STRONGS G3068:
													
												
									    		λούω: 1 aorist 
ἔλουσά; perfect passive participle 
λελουμένος and (in 
Hebrews 10:23 T WH) 
λελουσμενος, a later Greek form (cf. Lobeck on 
Sophocles Aj., p. 324; 
Stephanus Thesaurus 5:397 c.; cf. Kühner, § 343, under the word; (
Veitch, under the word, who cites 
Song of Solomon 5:12, 
Vat.)); 1 aorist middle participle 
λουσαμενος; from 
Homer down; the 
Sept. for 
רָחַץ; 
to bathe, wash: properly, 
τινα, a dead person, 
Acts 9:37; 
τινα ἀπό τῶν πληγῶν, by washing to cleanse from the blood of the wounds, 
Acts 16:33 (
Winers Grammar, 372 (348), cf. § 30, 6 a.; 
Buttmann, 322 (277)); 
ὁ λελουμένος, absolutely, he that has bathed, 
John 13:10 (on the meaning of the passage see 
καθαρός, a. (and cf. Synonyms below)); 
λελουσμένοι τό σῶμα, with the dative of instrumentality, 
ὕδατι, 
Hebrews 10:22 (23); middle 
to wash oneself (cf. 
Winer's Grammar, § 38, 2 a.): 
2 Peter 2:22; tropically, Christ is described as 
ὁ λουσας ἡμᾶς ἀπό τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, i. e. who by suffering the bloody death of a vicarious sacrifice cleansed us from the guilt of our sins, 
Revelation 1:5 R G (others, 
λύσας (which see 2 at the end). Compare: 
ἀπολούω.) 
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