νίπτω

νίπτω late form of νίζω,

[in LXX chiefly for רָחַץ ;]

to wash, usually of a part of the body: with accusative of person(s), Joh 13,8 τ. πόδας, Joh 13,5-6, 8; 13,12, 14, 1 Tim 5,10; mid., reflexive,

to wash oneself: Joh 9,7, 11; 9,15; τ. χεῖρας, Matt 15,2, Mark 7,3; τ. πόδας, Joh 13,10 τ. πρόσωπον, Matt 6,17 (in cl. Att.. prose, used only in compounds; cf. ἀπο-νίπτω).†

νίζω, see: νίπτω

SYN.: λούω (which see), πλύνω