Strong G3068λούω
to wash
- Transliteration
- louō
- Pronunciation
- loo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
λούω
[in LXX chiefly for רָחַץ (frequently of ceremonial washing; cf. Deiss., BS, 226 f.);]
to bathe, wash the body: with accusative of person(s), Act.9:37 (of a dead body); id. before ἀπό (Deiss., BS, l.with), Act.16:33; pass. ptcp. pf., Jhn.13:10, Heb.10:22; mid., to wash oneself (Mayor, in l; M. Pr., 155 f., 238 f.), 2Pe.2:22; metaphorically, Rev.1:5, Rec., R, mg. (cf. ἀπο-λούω).†
SYN.: νίπτω, used of parts of the body-hands, feet, face; πλύνω, of things, as garments, etc. (see Lev.15:11; cf. Tr., Syn., § xlv) (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for רָחַץ (frequently of ceremonial washing; cf. Deiss., BS, 226 f.);]
to bathe, wash the body: with accusative of person(s), Act.9:37 (of a dead body); id. before ἀπό (Deiss., BS, l.with), Act.16:33; pass. ptcp. pf., Jhn.13:10, Heb.10:22; mid., to wash oneself (Mayor, in l; M. Pr., 155 f., 238 f.), 2Pe.2:22; metaphorically, Rev.1:5, Rec., R, mg. (cf. ἀπο-λούω).†
SYN.: νίπτω, used of parts of the body-hands, feet, face; πλύνω, of things, as garments, etc. (see Lev.15:11; cf. Tr., Syn., § xlv) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3068 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wash5
- washed1
First verses
- John 13:10Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
- Acts 9:37And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
- Acts 16:33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
- Hebrews 10:22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
- 2 Peter 2:22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
- Revelation 1:5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
λούω,
contraction from λοέω, from which come imperfect λόεον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.252)]: aorist infinitive λοέσσαι [Refs (19.320)]; participle λοέσσας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.282)]: future middle λοέσσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.221: _3rd.pers._ _sing._)]aorist λοέσσατο[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 227; λοεσσάμενος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.577, “Schwyzer” 633 (Eresus, 2nd-1st c.BC))]: also Epic dialect imperfect ἐλούεον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 289.—Later forms, λούει 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52)]; infinitive λούειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 115a)]: future λούσω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 95)]; Doric dialect λουσῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.146)]: aorist ἔλουσα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 47, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 901, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 19)] (Epic dialect λοῦσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.679, etc.))]:—middle λούονται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.75)]; infinitive λούεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.508, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.70)]; participle λουόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.23)]: future λούσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 837, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116a:)]aorist ἐλουσάμην[Refs ([prev. passage])]; Epic dialect λούσαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.576)]; Doric dialect participle λωσάμενος [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.157 (from Cyrene))]: —passive, aorist ἐλούθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.11, later ἐλούσθην 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 446:)]perfect λέλουμαι, 3rd.pers. singular λέλουται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 868)]; participle λελουμένος [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.6, later λέλουσμαι LXX.Cant.5.12 (codex Vat.).)]—Another old form of the present was λόω, whence 3rd.pers. singular λόει [Refs (“Scol.” 25)], 2nd pers. singular middle κατα-λόει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 838 (probably))]: 3rd.pers. singular imperfect λόε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.361)], 3rd.pers. plural λόον [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 120)]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive middle λόηται [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 12(5).569.5 (Ceos, 3rd c.BC))]; infinitive λόεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 749)]:—to λόω also belong the following contraction forms, 3rd.pers. singular imperfect ἀπ-έλου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 118, ἐλοῦμεν [prev. author] “Pl.” 657)]; present passive λοῦται [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.63, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.11, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 366 (note))]; λοῦνται, ἐλοῦτο, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.198, 3.125, ἐλούμην 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 363)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐλοῦντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.4, etc. (_Doric dialect_ λῶντο, λώοντο, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 72, 73))]; infinitive λοῦσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.216, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.124, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1044, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 942b)]; participle λούμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1623, “Pl.” 658, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.3: the forms ἐλούομεν, λούομαι, ἐλουόμην)], etc., are rejected by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 165, but are frequently found in codices, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.9, etc.: the _imperative_ form λοῦ (glossed by λοῦσαι, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus), if correct, is _contraction_ for λόε)]: (Cf. Latin l[acaron]vo [from *lovo]): — wash, properly wash the body (νίζω being used of the hands and feet, πλύνω of clothes), τὸν δ᾽ Ἥβη λοῦσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.905; δμῳαὶ λοῦσαν καὶ χρῖσαν ἐλαίῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.49, compare 6.210)]; λοῦσ᾽ ἐν ποταμῷ bathed me, i.e. let me bathe, [Refs (7.296)]; τίς ἄν σφε λούσειε; [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 739 (Lyric poetry); λούσαντες τὸν νεκρόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1152, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 901; λ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν NT.Act.16.33)]; also λ ἐκ τρίποδος μεγάλοιο washed me [with water] from a great cauldron, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.361; ὀϊστοὺς λοῦσεν φοινίσσᾳ.. Ἄρης ψακάδι 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 106: with _accusative_ _cognate_, λουτρὸν λοῦσαί τινα, see at {λουτρόν} I.2.)]
b rarely of things, λ. τὰ δύο μέρη τοῦ βαλανείου [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 384.30 (5th c.AD).)]
2 metaphorically, purify, τινὰ ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν variant in [NT (NT.Rev.1.5.)]
II middle and passive, bathe, λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.216: also with _genitive_, λελουμένος Ὠκεανοῖο (of a star just risen))] fresh from Ocean's bath, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.6)]; λούεσθαι ποταμοῖο bathe in the river,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (6.508; so ἀπὸ [κρήνης] λουόμενοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.23: with _accusative_ _cognate_, τὸ λουτρὸν ἡ Ῥέα λοῦται 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 33.4: _absolutely_, λούσαντο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.48, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.20, etc.)]; λελουμένος freshbathed, after bathing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1064 (Lyric poetry); ἐν βαλανείῳ λελουμένος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 495e; λούεσθαι ἐν πηλῷ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 595a31; εἰς λουτρῶνας 2nd c.BC: Ptolemaeus Euergetes II Historicus 3 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus (uncertain): _metaphorically_, τόξα.. αἵματι λουσάμενα 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 143, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 95; λελουμένος τῷ φόνῳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 13.3.)]
II.2 in strict passive sense, λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, i.e. to be washed by the rain from heaven, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.124, 125.)]
II.3 in strict middle sense, with accusative, λοέσσασθαι χρόα wash one's body, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 522, “Th.” 5)]; λούονται (variant{λοῦνται}) ὕδατι τὸ σῶμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.75.)]
contraction from λοέω, from which come imperfect λόεον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.252)]: aorist infinitive λοέσσαι [Refs (19.320)]; participle λοέσσας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.282)]: future middle λοέσσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.221: _3rd.pers._ _sing._)]aorist λοέσσατο[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 227; λοεσσάμενος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.577, “Schwyzer” 633 (Eresus, 2nd-1st c.BC))]: also Epic dialect imperfect ἐλούεον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 289.—Later forms, λούει 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52)]; infinitive λούειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 115a)]: future λούσω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 95)]; Doric dialect λουσῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.146)]: aorist ἔλουσα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 47, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 901, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 19)] (Epic dialect λοῦσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.679, etc.))]:—middle λούονται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.75)]; infinitive λούεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.508, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.70)]; participle λουόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.23)]: future λούσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 837, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 116a:)]aorist ἐλουσάμην[Refs ([prev. passage])]; Epic dialect λούσαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.576)]; Doric dialect participle λωσάμενος [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.157 (from Cyrene))]: —passive, aorist ἐλούθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.11, later ἐλούσθην 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 446:)]perfect λέλουμαι, 3rd.pers. singular λέλουται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 868)]; participle λελουμένος [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.6, later λέλουσμαι LXX.Cant.5.12 (codex Vat.).)]—Another old form of the present was λόω, whence 3rd.pers. singular λόει [Refs (“Scol.” 25)], 2nd pers. singular middle κατα-λόει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 838 (probably))]: 3rd.pers. singular imperfect λόε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.361)], 3rd.pers. plural λόον [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 120)]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive middle λόηται [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 12(5).569.5 (Ceos, 3rd c.BC))]; infinitive λόεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 749)]:—to λόω also belong the following contraction forms, 3rd.pers. singular imperfect ἀπ-έλου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 118, ἐλοῦμεν [prev. author] “Pl.” 657)]; present passive λοῦται [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.63, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.11, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 366 (note))]; λοῦνται, ἐλοῦτο, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.198, 3.125, ἐλούμην 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 363)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐλοῦντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.4, etc. (_Doric dialect_ λῶντο, λώοντο, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 72, 73))]; infinitive λοῦσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.216, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.124, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1044, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 942b)]; participle λούμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1623, “Pl.” 658, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.3: the forms ἐλούομεν, λούομαι, ἐλουόμην)], etc., are rejected by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 165, but are frequently found in codices, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.9, etc.: the _imperative_ form λοῦ (glossed by λοῦσαι, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus), if correct, is _contraction_ for λόε)]: (Cf. Latin l[acaron]vo [from *lovo]): — wash, properly wash the body (νίζω being used of the hands and feet, πλύνω of clothes), τὸν δ᾽ Ἥβη λοῦσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.905; δμῳαὶ λοῦσαν καὶ χρῖσαν ἐλαίῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.49, compare 6.210)]; λοῦσ᾽ ἐν ποταμῷ bathed me, i.e. let me bathe, [Refs (7.296)]; τίς ἄν σφε λούσειε; [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 739 (Lyric poetry); λούσαντες τὸν νεκρόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1152, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 901; λ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν NT.Act.16.33)]; also λ ἐκ τρίποδος μεγάλοιο washed me [with water] from a great cauldron, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.361; ὀϊστοὺς λοῦσεν φοινίσσᾳ.. Ἄρης ψακάδι 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 106: with _accusative_ _cognate_, λουτρὸν λοῦσαί τινα, see at {λουτρόν} I.2.)]
b rarely of things, λ. τὰ δύο μέρη τοῦ βαλανείου [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 384.30 (5th c.AD).)]
2 metaphorically, purify, τινὰ ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν variant in [NT (NT.Rev.1.5.)]
II middle and passive, bathe, λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.216: also with _genitive_, λελουμένος Ὠκεανοῖο (of a star just risen))] fresh from Ocean's bath, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.6)]; λούεσθαι ποταμοῖο bathe in the river,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (6.508; so ἀπὸ [κρήνης] λουόμενοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.23: with _accusative_ _cognate_, τὸ λουτρὸν ἡ Ῥέα λοῦται 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 33.4: _absolutely_, λούσαντο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.48, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.20, etc.)]; λελουμένος freshbathed, after bathing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1064 (Lyric poetry); ἐν βαλανείῳ λελουμένος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 495e; λούεσθαι ἐν πηλῷ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 595a31; εἰς λουτρῶνας 2nd c.BC: Ptolemaeus Euergetes II Historicus 3 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus (uncertain): _metaphorically_, τόξα.. αἵματι λουσάμενα 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 143, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 95; λελουμένος τῷ φόνῳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 13.3.)]
II.2 in strict passive sense, λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, i.e. to be washed by the rain from heaven, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.124, 125.)]
II.3 in strict middle sense, with accusative, λοέσσασθαι χρόα wash one's body, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 522, “Th.” 5)]; λούονται (variant{λοῦνται}) ὕδατι τὸ σῶμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.75.)]