ΝΕΙΨΑΙ, νειψαι
NEIPSAI, neipsai
Sounds Like: NIP-sai
Translations: to wash, to cleanse, to purify
From the root: ΝΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb ΝΙΠΤΩ (nipto), meaning 'to wash' or 'to cleanse'. It refers to the act of washing, often specifically hands or feet, for ritual or hygienic purposes. In the provided context, it appears to be a textual variant or a misspelling of ΡΕΙΨΑΙ (reipsai), which is the aorist active infinitive of ΡΙΠΤΩ (ripto), meaning 'to cast' or 'to throw'. If it were ΝΕΙΨΑΙ, it would mean 'to wash'.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3538 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΙΠΤΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΙΠΤΑΜΕΝΟΥ — unwashed, of unwashed
- ἈΠΕΝΙΨΑΤΟ — washed off, washed away, washed
- ΑΠΕΝΙΨΑΝ — they washed, they washed off, they washed away
- ΑΠΕΝΙΨΑΤΟ — he washed, he washed away, he cleansed
- ΑΠΕΝΙΨΕΝ — he washed off, he washed away, he cleansed
- ἘΝΙΠΤΟΝΤΟ — they were washing, they were washing themselves, they were being washed
- ἘΝΙΨΑ — I washed, he washed, she washed, it washed
- ἘΝΙΨΑΜΗΝ — I washed, I bathed, I cleansed
- ἘΝΙΨΑΝΤΟ — they washed themselves, they bathed, they washed
- ἘΝΙΨΑΤΟ — he washed, she washed, it washed, he washed himself, she washed herself, it washed itself
- ἘΝΙΨΕΝ — he washed, she washed, it washed
- ΕΝΙΨΑ — he washed, he did wash, he cleansed
- ΕΝΙΨΑΜΗΝ — I washed, I washed myself, I have washed, I have washed myself
- ΕΝΙΨΑΝΤΟ — they washed, they did wash, they cleansed
- ΕΝΙΨΑΤΟ — he washed, he did wash, he cleansed himself, he did cleanse himself
- ΕΝΙΨΕΝ — he washed, she washed, it washed
- ΝΕΝΙΠΤΑΙ — has washed, has cleansed, has bathed
- ΝΙΠΤΕΙΝ — to wash, to cleanse
- ΝΙΠΤΕΙΣ — you wash, you are washing, you bathe, you are bathing
- ΝΙΠΤΕΣΘΑΙ — to wash, to cleanse
- ΝΙΠΤΙΣ — washing, a washing, ablution
- ΝΙΠΤΟΝΤΑΙ — they wash, they are washing
- ΝΙΠΤΩ — wash, to wash, to wash oneself
- ΝΙΠΤΩΝΤΑΙ — they may wash, they might wash, they should wash, they are washing, they wash
- ΝΙΦΕΣΘΑΙ — to wash oneself, to wash, to bathe
- ΝΙΦΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be washed, shall be washed
- ΝΙΨΑΙ — wash, to wash, wash yourself, to wash yourself
- ΝΙΨΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having washed, washing, a washing
- ΝΙΨΑΣΘΑΙ — to wash, to bathe
- ΝΙΨΑΤΕ — wash, wash ye
- ΝΙΨΑΤΩ — let him wash, he must wash, wash
- ΝΙΨΕΤΑΙ — he will wash, she will wash, it will wash
- ΝΙΨΗΣ — you wash, you may wash
- ΝΙΨΟΜΑΙ — I will wash myself, I will wash, I wash
- ΝΙΨΟΝΤΑΙ — they will wash, they shall wash
- ΝΙΨΩ — wash, to wash, cleanse
- ΝΙΨΩΝΤΑΙ — wash, cleanse
- ΠΕΡΙΝΙΨΑΣΘΑΙ — to wash, to wash around, to wash thoroughly, to wash oneself
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