Strong's Greek Concordance

G633: ἀπονίπτω

aponíptō · “to wash off”

Definition

to wash off (reflexively, one's own hands symbolically)

KJV translates it as: wash

Word origin: from G575 (ἀπό) and G3538 (νίπτω);

Extended definition

ἀπο-νίπτω
[in LXX for שָׁטַף, רָחַץ, מָחָה ;]
to wash off: mid. (reflex.), τ. χεῖρας, Mat.27:24.†
(AS)

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How G633 is translated

  • he washed ×1

Bible verses with G633 (aponíptō)

Aponíptō appears in 1 verse.

  • Matthew 27:24

    When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.