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Strong's G3538 νίπτω (nipto)

Nipto means “wash” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3538 — kedab (“lying”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3538
Language Greek
Linked Usages 36
Books 16

Strong's G3538 Quick Answer

Strong's G3538 νίπτω (nipto) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. nipto (nip'-to) v. 1. to cleanse 2. (ceremonially) to wash with water It has 36 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include wash and washed. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
nipto (nip'-to) v. 1. to cleanse 2. (ceremonially) to wash with water
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
wash and washed

Meaning and Definition

nipto (nip'-to) v. 1. to cleanse 2. (ceremonially) to wash with water {(especially the hands, feet or face)} [a primary word] KJV: wash Compare: G3068, G4150

Original Word
νίπτω
Transliteration
nipto
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3538. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to wash

Usage: νίπτω late form of νίζω, [in LXX chiefly for רָחַץ ;] to wash, usually of a part of the body: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.13:8; τ. πόδας, Jhn.13:5-6, 8 13:12, 14, 1Ti.5:10; mid., reflexive, to wash oneself: Jhn.9:7, 11 9:15; τ. χεῖρας, Mat.15:2, Mrk.7:3; τ. πόδας, Jhn.13:10; τ. πρόσωπον, Mat.6:17 (in cl. Att.. prose, used only in compounds; cf. ἀπο-νίπτω).† νίζω, see: νίπτω SYN.: λούω (which see), πλύνω (AS)

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How Strong's G3538 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nipto, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

wash Matthew 6:17 10× washed John 9:15

How Strong's G3538 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3538 (νίπτω) appears 25 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3538 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3538 in the New Testament

13 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 6:17 KJV

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

Matthew 15:2 KJV

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Mark 7:3 KJV

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Strong's G3538 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 18:4 Septuagint / Brenton

Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh yourselves under the tree.

Genesis 19:2 Septuagint / Brenton

Lo! my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning ye shall depart on your journey. And they said, Nay, but we will lodge in the street.

Genesis 24:32 Septuagint / Brenton

And the man entered into the house, and unloaded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.

Strong's G3538 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 7:9 Septuagint / Brenton

So he communicated the matter with Raguel: and Raguel said to Tobias, Eat and drink, and make merry:

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3538.

Genesis 18:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 19:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lo! my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning ye shall depart on your journey. And they said, Nay, but we will lodge in the street.
Genesis 24:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man entered into the house, and unloaded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.
Genesis 43:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought water to wash their feet; and gave provender to their asses.
Genesis 43:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he washed his face and came out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
Exodus 30:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and thou shalt pour forth water into it.
Exodus 30:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet with water from it.
Exodus 30:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whensoever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt offerings to the Lord.
Exodus 30:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute, for him and his posterity after him.
Exodus 38:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the laver, that at it Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet: when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or whensoever they should advance to the altar to do service, they washed at it, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whomsoever he that has the issue shall touch, if he have not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the earthen vessel which he that has the issue shall happen to touch, shall be broken; and a wooden vessel shall be washed with water, and shall be clean.
Deuteronomy 21:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the elders of that city who draw nigh to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain in the valley;
Judges 19:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought him into his house, and made room for his asses; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
1 Kingdoms 25:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she arose, and did reverence with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy servant is for a handmaid to wash the feet of thy servants.
2 Kingdoms 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Uriah, Go to thy house, and wash thy feet: and Uriah departed from the house of the king, and a portion of meat from the king followed him.
2 Chronicles 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made ten lavers, and set five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them the instruments of the whole burnt offerings, and to rinse the vessels in them; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
Job 20:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If by any means he would fill his belly, Let God send upon him the fury of wrath; Let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.
Psalms 25:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will wash my hands in innocency, And compass thine altar, O Lord:
Psalms 57:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: He shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
Psalms 72:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, And washed my hands in innocency.
Song of Solomon 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
Matthew 6:17 New Testament, KJV
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Matthew 15:2 New Testament, KJV
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Mark 7:3 New Testament, KJV
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
John 9:7 New Testament, KJV
And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
John 9:11 New Testament, KJV
He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
John 9:15 New Testament, KJV
Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
John 13:5 New Testament, KJV
After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
John 13:6 New Testament, KJV
Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
John 13:8 New Testament, KJV
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
John 13:10 New Testament, KJV
Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
John 13:12 New Testament, KJV
So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
John 13:14 New Testament, KJV
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
1 Timothy 5:10 New Testament, KJV
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Tobit 7:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So he communicated the matter with Raguel: and Raguel said to Tobias, Eat and drink, and make merry:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3538, grouped by book.

Genesis 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
John 9 usages, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3538 FAQ

What does nipto (νίπτω) mean?

Nipto (Strong's G3538) is a Greek word most simply glossed "wash". nipto (nip'-to) v. 1. to cleanse 2. (ceremonially) to wash with water

How many times is nipto (νίπτω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's G3538 across 16 books.

Where can I study nipto (νίπτω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3538 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate nipto (νίπτω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as wash and washed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3538 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3538, with linked reader references where each row is available.