Strong G3538νίπτω
to wash
- Transliteration
- niptō
- Pronunciation
- nip'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
To cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face); ceremonially to perform ablution : - wash. Compare G3068 .
Detailed definition
νίπτω late form of νίζω,
[in LXX chiefly for רָחַץ;]
to wash, usually of a part of the body: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.13:8; τ. πόδας, Jhn.13:5-6, 8 13:12, 14, 1Ti.5:10; mid., reflexive,
to wash oneself: Jhn.9:7, 11 9:15; τ. χεῖρας, Mat.15:2, Mrk.7:3; τ. πόδας, Jhn.13:10; τ. πρόσωπον, Mat.6:17 (in cl. Att.. prose, used only in compounds; cf. ἀπο-νίπτω).†
νίζω, see: νίπτω
SYN.: λούω (which see), πλύνω (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for רָחַץ;]
to wash, usually of a part of the body: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.13:8; τ. πόδας, Jhn.13:5-6, 8 13:12, 14, 1Ti.5:10; mid., reflexive,
to wash oneself: Jhn.9:7, 11 9:15; τ. χεῖρας, Mat.15:2, Mrk.7:3; τ. πόδας, Jhn.13:10; τ. πρόσωπον, Mat.6:17 (in cl. Att.. prose, used only in compounds; cf. ἀπο-νίπτω).†
νίζω, see: νίπτω
SYN.: λούω (which see), πλύνω (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3538 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wash16
- dost1
- shalt1
First verses
- Matthew 6:17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
- Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
- Mark 7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
- John 9:7And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
- John 9:11He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
- John 9:15Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
- 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.
- John 13:6Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
- John 13:8Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
- 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.
- John 13:12So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
- John 13:14If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
- 1 Timothy 5:10Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: νίζω,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus [273])]; imperative νίζε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.830)]; infinitive νίζειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.374)]; participle νίζων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.425, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1338)]: Epic dialect imperfect νίζον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.112, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.846)]:— the present νίπτω, analogically formed from νίψω ἔνιψα, first in [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 543, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 19, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.19.5, NT.John.13.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 10, though 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)] uses middle νίπτομαι [Refs (“Mul.” 1.57 (but δια-νιζέσθω [prev. work] 84, περι-νιζέσθω [prev. work] 2.158))]: future νίψω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.376, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 255)]: aorist ἔνιψα [Refs ([prev. author] “Sthen.Prol.” 25)]; Epic dialect νίψα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.505)]:—middle, νίζομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus (see. above))]: imperfect νίζετο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.224:)]future νίψομαι (see. ἀπο-, ἐκ-νίζω)[LXX (, late νιφήσομαι LXX.Lev.15.12:)]aorist ἐνιψάμη; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular νίψατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.230:)]perfect νένιμμαι (see. below): aorist passive ἐνίφθην (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.23)]:—wash the hands or feet (see. entry near the end), νίζε δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἆσσον ἰοῦσα ἄναχθ᾽ ἑόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.392; αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ νίψεν [prev. work] 505, compare 358; τῷ σε πόδας νίψω [prev. work] 376)], cf. Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.19; ἁ δὲ χεὶρ τὰν χεῖρα νίζει 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus)] [same place]:—middle, νίψατο δ᾽ αὐτὸς χεῖρας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.230, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 739)]; νίψασθαι, absolutely, to wash one's hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.138, etc.)]; χεῖρας νίψασθαι ἁλός [with water] from the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.261 (see. below 11); νίψασθαι λίμνης πόδα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 122; οὔρῳ νιψάμενος τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.111.)]
2 generally, purge, cleanse, νίψαι καθαρμῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1228, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1191.)]
II wash off, ἐπεί σφιν κῦμα θαλάσσης ἱδρῶ.. νίψεν ἀπὸ χρωτός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.575; ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ δ᾽ αἷμα κελαινὸν νίζ᾽ ὕδατι λιαρῷ 11.830, 846; φόνον ἐμῆς ἔνιψε χειρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Sthen.”)][same place]:—passive, αἷμα νένιπται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.419:)] —middle, ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα νίζετο ἅλμην he washed the brine off his skin [with water] from the river, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.224.)]—Commonly used of washing part of the person, while λούομαι is used of bathing, πλύνω of washing clothes, etc.; but νίζω is sometimes used of things, σπόγγοισι.. τραπέζας νίζον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.112; [δέπας] ἔνιψ᾽ ὕδατος καλῇσι ῥοῇσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.229; ὕδατι νίζειν.. πλίνθον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.62.)] — _Attic dialect_ Prose writers use the word only in compounds, see.{ἀπο-}, ἐναπο-, ἐκ-νίζω. (Cf. OIr. nigid, Sanskrit nénekti 'wash', niktá- 'washed', Gr. ἀ-νιπτό-ποδες, χέρνιβα, I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] nig[uglide]-.)
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus [273])]; imperative νίζε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.830)]; infinitive νίζειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.374)]; participle νίζων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.425, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1338)]: Epic dialect imperfect νίζον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.112, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.846)]:— the present νίπτω, analogically formed from νίψω ἔνιψα, first in [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 543, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 19, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.19.5, NT.John.13.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 10, though 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)] uses middle νίπτομαι [Refs (“Mul.” 1.57 (but δια-νιζέσθω [prev. work] 84, περι-νιζέσθω [prev. work] 2.158))]: future νίψω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.376, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 255)]: aorist ἔνιψα [Refs ([prev. author] “Sthen.Prol.” 25)]; Epic dialect νίψα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.505)]:—middle, νίζομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus (see. above))]: imperfect νίζετο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.224:)]future νίψομαι (see. ἀπο-, ἐκ-νίζω)[LXX (, late νιφήσομαι LXX.Lev.15.12:)]aorist ἐνιψάμη; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular νίψατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.230:)]perfect νένιμμαι (see. below): aorist passive ἐνίφθην (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.23)]:—wash the hands or feet (see. entry near the end), νίζε δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἆσσον ἰοῦσα ἄναχθ᾽ ἑόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.392; αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ νίψεν [prev. work] 505, compare 358; τῷ σε πόδας νίψω [prev. work] 376)], cf. Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.19; ἁ δὲ χεὶρ τὰν χεῖρα νίζει 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus)] [same place]:—middle, νίψατο δ᾽ αὐτὸς χεῖρας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.230, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 739)]; νίψασθαι, absolutely, to wash one's hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.138, etc.)]; χεῖρας νίψασθαι ἁλός [with water] from the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.261 (see. below 11); νίψασθαι λίμνης πόδα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 122; οὔρῳ νιψάμενος τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.111.)]
2 generally, purge, cleanse, νίψαι καθαρμῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1228, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1191.)]
II wash off, ἐπεί σφιν κῦμα θαλάσσης ἱδρῶ.. νίψεν ἀπὸ χρωτός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.575; ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ δ᾽ αἷμα κελαινὸν νίζ᾽ ὕδατι λιαρῷ 11.830, 846; φόνον ἐμῆς ἔνιψε χειρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Sthen.”)][same place]:—passive, αἷμα νένιπται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.419:)] —middle, ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα νίζετο ἅλμην he washed the brine off his skin [with water] from the river, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.224.)]—Commonly used of washing part of the person, while λούομαι is used of bathing, πλύνω of washing clothes, etc.; but νίζω is sometimes used of things, σπόγγοισι.. τραπέζας νίζον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.112; [δέπας] ἔνιψ᾽ ὕδατος καλῇσι ῥοῇσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.229; ὕδατι νίζειν.. πλίνθον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.62.)] — _Attic dialect_ Prose writers use the word only in compounds, see.{ἀπο-}, ἐναπο-, ἐκ-νίζω. (Cf. OIr. nigid, Sanskrit nénekti 'wash', niktá- 'washed', Gr. ἀ-νιπτό-ποδες, χέρνιβα, I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] nig[uglide]-.)