to wash

Greek Verb

νίπτω late form of νίζω, [in LXX chiefly for רָחַץ;] to wash, usually of a part of the body: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.13:8; τ. πόδας, Jhn.13:5-6, 8 13:12, 14, 1Ti.5:10; mid, reflexive, to wash oneself: Jhn.9:7, 11 9:15; τ. χεῖρας, Mat.15:2, Mrk.7:3; τ. πόδας, Jhn.13:10; τ. πρόσωπον, Mat.6:17 (in cl. Att. prose, used only in compounds; cf. ἀπο-νίπτω). νίζω, see: νίπτω SYN.: λούω (which see), πλύνω (AS)

to wash

Greek Verb

Included with: νίζω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; imperative νίζε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive νίζειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle νίζων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect νίζον [Refs 8th c.BC+]:— the present νίπτω, analogically formed from νίψω ἔνιψα, first in [NT+5th c.BC+] uses middle νίπτομαι [Refs]: future νίψω [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔνιψα [Refs]; Epic dialect νίψα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, νίζομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect νίζετο [Refs 8th c.BC+]future νίψομαι (see. ἀπο, ἐκ-νίζω)[LXX]aorist ἐνιψάμη; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular νίψατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect νένιμμαι (see. below): aorist passive ἐνίφθην (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—wash the hands or feet (see. entry near the end), νίζε δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἆσσον ἰοῦσα ἄναχθ᾽ ἑόν [Refs 8th c.BC+], cf. Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]:—middle, νίψατο δ᾽ αὐτὸς χεῖρας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νίψασθαι, absolutely, to wash one's hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖρας νίψασθαι ἁλός [with water] from the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 2) generally, purge, cleanse, νίψαι καθαρμῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) wash off, ἐπεί σφιν κῦμα θαλάσσης ἱδρῶ. νίψεν ἀπὸ χρωτός [Refs 8th c.BC+][same place]:—passive, αἷμα νένιπται [Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα νίζετο ἅλμην he washed the brine off his skin [with water] from the river, [Refs 8th c.BC+]—Commonly used of washing part of the person, while λούομαι is used of bathing, πλύνω of washing clothes, etc; but νίζω is sometimes used of things, σπόγγοισι. τραπέζας νίζον [Refs 8th c.BC+] — _Attic dialect_ Prose writers use the word only in compounds, see.{ἀπο-}, ἐναπο, ἐκ-νίζω. (Cf. OIr. nigid, Sanskrit nénekti 'wash', niktá- 'washed', Gr. ἀ-νιπτό-ποδες, χέρνιβα, I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+] nig[uglide].)

Greek

Verb

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