verb
plunamō
Strong’sG4150
I wash
stem plun-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
πλύνω.
[in LXX chiefly for כּבס pi.;]
SYN.: v.s. λούω.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4150 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidploo'-no
to "plunge", i.e. launder clothing
Froma prolonged form of an obsolete πλύω (to "flow");
King Jameswash.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect imperfect πλύνεσκον Refs 8th c.BC+: future πλῠνῶ Refs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect πλῠνέω Refs 8th c.BC+aorist ἔπλῡνα, Epic dialect πλῦνα Refs 8th c.BC+:—middle, future πλῠνοῦμαι LXX+5th c.BC+: aorist participle πλυνάμενος LXX+5th c.BC+:—passive, future πλῠθήσομαι (πλυνθ- Refs 5th c.AD+: aorist ἐπλύθην [ῠ], 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive πλυθῇ Refs 4th c.BC+; participle πλυθέν Refs 1st c.AD+: perfect πέπλῠμαι Refs 5th c.BC+; participle πεπλυμένος Refs 3rd c.BC+:—wash, clean, properly of linen. clothes, etc. (opposed to λούομαι bathe, νίζω wash the hands or feet), εἵματα πλύνεσκον Refs 8th c.BC+; πλῦνάν τε (i.e. εἵματα) κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάνταRefs 5th c.BC+; στολήν LXX:—passive, σησάμου πεπλυμένου Refs 3rd c.BC+; σκίλλης πλυθείσης Porph. [prev. cited]
b metaphorically, πέπλυται τὸ πρᾶγμα the thing is washed to pieces, i. e. worn out, Refs 3rd c.BC+threadbare, hackneyed, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II as a slang term, πλύνειν τινά 'give him a dressing', abuse, κἀκυκλοβόρει κἄπλυνε Refs 5th c.BC+ also with Lithuanian pláuti 'bathe', OSlavonic pluti 'flow', 'sail'.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| plunaleἔπλυνον | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | washing | 1× |
| plunalaἔπλυναν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | washed | 1× |
| plunarōntoisπλύνοντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | wash | 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, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | plunamō | pluname | plunami | plunama | plunamē | plunamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | plunasō | plunase | plunasi | plunasa | plunasē | plunaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | plunatō | plunate | plunati | plunata | plunatē | plunatelē |
| we 1st person plural | plunanō | plunane | plunani | plunana | plunanē | plunanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | plunavō | plunave | plunavi | plunava | plunavē | plunavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | plunalō | plunale1×ἔπλυνον | plunali | plunala1×ἔπλυναν | plunalē | plunalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | plunameiō | plunameia | plunameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | plunaseiō | plunaseia | plunaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | plunateiō | plunateia | plunateiē |
| we 1st person plural | plunaneiō | plunaneia | plunaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | plunaveiō | plunaveia | plunaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | plunaleiō | plunaleia | plunaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | plunasōr | plunasar | plunasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | plunatōr | plunatar | plunatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | plunavōr | plunavar | plunavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | plunalōr | plunalar | plunalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | plunamoiō | plunamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | plunasoiō | plunasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | plunatoiō | plunatoia |
| we 1st person plural | plunanoiō | plunanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | plunavoiō | plunavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | plunaloiō | plunaloia |
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 | plunarō | plunari | plunara | plunarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | plunarōntos1× | plunarintos | plunarantos | plunarēntos |
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
plun 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
plunale“washing”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Luke 5:2… tois de halievois apo auteiu apobainarantois plunale teim diktueim.… fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
plunala“washed”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Revelation 7:14… ek tau thlipsiau tau megau, kai plunala tain stolain autoiu kai leukanala autain …… of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white …
plunarōntois“wash”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Revelation 22:14Makariois tois plunarōntois tain stolain autoiu, hina eti tas …Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may …