς τοὺς τῶν κακιόνων τύπους to mould and adapt oneself to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 396d)]; of pessaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 230)]:—so in middle, [Refs ([prev. author] “Nat.Mul.” 109)]; ὧν ἔτι θερμὰ κονία.. ἐκμάσσεται ἴχνη of whose yet warm footsteps the dust receives the impress, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.122)]; express, imitate, ἵππου γενεήν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 740; τὸν Λυσιακὸν χαρακτῆρα ἐκμέμακται 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 13 (so in _active_, [prev. work] 4 codices, uncertain))]; ἐς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον ἐξεμάξατο τὸν διδάσκαλον he was the image of his master, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.64:)] —passive, μάλθης ἄναγνα σώματ᾽ ἐκμεμαγμένοι (variant{-μένα}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 140)]; ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸς ἐκμεμαγμένος his very image, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 255; βασιλέως..εἰκόν᾽ ἐκμεμ. “IGRom.” 1.1190 (from Memnon))]; ὃ ἂν ἐκμαγῇ whatever be impressed, whatever impression be made (compare ἐκμαγεῖον), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 191d)]; τὴν ἰδέαν τοῦ παιδὸς ἐκμεμάχθαι had impressed upon him the image of the boy, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 44; ποιότης ἀπὸ μένοντος ἐκμαγεῖσα θείου λόγου 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.548.)]
Attic dialect ἐκμάττω, perfect ἐκμέμᾰχα (ἐκμέμα-κα codices) conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 4:)]aorist 2 passive -εμάγην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 191d)]; also aorist I participle ἐκμαχθείς [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]:—wipe off, wipe away, κάρᾳ κηλῖδας ἐξέμαξεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 446)]; ἔκμασσε [τὸ αἷμα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1400; ἀλωπεκίας ὀθονίῳ 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.406)]:—middle, wipe away one's tears, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 5.42 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus).)]
2 wipe dry, ὑπὸ σπόγγου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 65 (_passive_),compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.9)]; [τοὺς ἔμπροσθεν πόδας] ἐ. εἰς τοὺς μέσους, of bees, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 624b1.)]
II of an artist, mould or model in wax or plaster, αὑτὸν ἐκμάττειν τε καὶ ἐνιστάναι εἰς τοὺς τῶν κακιόνων τύπους to mould and adapt oneself to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 396d)]; of pessaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 230)]:—so in middle, [Refs ([prev. author] “Nat.Mul.” 109)]; ὧν ἔτι θερμὰ κονία.. ἐκμάσσεται ἴχνη of whose yet warm footsteps the dust receives the impress, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.122)]; express, imitate, ἵππου γενεήν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 740; τὸν Λυσιακὸν χαρακτῆρα ἐκμέμακται 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 13 (so in _active_, [prev. work] 4 codices, uncertain))]; ἐς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον ἐξεμάξατο τὸν διδάσκαλον he was the image of his master, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.64:)] —passive, μάλθης ἄναγνα σώματ᾽ ἐκμεμαγμένοι (variant{-μένα}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 140)]; ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸς ἐκμεμαγμένος his very image, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 255; βασιλέως..εἰκόν᾽ ἐκμεμ. “IGRom.” 1.1190 (from Memnon))]; ὃ ἂν ἐκμαγῇ whatever be impressed, whatever impression be made (compare ἐκμαγεῖον), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 191d)]; τὴν ἰδέαν τοῦ παιδὸς ἐκμεμάχθαι had impressed upon him the image of the boy, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 44; ποιότης ἀπὸ μένοντος ἐκμαγεῖσα θείου λόγου 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.548.)]