noun · masculine
niptēros
Greekνιπτήρ (niptēr)
Strong’sG3537
a basin
stem niptēr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† νιπτήρ, -ῆρος, ὁ
(νίπτω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3537 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnip-tare'
a ewer
Fromfrom G3538;
King Jamesbason.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | niptēros | niptērois |
| object accusative | niptēron1×νιπτῆρα | niptēroin |
| direct address vocative | niptēror | niptēroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | niptērou | niptēroiu |
| to, for dative | niptēro | niptēroi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
niptēro 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
niptēron“basin”objectaccusative singular1×
John 13:5“basin”eita ballatō hudōrem eis ton niptēron, kai archeta niptarō toin podoin toiu mathētoiu kai ekmassarō te lentie he ate diazōnerētos.After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.