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Koine Greek wordlink #74942

SR GNT Yhn 13:5 νιπτῆρα (niptaʸra) ‘water into the wash_basin and began to_be washing’ Strongs=35370 Lemma=niptēr^*
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form νιπτῆρα (N-AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘νιπτῆρα’ (N-AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘wash_basin’.

Yhn (Jhn) 13:5 ‘water into the wash_basin and began to_be washing’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 13:5 word 8

OET-LV: 5 Thereafter he _is _putting water into the wash _basin, and began to _be _washing the feet of _the apprentices/followers, and to _be _wiping _off them with _the linen _towel with _which he _was having _been _girded. (JHN_13:5)

OET-RV: 5 Then he put water into the wash bowl and started washing the feet of his apprentices, wiping them dry with the linen towel that he was wearing wrapped around him. (JHN 13:5)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘niptēr’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular