Quick Definition
λούω v. I wash, bathe
Strong's Definition
a primary verb; to bathe (the whole person; whereas 3538 means to wet a part only, and 4150 to wash, cleanse garments exclusively)
KJV Usage: wash
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λούω: 1 aor. ἔλουσα ; pf. pass. ptep. λελουμένος and (in Heb. x. 23 T WH) λελουσμένος, a later Greek form (cf. Lobeck on Soph. Aj. p. 824; Steph. Thesaur. v. 397 c.; ef. Kiihner § 343 s. v.; [Veitch s. v., who cites Cant. v. 12 Vat.]); 1 aor. mid. ptep. λουσάμενος ; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for ym; to bathe, wash: prop. τινά, adead person, Acts ix. 37; τινὰ ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν, by washing to cleanse from the blood of the wounds, Acts xvi. 33 [W.372 (348), cf. § 30, 6a.; B. 322 (277)]; ὁ λελουμένος, absol., he that has bathed, Jn. xiii. 10 (on the meaning of the passage see καθαρός, a. [and cf. Syn. below]); AeA. τὸ σῶμα, with dat. of the instr., ὕδατι, Heb. x. 22 (23); mid. to wash ong’s self [cf. W. § 38, 2 a.]: 2 Pet. ii. 22; trop. Auvdda Uhrist is described as ὁ λούσας ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, i. 6. who by suffering the bloody death of a vicarious sacrifice cleansed us from the guilt of our sins, Rev. i. 5 RG [al. λύσας (q. v. 2 fin.). Comp.: ἀπολούω.}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λούω louō 5x
pr. to bathe the body, as distinguished from washing only the extremities, Jn. 13:10; to bathe, wash, Acts 9:37; 16:33; Heb. 10:22; 2 Pet. 2:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λούω,
[in LXX chiefly for רחץ (freq. of ceremonial washing; cf. Deiss., BS, 226 f.);]
to bathe, wash the body: c. acc. pers., Ac 9:37 (of a dead body); id. seq. ἀπό (Deiss., BS, 226 f.), Ac 16:33; pass. ptcp. pf., Jo 13:10, He 10:22; mid., to wash oneself (Mayor, in l.; M. Pr., 155 f., 238 f.), II Pe 2:22; metaph., Re 1:5, Rec., R, mg. (cf. ἀπο-λούω).†
SYN.: νίπτω, used of parts of the body-hands, feet, face; πλύνω, of things, as garments, etc. (v. Le 15:11; cf. Tr., Syn., § xlv).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λούω (louō) — to wash. λούω, contraction from λοέω, from which come imperfect λόεον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist infinitive λοέσσαι [Refs]; participle λοέσσας [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future middle λοέσσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist λοέσσατο[Refs 8th c.BC+]: also Epic dialect imperfect ἐλούεον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive λούειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future λούσω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Doric dialect λουσῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἔλουσα [Refs 6th c.BC+] (Epic dialect λοῦσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle λούονται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive λούεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle λουόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future λούσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐλουσάμην[Refs]; Epic dialect λούσαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect participle λωσάμενος [Refs]: —passive, aorist ἐλούθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect λέλουμαι, 3rd.pers. singular λέλουται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle λελουμένος [LXX+8th c.BC+]—Another old form of the present was λόω, whence 3rd.pers. singular λόει [Refs], 2nd pers. singular middle κατα-λόει [Refs 5th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. singular imperfect λόε [Refs 8th c.BC+], 3rd.pers. plural λόον [Refs]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive middle λόηται [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; infinitive λόεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—to λόω also belong the following contraction forms, 3rd.pers. singular imperfect ἀπ-έλου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; present passive λοῦται [Refs 7th c.BC+]; λοῦνται, ἐλοῦτο, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐλοῦντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive λοῦσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle λούμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc., are rejected by [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (Cf. Latin l[acaron]vo [from *lovo]): — wash, properly wash the body (νίζω being used of the hands and feet, πλύνω of clothes), τὸν δ᾽ Ἥβη λοῦσεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λοῦσ᾽ ἐν ποταμῷ bathed me, i.e. let me bathe, [Refs]; τίς ἄν σφε λούσειε; [NT+5th c.BC+]; also λ ἐκ τρίποδος μεγάλοιο washed me [with water] from a great cauldron, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __b rarely of things, λ. τὰ δύο μέρη τοῦ βαλανείου [Refs 5th c.AD+]
2. metaphorically, purify, τινὰ ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν variant in [NT]
II. middle and passive, bathe, λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσι [Refs 8th c.BC+] fresh from Ocean's bath, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λούεσθαι ποταμοῖο bathe in the river,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; λελουμένος freshbathed, after bathing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. in strict passive sense, λοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, i.e. to be washed by the rain from heaven, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. in strict middle sense, with accusative, λοέσσασθαι χρόα wash one's body, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λούονται (variant{λοῦνται}) ὕδατι τὸ σῶμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
