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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3538 - νίπτω

Transliteration

níptō

Phonetics

nip'-to

Origin

to cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

4:946,635

Definition

Thayer's

to wash
to wash one's self

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4305 ‑ מָטַר (maw‑tar'); 7364 ‑ רָחַץ (raw‑khats'); 7857 ‑ שָׁטַף (shaw‑taf');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (19)

Matthew

Mark

John

1 Timothy

NAS (17)

Matthew

Mark

John

1 Timothy

HCS (16)

Matthew

Mark

John

1 Timothy

BSB (17)

Matthew

Mark

John

1 Timothy

ESV (16)

Matthew

John

1 Timothy

WEB (19)

Matthew

Mark

John

1 Timothy

RAH

V-AAD3P

V-AAN

V-AAO3S

V-AMD2P

V-AMI1S

V-AMI3P

V-AMN

V-AMPNSM

V-FMI1S

V-FMI3P

V-FMI3S

V-FPI3S

V-IMI3P

V-PMN

V-PMS3P

V-XMI3S

ANT

V-AAI-1S

V-AAI-3S

V-AAS-1S

V-AAS-2S

V-AMI-1S

V-AMI-3S

V-AMM-2S

V-AMN

V-AMP-NSM

V-AMS-3P

V-PAI-2S

V-PAN

V-PMI-3P

BEZ

V-AAI-1S

V-AAI-3S

V-AAS-1S

V-AAS-2S

V-AMI-1S

V-AMI-3S

V-AMM-2S

V-AMN

V-AMP-NSM

V-AMS-3P

V-PAI-2S

V-PAN

V-PMI-3P

BGB

V-AIA-1S

V-AIA-3S

V-AIM-1S

V-AIM-3S

V-AMM-2S

V-ANM

V-APM-NMS

V-ASA-1S

V-ASA-2S

V-ASM-3P

V-PIA-2S

V-PIM-3P

V-PNA

BMT

V-AAI-1S

V-AAI-3S

V-AAS-1S

V-AAS-2S

V-AMI-1S

V-AMI-3S

V-AMM-2S

V-AMN

V-AMS-3P

V-PAN

V-PMI-3P

BYZ

V-AAI-1S

V-AAI-3S

V-AAS-1S

V-AAS-2S

V-AMI-1S

V-AMI-3S

V-AMM-2S

V-AMN

V-AMS-3P

V-PAN

V-PMI-3P

ELZ

V-AAI-1S

V-AAI-3S

V-AAS-1S

V-AAS-2S

V-AMI-1S

V-AMI-3S

V-AMM-2S

V-AMN

V-AMP-NSM

V-AMS-3P

V-PAI-2S

V-PAN

V-PMI-3P

NA26

V-AAI-1S

V-AAI-3S

V-AAS-1S

V-AAS-2S

V-AMD-2S

V-AMI-1S

V-AMI-3S

V-AMN

V-AMPNSM

V-AMS-3P

V-PAI-2S

V-PAN

V-PMI-3P

SBL

V-1AAIS

V-1AASS

V-1AMIS

V-2AASS

V-2AMDS

V-2PAIS

V-3AAIS

V-3AMIS

V-3AMSP

V-3PMIP

V-AMN

V-AMPNSM

V-PAN

SCV

V-AAI-1S

V-AAI-3S

V-AAS-1S

V-AAS-2S

V-AMI-1S

V-AMI-3S

V-AMM-2S

V-AMN

V-AMP-NSM

V-AMS-3P

V-PAI-2S

V-PAN

V-PMI-3P

STV

V-AAI-1S

V-AAI-3S

V-AAS-1S

V-AAS-2S

V-AMI-1S

V-AMI-3S

V-AMM-2S

V-AMN

V-AMP-NSM

V-AMS-3P

V-PAI-2S

V-PAN

V-PMI-3P

TIS

V-AAI-1S

V-AAI-3S

V-AAS-1S

V-AAS-2S

V-AMI-1S

V-AMI-3S

V-AMM-2S

V-AMN

V-AMP-NSM

V-AMS-3P

V-PAI-2S

V-PAN

V-PMI-3P

V-AAI-1S

V-AAI-3S

V-AAS-1S

V-AAS-2S

V-AMI-1S

V-AMI-3S

V-AMM-2S

V-AMN

V-AMP-NSM

V-AMS-3P

V-PAI-2S

V-PAN

V-PMI-3P

V-AAI-1S

V-AAI-3S

V-AAS-1S

V-AAS-2S

V-AMI-1S

V-AMI-3S

V-AMM-2S

V-AMN

V-AMP-NSM

V-AMS-3P

V-PAI-2S

V-PAN

V-PMI-3P

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

νίπτω, v. νίζω.

νίζω,

Epich. [273]; imper. νίζε Il. 11.830; inf. νίζειν Od. 19.374; part. νίζων Il. 7.425, E. IT 1338: impf. νίζον Od. 1.112, Il. 11.846: — the pres. νίπτω, analogically formed from νίψω ἔνιψα, first in Men. Mon. 543, cf. Luc. Epigr. 19, Arr. Epict. 1.19.5, John 13:5, Plu. Thes. 10, though Hp. uses Med. νίπτομαι Mul. 1.57 (but δια-νιζέσθω ib. 84, περι-νιζέσθω ib. 2.158): fut. νίψω Od. 19.376, E. IT 255: aor. ἔνιψα Id. Sthen.Prol. 25; νίψα Od. 19.505: — Med., νίζομαι Hp. (v. supr.): impf. νίζετο Od. 6.224: fut. νίψομαι (v. ἀπο-, ἐκ-νίζω), late νιφήσομαι LXX Leviticus 15:12 : aor. ἐνιψάμην;Ephesians 3:1-21 sg. νίψατο Il. 16.230: pf. νένιμμαι (v. infr.): aor. Pass. ἐνίφθην (κατ -) Hp. Prorrh. 2.23: —

1. wash the hands or feet (v. sub fin.), νίζε δ' ἄρ' ἆσσον ἰοῦσα ἄναχθ' ἑόν Od. 19.392; αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ νίψεν ib. 505, cf. 358; τῷ σε πόδας νίψω ib. 376, cf. Orac. ap. Hdt. 6.19; ἁ δὲ χεὶρ τὰν χεῖρα νίζει Epich. l.c.: — Med., νίψατο δ' αὐτὸς χεῖρας Il. 16.230, cf. Hes. Op. 739; νίψασθαι, abs., to wash one's hands, Od. 1.138, etc.; χεῖρας νίψασθαι ἁλός [with water] from the sea, 2.261 (v. infr. 11); νίψασθαι λίμνης πόδα Hes. Fr. 122; οὔρῳ νιψάμενος τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Hdt. 2.111.

2. generally, purge, cleanse, νίψαι καθαρμῷ S. OT 1228, cf. E. IT 1191.

II wash off, ἐπεί σφιν κῦμα θαλάσσης ἱδρῶ.. νίψεν ἀπὸ χρωτός Il. 10.575; ἀπ' αὐτοῦ δ' αἷμα κελαινὸν νίζ' ὕδατι λιαρῷ 11.830, 846; φόνον ἐμῆς ἔνιψε χειρός E. Sthen. l.c.: — Pass., αἷμα νένιπται Il. 24.419: — Med., ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα νίζετο ἅλμην he washed the brine off his skin [with water] from the river, Od. 6.224. — Commonly used of washing part of the person, while λούομαι is used of bathing, πλύνω of washing clothes, etc.; but νίζω is sts. used of things, σπόγγοισι.. τραπέζας νίζον Od. 1.112; [δέπας] ἔνιψ' ὕδατος καλῇσι ῥοῇσι Il. 16.229; ὕδατι νίζειν.. πλίνθον Theoc. 16.62. — Att. Prose writers use the word only in compds., v. ἀπο-, ἐναπο-, ἐκ-νίζω. (Cf. OIr. nigid, Skt. nénekti 'wash', niktá - 'washed', Gr. ἀ-νιπτό-ποδες, χέρνιβα, I.- E. nig[uglide] -.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

νίπτω ,

late form of νίζω ,

[in LXX chiefly for H7364;]

to wash, usually of a part of the body: c. acc pers., John 13:8; τ . πόδας , John 13:5-6; John 13:8; John 13:12; John 13:14, 1 Timothy 5:10; mid., reflexive,

to wash oneself: John 9:7; John 9:11; John 9:15; τ . χεῖρας , Matthew 15:2, Mark 7:3; τ . πόδας , John 13:10; τ . πρόσωπον , Matthew 6:17 (in cl. Att.. prose, used only in compounds; cf. ἀπο -νίπτω ).†

νίζω , see νίπτω .

SYN.: λούω G3068 (q.v.), πλύνω G4150.

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

P Lille I. 17.5 (iii/B.C.) περὶ σιταρ [ί ]ου ὀκτὼ ἀρταβῶν, P Grenf II. 38.9 (B.C. 81) μ [έ ]λαν στατηροῦ ὀκτώ. For the form ὀκτώι cf. P Amh II. 59.5 (B.C. 151 or 140) ἑξήκοντα ὀκτώι, PSI V. 470.4 (A.D. 102–103) ἀρτάβας ὀκτώι, and see Mayser Gr. p. 136. MGr ὀχτώ shows the regular change; cf. χτίζω, δίχτυ, etc. The combination κτ, like πτ, does not occur in MGr vernacular.

List of Word Forms

ενίπτοντο ενιψα ένιψα ἔνιψα ενιψαμην ενιψάμην ἐνιψάμην ενίψαντο ενιψατο ενίψατο ἐνίψατο ένιψε ενιψεν ένιψεν ἔνιψεν νένιπται νιπτειν νίπτειν νιπτεις νίπτεις νίπτεσθαι νιπτονται νίπτονται νίπτωνται Νισάν νίτρω νιφετός νιφήσεται νιψαι νίψαι νιψαμενος νιψάμενος νιψασθαι νίψασθαι νίψασθε νιψάτωσαν νίψεται νιψης νίψης νίψῃς νίψομαι νίψονται νιψω νίψω νιψωνται νίψωνται enipsa énipsa enipsamen enipsamēn enipsámen enipsámēn enipsato enípsato enipsen énipsen nipsai nípsai nipsamenos nipsámenos nipsasthai nípsasthai nípseis nípsēis nipses nipsēs nipso nipsō nípso nípsō nipsontai nipsōntai nípsontai nípsōntai niptein níptein nipteis nípteis niptontai níptontai

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