To wipe off
ἐκμάσσωStrong’s G1591ekmassō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ekmassō is the Greek word usually translated “wiped”, “was wiping” and “having wiped”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.”
Meaning
Usually translated “wiped”, “was wiping” and “having wiped”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- wiped 2
- she was wiping 1
- having wiped 1
- to wipe 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 3
- Luke 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 7:44And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
- John 11:2(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
- John 12:3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
- John 13:5After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
Greek dictionary
ἐκμάσσω ekmassō · to wipe off
ἐκ-μάσσω [in LXX: Sir.12:11, Ep. Jer.13:1-27 24:1-10 * ;] to wipe off: with accusative, Luk.7:38, 44, Jhn.11:2 12:3 13:5.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wiped” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WIPED, participle passive
Rubbed for cleaning; cleaned by rubbing; cleared away; effaced.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.