νίπτω
niptō
“to wash”
Definition
to cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face); ceremonially, to perform ablution
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Occurrences
νίπτω appears 13 times in the New Testament.
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Key Passages
and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”
Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
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