Strong G4150πλύνω
to wash
- Transliteration
- plunō
- Pronunciation
- ploo'-no ploo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
πλύνω
[in LXX chiefly for כָּבַס pi.;]
to wash (inanimate objects, esp. clothing): τ. δίκτυα, Luk.5:2. Fig., τ. στολάς, Rev.7:14 22:14 (cf. Psa.51:4, 9 and see: ἀπο-πλύνω).†
SYN.: see: λούω (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for כָּבַס pi.;]
to wash (inanimate objects, esp. clothing): τ. δίκτυα, Luk.5:2. Fig., τ. στολάς, Rev.7:14 22:14 (cf. Psa.51:4, 9 and see: ἀπο-πλύνω).†
SYN.: see: λούω (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4150 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wash1
First verses
- Revelation 7:14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλύνω [ῡ],
Epic dialect imperfect πλύνεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.155)]: future πλῠνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 248, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.11)]; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect πλῠνέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.31, 59:)]aorist ἔπλῡνα, Epic dialect πλῦνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.93, (ἐκ-, περι-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1062, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.9)]:—middle, future πλῠνοῦμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Num.31.24 (ἐκ-πλυνεῖται in _passive_ sense, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1064))]: aorist participle πλυνάμενος [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Lev.13.6, (ἐκ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.73)]:—passive, future πλῠθήσομαι (πλυνθ- [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus) “Comica Adespota” 715)]: aorist ἐπλύθην [ῠ], 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive πλυθῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.15.4)]; participle πλυθέν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.76.18, πλυθείσης 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Pythagorae - Porphyrii Opuscula” 34)]: perfect πέπλῠμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”) 65, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.150, (κατα-) 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.178)]; participle πεπλυμένος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 92 (3rd c.BC))]:—wash, clean, properly of linen. clothes, etc. (opposed to λούομαι bathe, νίζω wash the hands or feet), εἵματα πλύνεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.155; ἴομεν πλυνέουσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.31)]; πλῦνάν τε (i.e. εἵματα) κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάντα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 93; π. κῴδια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 166; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἱμάτιον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 161e; τὰς κοιλίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 160; ἄμμον 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 58; ἐάν τις ἢ λόηται ἢ πλύνει τι ἐν ταῖς κρήναις “IG” 12(5).569.5 (Ceos, 3rd c.BC))]; στολήν [LXX (LXX.Gen.49.11)]:—passive, σησάμου πεπλυμένου [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 562.19 (3rd c.BC))]; σκίλλης πλυθείσης Porph. [prev. cited]
b metaphorically, πέπλυται τὸ πρᾶγμα the thing is washed to pieces, i. e. worn out, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.3: hence τὸ πεπατημένον καὶ πεπλυμένον)]threadbare, hackneyed, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor “Ars Rhetorica” p.190H.)]
II as a slang term, πλύνειν τινά 'give him a dressing', abuse, κἀκυκλοβόρει κἄπλυνε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 381; ἀλλήλους πλυνοῦμεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.11; πλύνοντες αὑτοὺς τἀπόρρητα [prev. author] 58.40; τὸν πατέρα καὶ σὲ τούς τε σοὺς ἐγὼ πλυνῶ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 608; τοὺς κρείσσονας 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 46.4: with _dative_ modi, τὸν τάριχον τουτονὶ πλύνων ἅπασιν ὅσα σύνοιδ᾽ αὐτῷ κακά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 200: with double_accusative_, πλυνεῖ τε τὰ κακὰ τῶν κακῶν ὑμᾶς 5th c.BC: Diocles Comicus 2. (πλῠ-ν-yω _cognate_ with πλε (ϝ) -ω,)] also with Lithuanian pláuti 'bathe', OSlavonic pluti 'flow', 'sail'.)
Epic dialect imperfect πλύνεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.155)]: future πλῠνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 248, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.11)]; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect πλῠνέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.31, 59:)]aorist ἔπλῡνα, Epic dialect πλῦνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.93, (ἐκ-, περι-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1062, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.9)]:—middle, future πλῠνοῦμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Num.31.24 (ἐκ-πλυνεῖται in _passive_ sense, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1064))]: aorist participle πλυνάμενος [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Lev.13.6, (ἐκ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.73)]:—passive, future πλῠθήσομαι (πλυνθ- [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus) “Comica Adespota” 715)]: aorist ἐπλύθην [ῠ], 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive πλυθῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.15.4)]; participle πλυθέν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.76.18, πλυθείσης 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Pythagorae - Porphyrii Opuscula” 34)]: perfect πέπλῠμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”) 65, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.150, (κατα-) 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.178)]; participle πεπλυμένος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 92 (3rd c.BC))]:—wash, clean, properly of linen. clothes, etc. (opposed to λούομαι bathe, νίζω wash the hands or feet), εἵματα πλύνεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.155; ἴομεν πλυνέουσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.31)]; πλῦνάν τε (i.e. εἵματα) κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάντα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 93; π. κῴδια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 166; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἱμάτιον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 161e; τὰς κοιλίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 160; ἄμμον 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 58; ἐάν τις ἢ λόηται ἢ πλύνει τι ἐν ταῖς κρήναις “IG” 12(5).569.5 (Ceos, 3rd c.BC))]; στολήν [LXX (LXX.Gen.49.11)]:—passive, σησάμου πεπλυμένου [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 562.19 (3rd c.BC))]; σκίλλης πλυθείσης Porph. [prev. cited]
b metaphorically, πέπλυται τὸ πρᾶγμα the thing is washed to pieces, i. e. worn out, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.3: hence τὸ πεπατημένον καὶ πεπλυμένον)]threadbare, hackneyed, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor “Ars Rhetorica” p.190H.)]
II as a slang term, πλύνειν τινά 'give him a dressing', abuse, κἀκυκλοβόρει κἄπλυνε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 381; ἀλλήλους πλυνοῦμεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.11; πλύνοντες αὑτοὺς τἀπόρρητα [prev. author] 58.40; τὸν πατέρα καὶ σὲ τούς τε σοὺς ἐγὼ πλυνῶ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 608; τοὺς κρείσσονας 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 46.4: with _dative_ modi, τὸν τάριχον τουτονὶ πλύνων ἅπασιν ὅσα σύνοιδ᾽ αὐτῷ κακά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 200: with double_accusative_, πλυνεῖ τε τὰ κακὰ τῶν κακῶν ὑμᾶς 5th c.BC: Diocles Comicus 2. (πλῠ-ν-yω _cognate_ with πλε (ϝ) -ω,)] also with Lithuanian pláuti 'bathe', OSlavonic pluti 'flow', 'sail'.)