Strong's Lexicon
G3068 — λούω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3068 |
|---|---|
| Word: | λούω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | louo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | lou'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to bathe {(the whole person; whereas G3538 means to wet a part only, and G4150 to wash, cleanse garments exclusively)} |
| KJV Renderings: | wash |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λούω: 1 aorist ἔλουσά; perfect passive participle λελουμένος and (in Heb 10:23 T WH) λελουσμενος, a later Greek form (cf. Lobeck on Sophocles Aj., p. 324; Stephanus Thesaurus 5:397 c.; cf. Kühner, § 343, under the word; (Veitch, under the word, who cites Son 5:12, Vat.)); 1 aorist middle participle λουσαμενος; from Homer down; the Sept. for øÈçÇõ; to bathe, wash: properly, τινα, a dead person, Act 9:37; τινα ἀπό τῶν πληγῶν, by washing to cleanse from the blood of the wounds, Act 16:33 (Winers Grammar, 372 (348), cf. § 30, 6 a.; Buttmann, 322 (277)); ὁ λελουμένος, absolutely, he that has bathed, Joh 13:10 (on the meaning of the passage see καθαρός, a. (and cf. Synonyms below)); λελουσμένοι τό σῶμα, with the dative of instrumentality, ὕδατι, Heb 10:22 (23); middle to wash oneself (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 38, 2 a.): 2Pe 2:22; tropically, Christ is described as ὁ λουσας ἡμᾶς ἀπό τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, i. e. who by suffering the bloody death of a vicarious sacrifice cleansed us from the guilt of our sins, Rev 1:5 R G (others, λύσας (which see 2 at the end). Compare: ἀπολούω.) [SYNONYMS: λούω, νίπτω, πλύνω: πλύνω is used of things, especially garments; λούω and νίπτω of persons — νίπτω of a part of the body (hands, feet, face, eyes), λούω of the whole. All three words occur in Lev 15:11. Cf. Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § xlv.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
λούω (wash)
John 13:10
- KJV: Jesus saith to him He that is washed needeth not save to wash feet but is clean every whit and ye are clean but not all
- GK: λέγει αυτώ ο Ιησούς ο λελουμένος ου χρείαν έχει η τους πόδας νίψασθαι αλλ΄ εστι καθαρός όλος και υμείς καθαροί εστε αλλ΄ ουχί πάντες
Acts 9:37
- KJV: And it came to pass in those days that she was sick and died whom when they had washed they laid her in an upper chamber
- GK: εγένετο δε εν ταις ημέραις εκείναις ασθενήσασαν αυτήν αποθανείν λούσαντες δε αυτήν έθηκαν εν υπερώω
Acts 16:33
- KJV: And he took them the same hour of the night and washed stripes and was baptized he and all his straightway
- GK: και παραλαβών αυτούς εν εκείνη τη ώρα της νυκτός έλουσεν από των πληγών και εβαπτίσθη αυτός και οι αυτού πάντες παραχρήμα
Hebrews 10:22
- KJV: Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water
- GK: προσερχώμεθα μετά αληθινής καρδίας εν πληροφορία πίστεως ερραντισμένοι τας καρδίας από συνειδήσεως πονηράς και λελουμένοι το σώμα ύδατι καθάρω
2 Peter 2:22
- KJV: But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb The dog turned to his own vomit again and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire
- GK: συμβέβηκε δε αυτοίς το της αληθούς παροιμίας κύων επιστρέψας επί το ίδιον εξέραμα και υς λουσαμένη εις κύλισμα βορβόρου
Revelation 1:5
- KJV: And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood
- GK: και από Ιησού χριστού ο μάρτυς ο πιστός ο πρωτοτόκος των νεκρών και ο άρχων των βασιλέων της γης τω αγαπήσαντι ημάς και λούσαντι ημάς από των αμαρτιών ημών εν τω αίματι αυτού