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G3068 λούω (loúō)

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Quick Definition

λούω v. I wash, bathe

Strong's Definition

to bathe (the whole person; whereas G3538 (νίπτω) means to wet a part only, and G4150 (πλύνω) to wash, cleanse garments exclusively)

Derivation: a primary verb;

KJV Usage: wash

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

λούω (G3068)

verb | ἀπολούομαι · λουτρόν

47.12 · Activities Involving Liquids or Masses · Use of Liquids

to bathe, to wash to wash the body

JHN 13:10 · ACT 9:37 · ACT 16:33 · HEB 10:22 · 2PE 2:22

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

λούω: 1 aor. ἔλουσα ; pf. pass. ptep. λελουμένος and (in Heb. x. 23 T WH) λελουσμένος, a later Greek form (cf. Lobeck on Soph. Aj. p. 824; Steph. Thesaur. v. 397 c.; ef. Kiihner § 343 s. v.; [Veitch s. v., who cites Cant. v. 12 Vat.]); 1 aor. mid. ptep. λουσάμενος ; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for ym; to bathe, wash: prop. τινά, adead person, Acts ix. 37; τινὰ ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν, by washing to cleanse from the blood of the wounds, Acts xvi. 33 [W.372 (348), cf. § 30, 6a.; B. 322 (277)]; ὁ λελουμένος, absol., he that has bathed, Jn. xiii. 10 (on the meaning of the passage see καθαρός, a. [and cf. Syn. below]); AeA. τὸ σῶμα, with dat. of the instr., ὕδατι, Heb. x. 22 (23); mid. to wash ong’s self [cf. W. § 38, 2 a.]: 2 Pet. ii. 22; trop. Auvdda Uhrist is described as ὁ λούσας ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, i. 6. who by suffering the bloody death of a vicarious sacrifice cleansed us from the guilt of our sins, Rev. i. 5 RG [al. λύσας (q. v. 2 fin.). Comp.: ἀπολούω.}

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

λούω louō 5x

pr. to bathe the body, as distinguished from washing only the extremities, Jn. 13:10; to bathe, wash, Acts 9:37; 16:33; Heb. 10:22; 2 Pet. 2:22*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

λούω,

[in LXX chiefly for רחץ (freq. of ceremonial washing; cf. Deiss., BS, 226 f.);]

to bathe, wash the body: c. acc. pers., Ac 9:37 (of a dead body); id. seq. ἀπό (Deiss., BS, 226 f.), Ac 16:33; pass. ptcp. pf., Jo 13:10, He 10:22; mid., to wash oneself (Mayor, in l.; M. Pr., 155 f., 238 f.), II Pe 2:22; metaph., Re 1:5, Rec., R, mg. (cf. ἀπο-λούω).†

SYN.: νίπτω, used of parts of the body-hands, feet, face; πλύνω, of things, as garments, etc. (v. Le 15:11; cf. Tr., Syn., § xlv).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

λούω [page 381] λούω , bathe, wash, may be illustrated by P Flor III. 384 .30 (v/A.D. ?) λούειν τὰ δύο μέρη τοῦ αὐτοῦ βαλανίου : cf. P Giss I. 50 .15 (A.D. 259) τοῦ λούοντος βαλανείου , where the meaning seems to be the bath used for the purpose of bathing (see the editor s intr.). The middle in the sense of bathe oneself is very common, e.g. P Magd 33 .2 (B.C. 221) λουομένης γάρ μου ἐν τῶι βαλανείωι , P Oxy III. 528 .10 (ii/A.D.) where a man writes urging his wife to return home and stating ῑβ̄ Φαῶφι ἀφ᾽ ὅτε ἐλουσάμην μετ᾽ ἐσοῦ οὐκ ἐλουσάμην οὐκ̣ ἤλιμε ( l. ἤλειμ <μ >αι ) μέχρει ῑβ̄ Ἀθύρ , since we bathed together on Phaophi 12, I never bathed nor anointed myself until Athur 12 (Edd.), P Flor II. 127 .7 (A.D. 256) ἄχ [υρ ]ου πανταχόθεν συλλέξας ἵνα θερμῶς λουσώμεθα χειμῶνος ὄντος . In 2Pe_2:22 we ought probably to translate the sow that washes itself by wallowing in the mire, see Clemen Primitive Christianity, p. 50 f., and cf. Moulton Proleg., p. 238 f. For the ceremonial usage of the word, cf. P Flor III. 332 .11 (ii/A.D.) οὔτ [ε ἐ ]λουσάμην [οὔ ]τε προσεκύνησα θεοὺς φοβουμένη σου το̣, μετέωρον and more particularly from the inscrr. Perg 255 (early Roman period) where it is laid down that only .4 ff. οἱ . . ἀπὸ μὲν τὴς ἰδίας γ [υναι ]κὸς καὶ τοῦ ἰδίου ἀνδρὸς αὐθήμερον , ἀπὸ δὲ ἀλλοτρίας κ [αὶ ] ἀλλοτρίου δευτεραῖοι λουσάμενοι , ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ κήδους κ [α ]ὶ τεκούσης γυναικὸς δευτεραῖο (ι ) shall enter the temple of Athena at Pergamus, Syll 877 .30 (B.C. 420) enjoining that those who have become unclean by touching a corpse are purified λουσαμένο [υς ] π [ερὶ πάντα τὸν χρῶτα ὕδατ ]ος [χ ]ύσι , and Preisigke 4127 .14 (a hymn) ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἁγίῳ τῷ τῆς ἀθανασίας ὕδατι λουσάμενος : see also Deissmann BS p. 226 f., and for the custom of washing before prayer in pagan cults cf. Ramsay Exp VII. viii. p. 280. An interesting example occurs also in the new fragment of an uncanonical gospel, P Oxy V. 840 .14 f. (iv/A.D.), where a certain Pharisee remonstrates with the Saviour for walking in the temple μήτε λουσα [μ ]έν [ῳ ] μ [ή ]τε μὴν τῶν μαθητῶν σου τοὺς π [όδας βα ]πτισθέντων , when thou hast not washed nor yet have thy disciples bathed their feet (Edd.) : see also .19, .24, .32. The later Greek form λελουσμένος is read in Heb_10:23 ΰ D* P, Joh_13:10 E, and Son_5:12 B. MGr λούζω (λούγω ), λούνω , λούω .

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

λούω (louō) — to wash. λούω, contraction from λοέω, from which come imperfect λόεον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist infinitive λοέσσαι [Refs]; participle λοέσσας [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future middle λοέσσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist λοέσσατο[Refs 8th c.BC+]: also Epic dialect imperfect ἐλούεον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive λούειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future λούσω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Doric dialect λουσῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἔλουσα [Refs 6th c.BC+] (Epic dialect λοῦσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle λούονται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive λούεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle λουόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future λούσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐλουσάμην[Refs]; Epic dialect λούσαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect participle λωσάμενος [Refs]: —passive, aorist ἐλούθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect λέλουμαι, 3rd.pers. singular λέλουται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle λελουμένος [LXX+8th c.BC+]—Another old form of the present was λόω, whence 3rd.pers. singular λόει [Refs], 2nd pers. singular middle κατα-λόει [Refs 5th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. singular imperfect λόε [Refs 8th c.BC+], 3rd.pers. plural λόον [Refs]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive middle λόηται [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; infinitive λόεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—to λόω also belong the following contraction forms, 3rd.pers. singular imperfect ἀπ-έλου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; present passive λοῦται [Refs 7th c.BC+]; λοῦνται, ἐλοῦτο, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐλοῦντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive λοῦσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle λούμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc., are rejected by [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (Cf. Latin l[acaron]vo [from *lovo]): — wash, properly wash the body (νίζω being used of the hands and feet, πλύνω of clothes), τὸν δ᾽ Ἥβη λοῦσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λοῦσ᾽ ἐν ποταμῷ bathed me, i.e. let me bathe, [Refs]; τίς ἄν σφε λούσειε; [NT+5th c.BC+]; also λ ἐκ τρίποδος μεγάλοιο washed me [with water] from a great cauldron, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __b rarely of things, λ. τὰ δύο μέρη τοῦ βαλανείου [Refs 5th c.AD+]

2. metaphorically, purify, τινὰ ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν variant in [NT]

II. middle and passive, bathe, λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι [Refs 8th c.BC+] fresh from Ocean's bath, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λούεσθαι ποταμοῖο bathe in the river,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; λελουμένος freshbathed, after bathing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. in strict passive sense, λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, i.e. to be washed by the rain from heaven, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. in strict middle sense, with accusative, λοέσσασθαι χρόα wash one's body, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λούονται (variant{λοῦνται}) ὕδατι τὸ σῶμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

λούω [in LXX chiefly for רָחַץ (frequently of ceremonial washing; cf. Deiss., BS, 226 f.) ;] to bathe, wash the body: with accusative of person(s), Act.9:37 (of a dead body); id. before ἀπό (Deiss., BS, l.with), Act.16:33; pass. ptcp. pf., Jhn.13:10, Heb.10:22; mid., to wash oneself (Mayor, in l; M. Pr., 155 f., 238 f.), 2Pe.2:22; metaphorically, Rev.1:5, Rec., R, mg. (cf. ἀπο-λούω).† SYN.: νίπτω, used of parts of the body-hands, feet, face; πλύνω, of things, as garments, etc. (see Lev.15:11; cf. Tr., Syn., § xlv) (AS)

Bible Occurrences (5)

13:10
9:37 16:33
10:22
2:22

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