Strong's Greek · G3068
G3068 loúō
λούω
loo'-o
to wash
Looking for Hebrew H3068 Yᵉhôvâh? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G3068. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
loúō appears 5 times in Scripture, in John, Acts, Hebrews and 2 Peter. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to bathe (the whole person; whereas G3538 (νίπτω) means to wet a part only, and G4150 (πλύνω) to wash, cleanse garments exclusively)
In the King James Version
wash
Derivation
a primary verb;
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.”
“At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.”
“let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”
“Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.””
“Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
