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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1591 - ἐκμάσσω

Transliteration

ekmássō

Phonetics

ek-mas'-so

Origin

from (G1537) and the base of (G3145)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to wipe off, to wipe away

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Luke 2

John 3

BSB (5)

Luke 2

John 3

CSB (5)

Luke 2

John 3

ESV (5)

Luke 2

John 3

KJV (5)

Luke 2

John 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

Luke 2

John 3

N95 (5)

Luke 2

John 3

NAS (5)

Luke 2

John 3

NLT (5)

Luke 3

John 3

WEB (5)

Luke 2

John 3

YLT (5)

Luke 2

John 3

ASV (5)

to wipe 1

wiped 4

BSB (5)

dry them 1

wipe 1

wipe them 1

wiped 1

wiped them 1

CSB (5)

dry 1

wiped 4

ESV (5)

wipe 1

wiped 4

KJV (5)

wipe 2

wiped 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

wipe 1

wiped 3

wiping 1

N95 (5)

wipe 1

wiped 3

wiping 1

NAS (5)

wiped 4

wiping 1

NLT (5)

drying 1

off 1

wiped 2

wiping 1

WEB (5)

she wiped 1

to wipe 1

wiped 3

YLT (5)

did wipe 2

head did wipe 1

she was wiping 1

to wipe 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

ANT

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-PAN- 1

BGB

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-PAN 1

BMT

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-PAN 1

BYZ

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

NA26

V-3AAIS 2

V-3IAIS 1

V-AAPNSF 1

V-PAN 1

SBL

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

SCV

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

STV

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-PAN 1

TIS

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

TRG

V-AAI-3S 2

V-AAP-NSF 1

V-IAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐκμάσσω,

I Att. ἐκμαρτῠρ-ττω, pf. ἐκμέμᾰχα (ἐκμάρτῠρ-κα codd.) cj. in D.H. Dem. 4: aor. 2 Pass. -εμάγην [ᾰ] Pl. Tht. 191d; also aor. I part. ἐκμαχθείς Hsch.: — wipe off, wipe away, κάρᾳ κηλῖδας ἐξέμαξεν S. El. 446; ἔκμασσε [ τὸ αἷμα ] E. HF 1400; ἀλωπεκίας ὀθονίῳ Archig. ap. Gal. 12.406: — Med., wipe away one's tears, AP 5.42 (Rufin.).

2. wipe dry, ὑπὸ σπόγγου Hp. Acut. 65 (Pass.), cf. Herod. 6.9; [ τοὺς ἔμπροσθεν πόδας ] ἐ. εἰς τοὺς μέσους, of bees, Arist. HA 624b1.

II of an artist, mould or model in wax or plaster, αὑτὸν ἐκμάττειν τε καὶ ἐνιστάναι εἰς τοὺς τῶν κακιόνων τύπους to mould and adapt oneself to.., Pl. R. 396d; of pessaries, Hp. Steril. 230: — so in Med., Id. Nat.Mul. 109; ὧν ἔτι θερμὰ κονία.. ἐκμάσσεται ἴχνη of whose yet warm footsteps the dust receives the impress, Theoc. 17.122; express, imitate, ἵππου γενεήν Nic. Th. 740; τὸν Λυσιακὸν χαρακτῆρα ἐκμέμακται D.H. Dem. 13 (so in Act., ib. 4 codd., dub.); ἐς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον ἐξεμάξατο τὸν διδάσκαλον he was the image of his master, Alciphr. 3.64: — Pass., μάλθης ἄναγνα σώματ' ἐκμεμαγμένοι (v.l. -μένα) S. Ichn. 140; ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸς ἐκμεμαγμένος his very image, Cratin. 255; βασιλέως..εἰκόν' ἐκμεμ. IGRom. 1.1190 (Memnon); ὃ α[]ν ἐκμαγῇ whatever be impressed, whatever impression be made (cf. ἐκμαγεῖον), Pl. Tht. 191d; τὴν ἰδέαν τοῦ παιδὸς ἐκμεμάχθαι had impressed upon him the image of the boy, Plu. Cic. 44; ποιότης ἀπὸ μένοντος ἐκμαγεῖσα θείου λόγου Ph. 1.548.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐκμάσσω; imperfect ἐξεμασσον; 1 aorist ἐξεμαξα; to wipe off, to wipe away: with the accusative of object and dative of instrument, Luke 7:38, 44; John 11:2; John 12:3; John 13:5. (Sophocles, Euripides, Hippocrates, Aristotle, others, Sir. 12:11; Baruch 6 (ep. Jer.) 12, 23 (13, 24).)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ἐκ -μάσσω ,

[in LXX: Sirach 12:11, Ep. Jeremiah 13:1-27; Jeremiah 24:1-10 *;]

to wipe off: c. acc, Luke 7:38; Luke 7:44, John 11:2; John 12:3; John 13:5.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Kaibel Epigr. 1003.3 f. : —

ἔθραυσε Καμβίσης με τόνδε τὸν λίθον

βασιλέος ἑῴου εἰκόνα ἐκμεμαγμένον.

We may add a literary reference from Herodas vi. 9 νῦν αὐτὸν ἐκμάσσεις τε καὶ ποεῖς λαμπρόν, | ὅτ᾽ ἐστὶ χρ [είη ], λῃστρί, where Nairn renders ";wipe dry.";

List of Word Forms

εκμαξασα εκμάξασα ἐκμάξασα εκμασσειν εκμάσσειν ἐκμάσσειν εκμετρηθήσεται εκμετρήσουσιν εκμιανθήναι εκμυελιεί εξέμαξε εξεμαξεν ἐξέμαξεν εξέμασσε εξεμασσεν ἐξέμασσεν εξεμιάνθη ekmassein ekmássein ekmaxasa ekmáxasa exemassen exémassen exemaxen exémaxen