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Strong's #3538: nipto (pronounced nip'-to)

to cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face); ceremonially, to perform ablution:--wash. Compare 3068.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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niptō

1) to wash

2) to wash one' s self

Part of Speech: verb

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

Citing in TDNT: 4:946, 635




Usage:

This word is used 17 times:

Matthew 6:17: "thine head, and wash thy face;"
Matthew 15:2: "of the elders? for they wash not their hands when"
Mark 7:3: "the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not,"
John 9:7: "said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam,"
John 9:7: "He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing."
John 9:11: "pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed,"
John 9:11: "and I went and washed, and I received sight."
John 9:15: "mine eyes, and I washed, and do see."
John 13:5: "a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and"
John 13:6: "unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?"
John 13:8: "saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet."
John 13:8: "feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not,"
John 13:10: "needeth not save to wash his feet, but is"
John 13:12: "So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his"
John 13:14: "your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also"
John 13:14: "ye also ought to wash one another's feet."
1 Timothy 5:10: "if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved"









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