Word Study · Strong's G3538 · Greek
νίπτω
nipto
nip'-to
Strong's 1890 spelling: níptō
“to cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face); ceremonially, to perform ablution
Rendered in the KJV as
wash.
- 17occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- νίπτειν2
- νίψαι2
- ἔνιψα1
- ἐνιψάμην1
- ἐνίψατο1
- ἔνιψεν1
- ἔνιψεν,1
- νίπτεις1
- νίπτονται1
- νίψαι.1
- νιψάμενος1
- νίψασθαι,1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 15
- to wash2
- washed2
- do wash1
- do wash yourself1
- do wash, yourself1
- do wash. yourself1
- having washed1
- He had washed1
- I shall wash1
- I washed1
- shall You wash1
- she has washed,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 13
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle, command · 2nd person singular3
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular2
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 1st person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle, statement · 1st person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1
- verb · present active, statement · 2nd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AMM-2S · 3
- V-AAI-3S · 2
- V-PAN · 2
- V-AAI-1S · 1
- V-AAS-1S · 1
- V-AAS-2S · 1
- V-AMI-1S · 1
- V-AMI-3S · 1
- V-AMN · 1
- V-AMP-NSM · 1
- V-AMS-3P · 1
- V-PAI-2S · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
John carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 6:17νίψαιnipsaiverb · aorist (simple past) middle, command · 2nd person singularBut when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,here: do wash, yourself
- Matthew 15:2νίπτονταιniptontaiverb · present middle, statement · 3rd person plural“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”here: they wash
John13 occurrences
- John 9:7νίψαιnipsaiverb · aorist (simple past) middle, command · 2nd person singularThen He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.here: do wash yourself
- John 9:7ἐνίψατοenipsatoverb · aorist (simple past) middle, statement · 3rd person singularThen He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.here: washed
- John 9:11νίψαι.nipsaiverb · aorist (simple past) middle, command · 2nd person singularHe 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.”here: do wash. yourself
- John 9:11νιψάμενοςnipsamenosverb · aorist (simple past) middle, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularHe 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.”here: having washed
- John 9:15ἐνιψάμηνenipsamēnverb · aorist (simple past) middle, statement · 1st person singularSo the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”here: I washed
- John 13:5νίπτεινnipteinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.here: to wash
- John 13:6νίπτειςnipteisverb · present active, statement · 2nd person singularHe came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”here: do wash
- John 13:8νίψῃςnipsēsverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”here: shall You wash
- John 13:8νίψωnipsōverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 1st person singular“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”here: I shall wash
- John 13:10νίψασθαι,nipsasthaiverb · aorist (simple past) middle, infinitive (“to…”)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.”here: to wash,
- John 13:12ἔνιψενenipsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularWhen Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?here: He had washed
- John 13:14ἔνιψαenipsaverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person singularSo if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.here: washed
- John 13:14νίπτεινnipteinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.here: to wash