Topic
Wash; Washing
36 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 18:4ISBE
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
- Genesis 49:11ISBE
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
- Leviticus 6:28ISBE
But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
- Leviticus 15:5ISBE
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 15:11ISBE
And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 15:12ISBE
And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
- Deuteronomy 21:6ISBE
And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
- 1 Kings 22:38ISBE
And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.
- 2 Chronicles 4:6ISBE
¶ He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
- Nehemiah 4:23ISBE
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
- Job 14:19ISBE
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
- Job 29:6ISBE
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
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- Psalms 51:2 ISBE
- Psalms 51:7 ISBE
- Song of Songs 5:12 ISBE
- Isaiah 1:16 ISBE
- Isaiah 4:4 ISBE
- Jeremiah 2:22 ISBE
- Jeremiah 4:14 ISBE
- Ezekiel 16:9 ISBE
- Ezekiel 40:38 ISBE
- Judith 10:3 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 34:25 ISBE
- Matthew 6:17 ISBE
- Matthew 27:24 ISBE
- Mark 7:4 ISBE
- Luke 5:2 ISBE
- Luke 11:38 ISBE
- John 13:10 ISBE
- Acts 22:16 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 6:11 ISBE
- Ephesians 5:26 ISBE
- Titus 3:5 ISBE
- Hebrews 9:10 ISBE
- Revelation 7:14 ISBE
- Revelation 22:14 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 44 references
wosh, wosh'-ing: The two usual Hebrew words for "wash" are rachats, and kabhac, the former being normally used of persons or of sacrificial animals (Ge 18:4, etc., often translated "bathe"; Le 15:5, etc.), and the latter of things (Ge 49:11, etc.), the exceptions to this distinction being few (for rachats, 1Ki 22:38 margin; for kabhac, Ps 51:2,7; Jer 2:22; 4:14). Much less common are duach (2Ch 4:6; Isa 4:4; Eze 40:38) and shataph (1Ki 22:38; Job 14:19; Eze 16:9), translated "rinse" in Le 6:28; 15:11,12. In Ne 4:23 the King James Version has "washing" and the Revised Version (British and American) "water" for mayim, but the text is hopelessly obscure (compare the Revised Version margin). In the Apocrypha and New Testament the range of terms is wider. Most common is nipto (Mt 6:17, etc.), with aponipto in Mt 27:24. Of the other terms, louo (Susanna verses 15,17; Joh 13:10, etc.), with apolouo (Ac 22:16; 1Co 6:11) and the noun loutron (Sirach 34:25b; Eph 5:26; Tit 3:5), usually has a sacral significance. On baptizo (Sirach 34:25a; Mr 7:4; Lu 11:38), with the noun baptismos (Mr 7:4 (text?); Heb 9:10), see BAPTISM. In Lu 5:2; Re 7:14; 22:14 the Revised Version (British and American) occurs pluno, while Judith 10:3 has perikluzo. Virtually, as far as meaning is concerned, all these words are interchangeable. Of the figurative uses of washing, the most common and obvious is that of cleansing from sin (Ps 51:2; Isa 1:16, etc.), but, with an entirely different figure, "to wash in" may signify "to enjoy in plenty" (Ge 49:11; Job 29:6; the meaning in So 5:12 is uncertain). Washing of the hands, in token of innocence, is found in De 21:6; Mt 27:24.
The "washing balls" of Susanna verse 17 (smegma, a very rare word) were of soap.
See SOAP.
Burton Scott Easton
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.