Ekmassō ἐκμάσσω

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Ekmassō
ἐκμάσσω
Transliterationekmassō
Strong's numberG1591
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto wipe off
Occurrences5 in 5 verses
Most frequent inJohn (3)

Ekmassō (Greek ἐκμάσσω, Strong's G1591) is a Greek verb meaning “to wipe off”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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 the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVwiped (3), wipe (2)
BSBwipe (2), wiped (2), dry (1)

Verses

Every verse with Ekmassō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

John

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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