International Standard Bible Encyclopedia WASH; WASHINGwosh, wosh'-ing: The two usual Hebrew words for "wash" are rachats, and kabhac, the former being normally used of persons or of sacrificial animals (Genesis 18:4, etc., often translated "bathe"; Leviticus 15:5, etc.), and the latter of things (Genesis 49:11, etc.), the exceptions to this distinction being few (for rachats, 1 Kings 22:38 margin; for kabhac, Psalm 51:2, 7 Jeremiah 2:22; Jeremiah 4:14). Much less common are duach (2 Chronicles 4:6 Isaiah 4:4 Ezekiel 40:38) and shataph (1 Kings 22:38 Job 14:19 Ezekiel 16:9), translated "rinse" in Leviticus 6:28; Leviticus 15:11, 12. In Nehemiah 4:23 the King James Version has "washing" and the Revised Version (British and American) "water" for mayim, but the text is hopelessly obscure (compare the Revised Version margin). In the Apocrypha and New Testament the range of terms is wider. Most common is nipto (Matthew 6:17, etc.), with aponipto in Matthew 27:24. Of the other terms, louo (Susanna verses 15, 17; John 13:10, etc.), with apolouo (Acts 22:16 1 Corinthians 6:11) and the noun loutron (Sirach 34:25b; Ephesians 5:26 Titus 3:5), usually has a sacral significance. On baptizo (Sirach 34:25a; Mark 7:4 Luke 11:38), with the noun baptismos (Mark 7:4 (text?); Hebrews 9:10), see BAPTISM. In Luke 5:2 Revelation 7:14; Revelation 22:14 the Revised Version (British and American) occurs pluno, while Judith 10:3 has perikluzo. Virtually, as far as meaning is concerned, all these words are interchangeable. Of the figurative uses of washing, the most common and obvious is that of cleansing from sin (Psalm 51:2 Isaiah 1:16, etc.), but, with an entirely different figure, "to wash in" may signify "to enjoy in plenty" (Genesis 49:11 Job 29:6; the meaning in So 5:12 is uncertain). Washing of the hands, in token of innocence, is found in Deuteronomy 21:6 Matthew 27:24. Greek 628. apolouo -- to wash off, wash away ... to wash off, wash away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apolouo Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ol-oo'-o) Short Definition: I wash off, wash away Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/628.htm - 7k 633. aponipto -- to wash off 3068. louo -- to bathe, to wash 3538. nipto -- to wash 4150. pluno -- to wash 637. apopluno -- wash. 1026. brecho -- to send rain, to rain 907. baptizo -- to dip, sink 2626. katakluzo -- to inundate 1813. exaleipho -- to wipe out, erase, obliterate Strong's Hebrew 7364. rachats -- to wash, wash off or away, bathe... rachats. 7365 . to wash, wash off or away, bathe. Transliteration: rachats Phonetic Spelling: (raw-khats') Short Definition: bathe. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/7364.htm - 6k 3526. kabas -- to wash 7857. shataph -- to overflow, rinse or wash off 1740. duach -- to rinse, cleanse away by rinsing or washing 4229a. machah -- to wipe, wipe out 5518. ciyr -- a pot 7366. rachats -- a washing Library "Wash You, Make You Clean; Put Away the Evil of Your Doings from ... "Wash You, Make You Clean, Put Away the Evil of Your Doings from ... What Can Wash Away My Stain. But First, Wash You, be Clean; Put Away Evil from Your Souls... How St Francis Commanded Brother Leo to Wash the Stone St. Ambrose, Speaking of Tears, Explains David's Saying, "Every ... Where Has Christ Promised Us, that He Will as Certainly Wash us by ... That by this Alone the Jews Can Receive Pardon of their Sins, if ... John Chapter xiii. 10-Jun And when Jesus Finished all These Sayings, He Said unto his ... Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees.2. (v. t.) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore. 3. (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment. 4. (v. t.) To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands. 5. (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly. 6. (v. t.) To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver. 7. (v. i.) To perform the act of ablution. 8. (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water. 9. (v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash. 10. (v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc. 11. (n.) The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. 12. (n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire. 13. (n.) Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc. 14. (n.) Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs. 15. (n.) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. 16. (n.) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. 17. (n.) That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface. 18. (n.) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion. 19. (n.) A liquid dentifrice. 20. (n.) A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash. 21. (n.) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion. 22. (n.) A thin coat of color, esp. water color. 23. (n.) A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation. 24. (n.) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water. 25. (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc. 26. (n.) The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it. 27. (n.) Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. 28. (a.) Washy; weak. 29. (a.) Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods. Thesaurus Wash (105 Occurrences)... dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands ... /w/wash.htm - 45k Wash-pot (2 Occurrences) Bathe (35 Occurrences) Feet (2931 Occurrences) Toucheth (45 Occurrences) Touches (55 Occurrences) Ablution Picks (7 Occurrences) Carries (27 Occurrences) Carrieth (10 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Wash (105 Occurrences)Matthew 6:17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; Matthew 15:2 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread." Matthew 23:25 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Matthew 23:26 Blind Pharisee, first wash clean the inside of the cup or dish, and then the outside will be clean also. Matthew 27:24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it." Mark 7:3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. Mark 7:4 They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.) Luke 7:38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Luke 11:38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner. John 9:7 and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing. John 9:11 He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me,'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight." John 9:15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see." John 13:5 Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. John 13:6 Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?" John 13:8 Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I don't wash you, you have no part with me." John 13:9 "Master," said Peter, "wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head." John 13:10 Jesus said to him, "Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you." John 13:14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. Acts 22:16 Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.' Revelation 7:14 I told him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood. Revelation 22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes clean, that they may have a right to the Tree of Life, and may go through the gates into the city. Genesis 18:4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. Genesis 19:2 and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night." Genesis 24:32 The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. Genesis 43:24 The man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder. Genesis 49:11 Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes. Exodus 2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. Exodus 19:10 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments, Exodus 19:14 Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. Exodus 29:4 You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water. Exodus 29:17 You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head. Exodus 30:18 "You shall also make a basin of brass, and its base of brass, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it. Exodus 30:19 Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it. Exodus 30:20 When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh. Exodus 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations." Exodus 40:12 "You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water. Exodus 40:30 He set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash. Exodus 40:31 Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there. Exodus 40:32 When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses. Leviticus 1:9 but its innards and its legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. Leviticus 1:13 but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. Leviticus 6:27 Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place. Leviticus 9:14 He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on the burnt offering on the altar. Leviticus 11:25 Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 11:28 He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you. Leviticus 11:40 He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 13:6 The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day; and behold, if the plague has faded, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean. Leviticus 13:34 On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and behold, if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean. Leviticus 13:54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which the plague is, and he shall isolate it seven more days. Leviticus 13:58 The garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague has departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and it will be clean." Leviticus 14:8 "He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days. Leviticus 14:9 It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his body in water, then he shall be clean. Leviticus 14:47 He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes. Leviticus 15:5 Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 15:6 He who sits on anything whereon the man who has the discharge sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 15:7 "'He who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 15:8 "'If he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 15:10 Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. He who carries those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 15:11 "'Whoever he who has the discharge touches, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 15:13 "'When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. Leviticus 15:16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. Leviticus 15:21 Whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 15:22 Whoever touches anything that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 15:27 Whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Leviticus 16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. Leviticus 16:24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. Leviticus 16:26 "He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. Leviticus 16:28 He who burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. Leviticus 17:15 "'Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then he shall be clean. Leviticus 17:16 But if he doesn't wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.'" Leviticus 22:6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. Numbers 5:23 And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water; Numbers 8:7 You shall do this to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves. Numbers 8:21 The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. Numbers 19:7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. Numbers 19:8 He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening. Numbers 19:10 He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be to the children of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them, for a statute forever. Numbers 19:19 and the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. Numbers 19:21 It shall be a perpetual statute to them: and he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until even. Numbers 31:24 You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; and afterward you shall come into the camp." Deuteronomy 21:6 All the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley; Deuteronomy 23:11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. Judges 19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink. Ruth 3:3 Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself, and put your clothing on yourself, and go down to the threshing floor, but don't make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. 1 Samuel 25:41 She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord." 2 Samuel 11:8 David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and wash your feet." Uriah departed out of the king's house, and a gift from the king was sent after him. 2 Kings 5:10 Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean." 2 Kings 5:12 Aren't Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn't I wash in them, and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage. 2 Kings 5:13 His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, "My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn't you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you,'Wash, and be clean?'" 2 Chronicles 4:6 He made also ten basins, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. Job 9:30 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye, Job 14:19 The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man. Psalms 26:6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh; Psalms 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin. Psalms 51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Psalms 58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; Psalms 60:8 Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia." Psalms 73:13 Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, Psalms 108:9 Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia." Song of Songs 8:7 Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down -- they tread upon it. Subtopics Related Terms Fire-offering (45 Occurrences) Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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