verb

louemō

Greekλούω (louō)

Strong’sG3068

I wash, bathe

stem lou-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books5 forms occur

Translated as

washed4×bathed1×

What it means

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).

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

Strong’s G3068 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidloo'-o

to bathe (the whole person; whereas G3538 means to wet a part only, and G4150 to wash, cleanse garments exclusively)

Froma primary verb;

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
louataἔλουσεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	washed	1×
louaratoisλούσαντες	happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine	washed	1×
loueratasλουσαμένη	happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative singular feminine	washed	1×
louerētosλελουμένος	has happened · subjectperfect middle participle nominative singular masculine	bathed	1×
louerētoisλελουσμένοι	has happened · subjectperfect middle participle nominative plural masculine	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 172, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

the subject acts active voice

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	louamō	louame	louami	louama	louamē	louamelē
you 2nd person singular	louasō	louase	louasi	louasa	louasē	louaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	louatō	louate	louati	louata1×ἔλουσεν	louatē	louatelē
we 1st person plural	louanō	louane	louani	louana	louanē	louanelē
ye 2nd person plural	louavō	louave	louavi	louava	louavē	louavelē
they 3rd person plural	loualō	louale	louali	louala	loualē	loualelē

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	louemō	loueme	louemi	louema	louemē	louemelē
you 2nd person singular	louesō	louese	louesi	louesa	louesē	loueselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	louetō	louete	loueti	loueta	louetē	louetelē
we 1st person plural	louenō	louene	loueni	louena	louenē	louenelē
ye 2nd person plural	louevō	loueve	louevi	loueva	louevē	louevelē
they 3rd person plural	louelō	louele	loueli	louela	louelē	louelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	louameiō	louameia	louameiē
you 2nd person singular	louaseiō	louaseia	louaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	louateiō	louateia	louateiē
we 1st person plural	louaneiō	louaneia	louaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	louaveiō	louaveia	louaveiē
they 3rd person plural	loualeiō	loualeia	loualeiē

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	louemeiō	louemeia	louemeiē
you 2nd person singular	loueseiō	loueseia	loueseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	loueteiō	loueteia	loueteiē
we 1st person plural	loueneiō	loueneia	loueneiē
ye 2nd person plural	loueveiō	loueveia	loueveiē
they 3rd person plural	loueleiō	loueleia	loueleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	louasōr	louasar	louasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	louatōr	louatar	louatēr
ye 2nd person plural	louavōr	louavar	louavēr
they 3rd person plural	loualōr	loualar	loualēr

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	louesōr	louesar	louesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	louetōr	louetar	louetēr
ye 2nd person plural	louevōr	louevar	louevēr
they 3rd person plural	louelōr	louelar	louelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	louamoiō	louamoia
you 2nd person singular	louasoiō	louasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	louatoiō	louatoia
we 1st person plural	louanoiō	louanoia
ye 2nd person plural	louavoiō	louavoia
they 3rd person plural	loualoiō	loualoia

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	louemoiō	louemoia
you 2nd person singular	louesoiō	louesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	louetoiō	louetoia
we 1st person plural	louenoiō	louenoia
ye 2nd person plural	louevoiō	louevoia
they 3rd person plural	loueloiō	loueloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	louarō	louari	louara	louarē
acts on or for itself middle voice	louerō	loueri	louera	louerē

Used as an adjective — participle, 4 occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	louarōtos	louaritos	louaratos1×	louarētos
acts on or for itself middle voice	louerōtos	loueritos	loueratos1×	louerētos2×λελουμένος

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

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

lou 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

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

louata“washed”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Acts 16:33“washed”kai paralambaratos autoin en ekeina ta hōra tau nuxau louata apo taiu plēgaiu, kai baptizita autos kai tois autou pantois parachrēma,At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.

louaratois“washed”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 9:37“washed”gineta de en tai hēmerai ekeinai asthenaratan autan apothnēskara; louaratois de tithala autan en huperōe.At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.

loueratas“washed”happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative singular feminine1×

2 Peter 2:22“washed”sumbainatē autoi tem tau alēthau paroimiau; Kuōnos epistrefaratos epi tem idiem exeramem, kai; Huas loueratas eis kulismon borborou.Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”

louerētos“bathed”has happened · subjectperfect middle participle nominative singular masculine1×

John 13:10“bathed”legatō auto tos Iēsus; Tos louerētos ouk echatō chreian ei mē toin podoin niptera, alla atō katharos holos; kai vis katharois avō, alla ouchi pantois.Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”

louerētois“washed”has happened · subjectperfect middle participle nominative plural masculine1×

Hebrews 10:22“washed”prosercheneiō meta alēthinau kardiau en plēroforia pistiau, rantizirētois tain kardiain apo suneidēsiau ponērau kai louerētois tem sōmem hudōre kathare;let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.