# G3538 νίπτω

νίπτω (níptō), Strong’s G3538: to cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face); ceremonially, to perform ablution KJV: wash. Occurs 41 times.

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*níptō* — to cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face); ceremonially, to perform ablution

KJV: wash

Occurs 41 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 6:17](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=17) — But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
- [Matthew 15:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=2) — “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
- [Mark 7:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/7?v=3) — (For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of…
- [John 9:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/9?v=7) — and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
- [John 9:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/9?v=11) — He answered, “A man called Yeshua made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I…
- [John 9:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/9?v=15) — Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, I…
- [John 13:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/13?v=5) — Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was…
- [John 13:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/13?v=6) — Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”
- [John 13:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/13?v=8) — Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Yeshua answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
- [John 13:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/13?v=10) — Yeshua said to him, “Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean…