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Koine Greek wordlink #10081

SR GNT Mat 15:2 νίπτονται (niptontai) ‘elders not for they are washing their hands whenever’ Strongs=35380 Lemma=niptō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=middle person=3rd number=plural
Refers to Word #10072

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Only use of identical word form νίπτονται (V-IPM3..P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘νίπτονται’ (V-IPM3..P) is always and only glossed as ‘they are washing’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘niptō’ have 13 different glosses: ‘are washing’, ‘having washed’, ‘to wash’, ‘to_be washing’, ‘I may wash’, ‘I washed’, ‘he washed’, ‘she washed’, ‘they are washing’, ‘they may wash’, ‘you may wash’, ‘wash’, ‘washed’.

Greek words (8) other than νίπτονται (V-IPM3..P) with a gloss related to ‘washing’

YHN 13:5 νίπτειν (niptein) V-NPA.... ‘wash_basin and began to_be washing the feet of the’ SR GNT Yhn 13:5 word 13

YHN 13:6 νίπτεις (nipteis) V-IPA2..S ‘master you of me are washing the feet’ SR GNT Yhn 13:6 word 15

YHN 13:14 νίπτειν (niptein) V-NPA.... ‘you_all are ought of one_another to_be washing the feet’ SR GNT Yhn 13:14 word 21

LUKE 5:2 ἔπλυνον (eplunon) V-IIA3..P Lemma=plunō ‘from them having gone_out were washing the nets’ SR GNT Luke 5:2 word 19

EPH 5:26 λουτρῷ (loutrōi) N-DNS Lemma=loutron ‘he may sanctify having cleansed her by the washing of water by the message’ SR GNT Eph 5:26 word 6

COL 2:12 βαπτισμῷ (baptismōi) N-DMS Lemma=baptismos ‘having_been buried_with with him in washing in which also’ SR GNT Col 2:12 word 5

TIT 3:5 λουτροῦ (loutrou) N-GNS Lemma=loutron ‘he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal’ SR GNT Tit 3:5 word 22

REV 22:14 πλύνοντες (plunontes) V-PPA.NMP Lemma=plunō ‘blessed are the ones washing the robes of them’ SR GNT Rev 22:14 word 3

Key: N=noun V=verb DMS=dative,masculine,singular DNS=dative,neuter,singular GNS=genitive,neuter,singular IIA3..P=indicative,imperfect,active,3rd person plural IPA2..S=indicative,present,active,2nd person singular IPM3..P=indicative,present,middle,3rd person plural NPA....=infinitive,present,active PPA.NMP=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,plural