[B-Greek] LOUW, NIPTW, BAPTIZW

Doug Hoxworth dhoxworth at charter.net
Sat Nov 8 15:19:15 EST 2003


I found an interesting passage in the LXX that gives a 
general distinction of LOUW, NIPTW, and PLUNW.

Lev 15:11 ...TAS CEIRAS OU *NENIPTAI* *PLUNEI* TA hIMATIA 
KAI *LOUSETAI* TO SWMA hUDATI KAI AKAQARTOS ESTAI EWS 
ESPERAS

Lev 15:11 ...without having *rinsed* his hands in water 
shall *wash* his clothes and *bathe* in water and be 
unclean until evening

it seems clear here that (at least in this context):

NIPTW = rinsing hands
PLUNW = washing clothes
LOUW = bathe body in water



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