Gloss
to wash, have a bath
Forms of the word
Dictionary
λούω
Greek transliteration
louō
Simplified transliteration
louo
Principal Parts
-, ἔλουσα, -, λέλουμαι ορ λέλουσμαι, -
Numbers
Strong's number
3068
GK Number
3374
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
5
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1a(8)
Definition
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*
Greek-English Concordance for λούω
| John 13:10 | Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed (leloumenos | λελουμένος | perf pass ptcp nom sg masc) has no need to wash, except for his feet, but is clean all over. And you men are clean, but not all of you.” |
| Acts 9:37 | In those days she became ill and died; and when they had washed (lousantes | λούσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) her, they laid her in an upper room. |
| Acts 16:33 | And taking them in that hour of the night, he washed (elousen | ἔλουσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) their wounds; then he was baptized at once, he and all his family. |
| Hebrews 10:22 | let us continue to draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, since our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed (lelousmenoi | λελουσμένοι | perf pass ptcp nom pl masc) with clean water. |
| 2 Peter 2:22 | What has happened to them illustrates the true proverb: “A dog returns to its own vomit, and a sow, after washing herself (lousamenē | λουσαμένη | aor mid ptcp nom sg fem), returns to wallow in the mire.” |
