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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 - “Please let a little water be brought and wash your feet, and [fn]rest yourselves under the tree;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - And he said, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said however, “No, but we shall spend the night in the square.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - So the man came into the house. Then [fn]Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and 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 - Then the man brought the men into Joseph’s house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave 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 he restrained himself and said, “Set the [fn]meal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “You shall also make a laver of [fn]bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing; and 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 - “And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - when they come into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - “So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for [fn]Aaron and his seed throughout their generations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - He placed the laver 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 - ‘Likewise, whomever the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - ‘However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel 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 [fn]who are 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 fodder, 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 arose and bowed with her [fn]face to the ground and said, “Behold, your maidservant is a servant-woman to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

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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 a present from the king went out after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He also made ten lavers and set five on the right side and five on the left, in which to wash things, that is, in which they would rinse things for the burnt offering; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 -

“So it will be that he fills his belly,

And God will send His burning anger on him

And will rain it on him [fn]while he is eating.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6 -

I shall wash my hands in innocence,

So I will go around Your altar, O Yahweh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 -

The righteous will be glad when he beholds the vengeance;

He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 -

Surely in vain I have [fn]kept my heart pure

And washed my hands in innocence;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 -

“I have taken off my long-sleeved garment,

How can I put it on again?

I have washed my feet,

How can I dirty them again?

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