ekmassō · wipe

What it means

ekmassō (ἐκμάσσω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “wipe”.

Dry.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Remove water or tears by rubbing.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• wiped ×3
• she was wiping them ×1
• wipe them ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×2
• John×3

• Luke 7:38

  and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she was wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.

• Luke 7:44

  And turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

• John 11:2

  It was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

• John 12:3

  Then Mary took a litra of perfume, pure nard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

• John 13:5

  Then he pours water into the basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him.