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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 17 times in 13 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - But *thou*, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:2 - Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:3 - (for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:7 - And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed, and came seeing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:11 - He answered and said, A man called Jesus made mud and anointed mine eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam and wash: and having gone and washed, I saw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:15 - The Pharisees therefore also again asked him how he received his sight. And he said to them, He put mud upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:5 - then he pours water into the washhand basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the linen towel with which he was girded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:6 - He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and *he* says to him, Lord, dost thou wash *my* feet?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:8 - Peter says to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash thee, thou hast not part with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:10 - Jesus says to him, He that is washed all over needs not to wash save his feet, but is wholly clean; and ye are clean, but not all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:12 - When therefore he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, having sat down again, he said to them, Do ye know what I have done to you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:14 - If I therefore, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:10 - borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.
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