niptō · wash

What it means

niptō (νίπτω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “wash”.

(the hands, the feet, the face).

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. To clean a part of the body with water: hands, feet or face.

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

How it is translated

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

• wash ×10
• washed ×6
• washing ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×1
• John×13
• 1 Timothy×1

• Matthew 6:17

  But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

• Matthew 15:2

  “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

• Mark 7:3

  (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands with the fist, holding to the tradition of the elders;

• John 9:7

  and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went away and washed and came back seeing.

• John 9:11

  He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and spread it on my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received my sight.”

• John 9:15

  So the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

• 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.

• John 13:6

  So he comes to Simon Peter; he says to him, “Lord, are you washing my feet?”

• John 13:8

  Peter says to him, “You shall never wash my feet, ever!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”

• 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.”

• John 13:12

  So when he had washed their feet and taken his outer garments and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you?

• John 13:14

  So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

• 1 Timothy 5:10

  well attested for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped the afflicted, if she has devoted herself to every good work.

And 4 more times.