verb

aponiptemō

Greekἀπονίπτω (aponiptō)

Strong’sG633

I wash dirt off

stem aponipt-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

washed1×

What it means

ἀπο-νίπτω,

[in LXX for שׁטף, רחץ, מחה;]

to wash off: mid. (reflex.), τ. χεῖρας, Mt 27:24.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G633 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-on-ip'-to

to wash off (reflexively, one's own hands symbolically)

Fromfrom G575 and G3538;

King Jameswash.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
aponiptetaἀπενίψατο	happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular	washed	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	aponiptemō	aponipteme	aponiptemi	aponiptema	aponiptemē	aponiptemelē
you 2nd person singular	aponiptesō	aponiptese	aponiptesi	aponiptesa	aponiptesē	aponipteselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	aponiptetō	aponiptete	aponipteti	aponipteta1×ἀπενίψατο	aponiptetē	aponiptetelē
we 1st person plural	aponiptenō	aponiptene	aponipteni	aponiptena	aponiptenē	aponiptenelē
ye 2nd person plural	aponiptevō	aponipteve	aponiptevi	aponipteva	aponiptevē	aponiptevelē
they 3rd person plural	aponiptelō	aponiptele	aponipteli	aponiptela	aponiptelē	aponiptelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	aponiptemeiō	aponiptemeia	aponiptemeiē
you 2nd person singular	aponipteseiō	aponipteseia	aponipteseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	aponipteteiō	aponipteteia	aponipteteiē
we 1st person plural	aponipteneiō	aponipteneia	aponipteneiē
ye 2nd person plural	aponipteveiō	aponipteveia	aponipteveiē
they 3rd person plural	aponipteleiō	aponipteleia	aponipteleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	aponiptesōr	aponiptesar	aponiptesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	aponiptetōr	aponiptetar	aponiptetēr
ye 2nd person plural	aponiptevōr	aponiptevar	aponiptevēr
they 3rd person plural	aponiptelōr	aponiptelar	aponiptelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	aponiptemoiō	aponiptemoia
you 2nd person singular	aponiptesoiō	aponiptesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	aponiptetoiō	aponiptetoia
we 1st person plural	aponiptenoiō	aponiptenoia
ye 2nd person plural	aponiptevoiō	aponiptevoia
they 3rd person plural	aponipteloiō	aponipteloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	aponipterō	aponipteri	aponiptera	aponipterē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	aponipterōtos	aponipteritos	aponipteratos	aponipterētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

aponiptstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

aponipt is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

aponipteta“washed”happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular1×

Matthew 27:24“washed”horaratos de tos Pilatos hoti oudenem ōfelatō alla mallon thorubos ginetō lambaratos hudōrem aponipteta tain cheirain apenanti tou ochlou legarōtos; Athōos amō apo teu haimeu houtou; vis horevi.When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”