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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.)
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι G3538
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:2 - διὰ τί οἱ μαθηταί σου παραβαίνουσιν τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων οὐ γὰρ νίπτονται G3538 τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ὅταν ἄρτον ἐσθίωσιν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:3 - οἱ γὰρ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ πάντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐὰν μὴ πυγμῇ νίψωνται G3538 τὰς χεῖρας οὐκ ἐσθίουσιν κρατοῦντες τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:7 - καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὕπαγε νίψαι G3538 εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν τοῦ Σιλωάμ ἑρμηνεύεται ἀπεσταλμένος ἀπῆλθεν οὖν καὶ ἐνίψατο G3538 καὶ ἦλθεν βλέπων
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:11 - ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος ἄνθρωπος λεγόμενος Ἰησοῦς πηλὸν ἐποίησεν καὶ ἐπέχρισέν μου τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ εἶπέν μοι ὅτι ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν Σιλωὰμ καὶ νίψαι G3538 ἀπελθὼν οὖν καὶ νιψάμενος G3538 ἀνέβλεψα
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:15 - πάλιν οὖν ἠρώτων αὐτὸν καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι πῶς ἀνέβλεψεν δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς πηλὸν ἐπέθηκέν μου ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς καὶ ἐνιψάμην G3538 καὶ βλέπω
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:5 - εἶτα βάλλει ὕδωρ εἰς τὸν νιπτῆρα καὶ ἤρξατο νίπτειν G3538 τοὺς πόδας τῶν μαθητῶν καὶ ἐκμάσσειν τῷ λεντίῳ ἦν διεζωσμένος
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:6 - ἔρχεται οὖν πρὸς Σίμωνα Πέτρον λέγει αὐτῷ κύριε σύ μου νίπτεις G3538 τοὺς πόδας
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:8 - λέγει αὐτῷ Πέτρος οὐ μὴ νίψῃς G3538 μου τοὺς πόδας εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς αὐτῷ ἐὰν μὴ νίψω G3538 σε οὐκ ἔχεις μέρος μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:10 - λέγει αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς λελουμένος οὐκ ἔχει χρείαν εἰ μὴ τοὺς πόδας νίψασθαι G3538 ἀλλ᾽ ἔστιν καθαρὸς ὅλος καὶ ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε ἀλλ᾽ οὐχὶ πάντες
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:12 - ὅτε οὖν ἔνιψεν G3538 τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν καὶ ἔλαβεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνέπεσεν πάλιν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς γινώσκετε τί πεποίηκα ὑμῖν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:14 - εἰ οὖν ἐγὼ ἔνιψα G3538 ὑμῶν τοὺς πόδας κύριος καὶ διδάσκαλος καὶ ὑμεῖς ὀφείλετε ἀλλήλων νίπτειν G3538 τοὺς πόδας
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:10 - ἐν ἔργοις καλοῖς μαρτυρουμένη εἰ ἐτεκνοτρόφησεν εἰ ἐξενοδόχησεν εἰ ἁγίων πόδας ἔνιψεν G3538 εἰ θλιβομένοις ἐπήρκεσεν εἰ παντὶ ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ ἐπηκολούθησεν
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