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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 24 times in 22 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, 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 he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:24 - And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:31 - And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:19 - For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:11 - And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6 - And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:21 - So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6 - I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
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