Strong's Lexicon
G633 — ἀπονίπτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G633 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀπονίπτω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G575 and G3538 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | aponipto |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-on-ip'-to |
| Meaning: | 1. to wash off (reflexively, one's own hands symbolically) |
| KJV Renderings: | wash |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπονίπτω: to wash off; 1 aorist middle ἀπενιψαμην; in middle to wash oneself off, to wash off for oneself: τάς χεῖρας, Mat 27:24, cf. Deu 21:6 f (The earlier Greeks say ἀπονίζω — but with future ἀπονιψω, 1 aorist ἀπενιψα; the later, as Theophrastus, char. 25 (30 (17)); Plutarch, Phocylides, 18; Athen. iv. c. 31, p. 149 c., ἀπονίπτω, although this is found (but in the middle) even in Homer, Odyssey 18, 179.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀπονίπτω (wash)
Matthew 27:24
- KJV: When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing but rather a tumult was made he took water and washed hands before the multitude saying I am innocent of the blood of this just person see ye
- GK: ιδών δε ο Πιλάτος ότι ουδέν ωφελεί αλλά μάλλον θόρυβος γίνεται λαβών ύδωρ απενίψατο τας χείρας απέναντι του όχλου λέγων αθώός ειμι από του αίματος του δικαίου τούτου υμείς όψεσθε
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