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Lexicon :: Strong's G3538 - niptō

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νίπτω
Transliteration
niptō (Key)
Pronunciation
nip'-to
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
To cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:946,635

Trench's Synonyms: xlv. πλύνω, νίπτω, λούω.

Strong’s Definitions

νίπτω níptō, nip'-to; to cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face); ceremonially, to perform ablution:—wash. Compare G3068.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G3538 in the following manner: wash (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G3538 in the following manner: wash (17x).

  1. to wash

  2. to wash one's self

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νίπτω níptō, nip'-to; to cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face); ceremonially, to perform ablution:—wash. Compare G3068.
STRONGS G3538:
νίπτω; (a later form for νίζω; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 241 (Veitch, under the word νίζω; Buttmann, 63 (55); Winer's Grammar, 88 (84))); 1 aorist ἔνιψα; middle, present νιπτομια; 1 aorist ἐνιψάμην; the Sept. for רָחַץ; to wash: τινα, John 13:8; τούς πόδας τίνος, ibid. 5f 8, 12, 14; 1 Timothy 5:10; middle to wash oneself (cf. Buttmann, § 135, 5; Winer's Grammar, § 38, 2b.): John 9:7, 11, 15; τάς χεῖρας, to wash one's (own) hands, Mark 7:3; τούς πόδας, John 13:10 (T omits; WH brackets τούς πόδας); νίψαι τό προσοπον σου, Matthew 6:17; νίπτονται τάς χεῖρας αὐτῶν, Matthew 15:2. (Compare: ἀπονίπτω. Synonym: see λούω, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:17; 15:2
Mark
7:3
John
9:7; 9:11; 9:15; 13:8; 13:10
1 Timothy
5:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3538 matches the Greek νίπτω (niptō),
which occurs 24 times in 22 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the town square.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - So the man came to the house and unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and there was water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:24 - And when the man had brought the men into Joseph’s house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:31 - Then he washed his face and came out. And controlling himself he said, “Serve the food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:19 - with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering[fn] to the LORD, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:11 - Anyone whom the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - And an earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6 - And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:21 - So he brought him into his house and gave the donkeys feed. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and there followed him a present from the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - To fill his belly to the full,
God[fn] will send his burning anger against him
and rain it upon him into his body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6 - I wash my hands in innocence
and go around your altar, O LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - All in vain have I kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - I had put off my garment;
how could I put it on?
I had bathed my feet;
how could I soil them?
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