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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 BoxGen 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh yourselves under the tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - Lo! my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning ye shall depart on your journey. And they said, Nay, but we will lodge in the street.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - And the man entered into the house, and unloaded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:24 - And he brought water to wash their feet; and gave provender to their asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:31 - And he washed his face and came out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, [fn]for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and thou shalt pour forth water into it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:19 - And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet with water from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - Whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whensoever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt-offerings to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute, for him and his [fn]posterity after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - (LXX 38:27) And he made the laver, that [fn]at it Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet: when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or whensoever they should advance to the altar to do service, they washed [fn]at it, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:11 - And whomsoever he that has the issue shall touch, if he have not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - And the earthen vessel which he that has the issue shall happen to touch, shall be broken; and a wooden vessel shall be washed with water, and shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6 - And all the elders of that city who draw nigh to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain in the valley;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:21 - And he brought him into his house, and made room for his asses; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose, and did reverence with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy servant is for an handmaid to wash the feet of thy servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - And David said to Urias, Go to thy house, and wash thy feet: and Urias departed from the house of the king, and a portion of meat from the king followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - And he made ten lavers, and set five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them the instruments of the whole-burnt-offerings, and to rinse the vessels in them; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - If by any means he would fill his belly, let God send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6 - (LXX 25:6) I will wash my hands in [fn]innocency, and compass thine altar, O Lord:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - (LXX 57:11) The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - (LXX 72:13) And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
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