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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 when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:2 - Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:3 - Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:7 - And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:11 - His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:15 - So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:5 - Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:6 - So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:8 - Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:10 - Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:12 - Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:14 - If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:10 - And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.
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