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Lexicon :: Strong's G3538 - niptō

Aa
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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - “But as for you, when you fast G3522, [fn]anoint G218 your head G2776 and wash G3538 your face G4383,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:2 - “Why G1223 G5101 do Your disciples G3101 break G3845 the tradition G3862 of the elders G4245? For they do not wash G3538 their hands G5495 when G3752 they eat G2068 bread G740.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:3 - (For the Pharisees G5330 and all G3956 the other Jews G2453 do not eat G2068 unless G1437 G3361 they [fn]carefully G4435 wash G3538 their hands G5495, thereby holding G2902 firmly G2902 to the tradition G3862 of the elders G4245;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:7 - and said G3004 to him, “Go G5217, wash G3538 in the pool G2861 of Siloam G4611” (which G3739 is translated G2059, Sent G649). So G3767 he left G565 and washed G3538, and came G2064 back seeing G991.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:11 - He answered G611, “The Man G444 who is called G3004 Jesus G2424 made G4160 mud G4081, and spread G2025 it on G2025 my eyes G3788, and said G3004 to me, ‘Go G5217 to Siloam G4611 and wash G3538’; so G3767 I went G565 away G565 and washed G3538, and I received G308 sight G308.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:15 - Then G3767 the Pharisees G5330 also G2532 were asking G2065 him again G3825 how G4459 he received G308 his sight G308. And he said G3004 to them, “He applied G2007 mud G4081 to my eyes G3788, and I washed G3538, and I see G991.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:5 - Then G1534 He *poured G906 water G5204 into the basin G3537, and began G757 washing G3538 the disciples’ G3101 feet G4228 and wiping G1591 them with the towel G3012 which G3739 He had tied G1241 around G1241 Himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:6 - So G3767 He *came G2064 to Simon G4613 Peter G4074. He *said G3004 to Him, “Lord G2962, You are washing G3538 my feet G4228?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:8 - Peter G4074 *said G3004 to Him, “Never G3756 G3361 shall You wash G3538 my feet G4228!” Jesus G2424 answered G611 him, “If G1437 I do not wash G3538 you, you have G2192 no G3756 [fn]place G3313 with Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:10 - Jesus G2424 *said G3004 to him, “He who has bathed G3068 needs G5532 only G3756 G1487 G3361 to wash G3538 his feet G4228; otherwise G235 he is completely G3650 clean G2513. And you are clean G2513—but [fn]not all G3956 of you.”

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Then G3767, when G3753 He had washed G3538 their feet G4228, and taken G2983 His garments G2440 and reclined G377 at the table again G3825, He said G3004 to them, “Do you know G1097 what G5101 I have done G4160 for you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:14 - “So G3767 if G1487 I, the Lord G2962 and the Teacher G1320, washed G3538 your feet G4228, you also G2532 ought G3784 to wash G3538 one G240 another’s G240 feet G4228.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:10 - having G3140 a G3140 reputation G3140 for good G2570 works G2041; and if G1487 she has brought G5044 up G5044 children G5044, if G1487 she has shown G3580 hospitality G3580 to G3580 strangers G3580, if G1487 she has washed G3538 the [fn]saints’ G40 feet G4228, if G1487 she has assisted G1884 those in G2346 distress G2346, and if G1487 she has devoted G1872 herself G1872 to every G3956 good G18 work G2041.
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