[B-Greek] LOUW, NIPTW, BAPTIZW

Maurice A. O'Sullivan mauros at iol.ie
Mon Nov 3 20:32:34 EST 2003


At 23:15 03/11/2003, Doug Hoxworth wrote:

>what is the difference between these terms? did they all refer to washing? 
>was there any distinction between the terms? if so, what is it?

According to Louw-Nida, LOUW and NIPTW are classified in the domain #47 
viz. "Activities involving Liquids or Masses", whereas BAPTIZW comes under 
domain #53 viz. " Religious activities "

LOUW is 47.12  = to wash the body - `to bathe, to wash.', citing Ac. 9:37
NIPTW is  47. 9               to wash a part of a body, usually the hands 
or feet - `to wash.' citing `and he began to wash the disciples' feet' Jn 
13.5 '
whereas
BAPTIZW  53.31 =  to wash (in some contexts, possibly by dipping into 
water), with a view to making objects ritually acceptable - `to wash, to 
purify, washing, purification.'
Additionally, L-N state: >> There is some doubt as to the precise extent to 
which BAPTIZW, KATABAPTIZW, and BAPTISMOS in Mk 7.4 involve ritual 
cleansing, but the context would seem to imply this, particularly in view 
of the relationship of such washing to the rules followed by Jews in 
general and Pharisees in particular.<<


Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie





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