louō · bathe

What it means

louō (λούω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “bathe”.

Wash the whole body (unlike nipto, washing one part, such as the feet or hands).

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. Put the whole body in water to clean it.

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

How it is translated

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

• washed ×3
• after washing ×1
• has bathed ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• John×1
• Acts×2
• Hebrews×1
• 2 Peter×1

• John 13:10

  Jesus says to him, “Whoever has bathed has no need except to wash the feet, but is entirely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.”

• Acts 9:37

  And it happened in those days that she became sick and died; and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.

• Acts 16:33

  And he took them in that hour of the night and washed them from their wounds, and he and all his family were immersed immediately.

• Hebrews 10:22

  let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our body washed with pure water.

• 2 Peter 2:22

  The saying of the true proverb has happened to them: A dog returns to its own vomit, and a sow, after washing, to wallowing in the mire.