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Strong's G3068 · Greek

λούω

louo · loo'-o

a primary verb; to bathe (the whole person; whereas 3538 means to wet a part only, and 4150 to wash, cleanse garments exclusively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

λούω (G3068)

5 λούω , [in LXX chiefly for רחץ (freq. of ceremonial washing; cf. Deiss., BS , 226 f.);] to bathe , wash the body: c. acc. pers., Ac 9:37 (of a dead body); id. seq. ἀπό (Deiss., BS , 226 f.), Ac 16:33 ; pass. ptcp. pf., Jo 13:10 , He 10:22 ; mid., to wash oneself (Mayor, in l.; M. Pr. , 155 f., 238 f.), II Pe 2:22 ; metaph., Re 1:5 , Rec., R, mg. (cf. ἀπο-λούω ).† SYN. : νίπτω , used of parts of the body-hands, feet, face; πλύνω , of things, as garments, etc. (v. Le 15:11 ; cf. Tr., Syn. , § xlv).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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