λούω

louvw louvw: 1 aorist
e[lousav; perfect passive participle
leloumevno" and (in T WH)
lelousmeno", a later Greek form (cf. Lobeck on Sophocles Aj., p. 324; Stephanus' Thesaurus c.; cf. K?hner, sec. 343, under the word; (Veitch, under the word, who cites , the Vaticanus manuscript)); 1 aorist middle participle
lousameno"; from Homer down; the Septuagint for $j'r;; to bathe, wash: properly,
tina, a dead person, ;
tina
ajpov
tw'n
plhgw'n, by washing to cleanse from the blood of the wounds, (Winer's Grammar, 372 (348), cf. sec. 30, 6 a.; Buttmann, 322 (277));
oJ
leloumevno", absolutely, he that has bathed, (on the meaning of the passage see
kaqarov", a. (and cf. Synonyms below));
lelousmevnoi
tov
sw'ma, with the dative of instrumentality,
u{dati, (23); middle to wash oneself (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 38, 2 a.): ; tropically, Christ is described as
oJ
lousa"
hJma'"
ajpov
tw'n
aJmartiw'n
hJmw'n, i. e. who by suffering the bloody death of a vicarious sacrifice cleansed us from the guilt of our sins, R G (others,
luvsa" (which see 2 at the end). Compare:
ajpolouvw.)*(Synonyms:
louvw,
nivptw,
pluvnw:
pluvnw is used of things, especially garments;
louvw and
nivptw of persons --
nivptw of a part of the body (hands, feet, face, eyes),
louvw of the whole. All three words occur in . Cf. Trench, N. T. Synonyms, sec. xlv.)