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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)
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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.)
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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 5 times in 5 verses in 'Gen' 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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