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Strong's G3538 · Greek

νίπτω

nipto · nip'-to

to cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face); ceremonially, to perform ablution


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

νίπτω (G3538)

17 νίπτω , late form of νίζω , [in LXX chiefly for רחץ ;] to wash , usually of a part of the body: c. acc. pers., Jo 13:8 ; τ. πόδας , Jo 13:5 , 6 , 8 , 12 , 14 , I Ti 5:10 ; mid., reflexive, to wash oneself : Jo 9:7 , 11 , 15 ; τ. χεῖρας , Mt 15:2 , Mk 7:3 ; τ. πόδας , Jo 13:10 ; τ. πρόσωπον , Mt 6:17 (in cl. Att. prose, used only in compounds; cf. ἀπο-νίπτω ).† SYN. : λούω (q.v.), πλύνω .

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

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