Strong G3067λουτρόν
washing
- Transliteration
- loutron
- Pronunciation
- loo-tron'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G3068; a bath that is (figuratively) baptism: - washing.
Detailed definition
λουτρόν, -οῦ, τό
(λούω), [in LXX: Sng.4:2 6:5, (6) (רַחְצָה), Sir.34:25 *;]
a washing, bath: τ. ὕδατος, Eph.5:26; τ. παλιγγενεσίας, Tit.3:5 (see AR, Eph., l.with).†
(AS)
(λούω), [in LXX: Sng.4:2 6:5, (6) (רַחְצָה), Sir.34:25 *;]
a washing, bath: τ. ὕδατος, Eph.5:26; τ. παλιγγενεσίας, Tit.3:5 (see AR, Eph., l.with).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3067 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- washing2
First verses
- Ephesians 5:26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
- Titus 3:5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
λουτρόν, τό,
in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always λοετρόν, but contraction form in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 50, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 753)]; Doric dialect λωτρόν, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: (λούω):— bath, bathing-place, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, always in _plural_, θερμὰ λοετρά)] hot bath, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.444, +others; later θερμὰ λουτρά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 670, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 634 (Lyric poetry), CratesCom. 15, etc.; θερμὰ Νυμφᾶν λουτρά 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 12.19; also called Ἡράκλεια λουτρά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1051; λοετρὰ Ὠκεανοῖο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.489, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.275)]; σίτοισι καὶ λουτροῖσι in matters of eating and washing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52; λουτρῷ χρωμένους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1109b: _sing._ first in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place]; τραπέσθαι πρὸς τὸ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 115a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.7)]: in plural, bathing-establishment, τὰ δημόσια λ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1252 B 22 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
2 water for bathing or washing, ὑδάτων ἐνεγκεῖν λουτρά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1599)]; ἐν λουτροῖς while bathing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.59)]; λοῦσαί τινα λουτρόν give one a bath, wash one with water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1201, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 469; λουτρὸν παρέχειν [prev. work] 377)]; λοῦσθαι λουτρόν bathe, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 366 (note); λουτρόν ἐστιν, οὐ πότος 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 9)]; νυμφικὰ λουτρά the conveying of water to the bride (compare λουτροφόρος), [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.43; in “NT”, of baptism, NT.Eph.5.26; λ. παλιγγενεσίας NT.Tit.3.5.)]
II in Poets, ={σπονδαί}, libations to the dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 84, 434, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1667, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {χθόνια λ}.)]
in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always λοετρόν, but contraction form in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 50, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 753)]; Doric dialect λωτρόν, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: (λούω):— bath, bathing-place, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, always in _plural_, θερμὰ λοετρά)] hot bath, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.444, +others; later θερμὰ λουτρά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 670, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 634 (Lyric poetry), CratesCom. 15, etc.; θερμὰ Νυμφᾶν λουτρά 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 12.19; also called Ἡράκλεια λουτρά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1051; λοετρὰ Ὠκεανοῖο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.489, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.275)]; σίτοισι καὶ λουτροῖσι in matters of eating and washing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52; λουτρῷ χρωμένους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1109b: _sing._ first in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place]; τραπέσθαι πρὸς τὸ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 115a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.7)]: in plural, bathing-establishment, τὰ δημόσια λ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1252 B 22 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]
2 water for bathing or washing, ὑδάτων ἐνεγκεῖν λουτρά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1599)]; ἐν λουτροῖς while bathing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.59)]; λοῦσαί τινα λουτρόν give one a bath, wash one with water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1201, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 469; λουτρὸν παρέχειν [prev. work] 377)]; λοῦσθαι λουτρόν bathe, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 366 (note); λουτρόν ἐστιν, οὐ πότος 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 9)]; νυμφικὰ λουτρά the conveying of water to the bride (compare λουτροφόρος), [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.43; in “NT”, of baptism, NT.Eph.5.26; λ. παλιγγενεσίας NT.Tit.3.5.)]
II in Poets, ={σπονδαί}, libations to the dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 84, 434, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1667, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {χθόνια λ}.)]