Quick Definition
to wash: wash
Strong's Definition
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bathe (self), wash (self).
TWOT Reference: 2150
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָחַץ (ra.chats) — to wash: wash. : wash 1) to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wash, wash off, wash away 1a2) to wash, bathe (oneself) 1b) (Pual) to be washed 1c) (Hithpael) to wash oneself 2a) (Hithpael Passive) to be regarded clean, trustworthy
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רַחַץ · רַחְצָה
Clean | verb qal, verb pu'al, verb hit | ≈ דוח · זכה · זכך · כבס · צוק · שׁטף
to take a bath, to bathe, to wash = causative action by which humans or animals wash (part of) their own body or someone else's body or another object, usually with water, ► in order to remove any dirt; ≈ the resulting cleanness often symbolizes ritual cleanness, innocence, or even holiness
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verb
Confident | verb hitpe'el
to rely on, to trust = state in which humans live with confidence and without fear
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָחַץ 72 vb. wash, wash off, away, bathe Qal 69 trans. wash (with water)
intrans. wash, bathe (oneself)
Pu. be washed
Hithp. if I washed myself in snow
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