- Original: νίπτω - Transliteration: Nipto - Phonetic: nip'-to - Definition: 1. to wash 2. to wash one's self - Origin: to cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face) - TDNT entry: 19:46,6 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: To cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face); ceremonially to perform ablution: - wash. Compare G3068 . Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • wash, 6 Mat 15:2; Mar 7:3; Joh 9:11; Joh 13:5; Joh 13:6; Joh 13:8 • washed, 5 Joh 9:7; Joh 9:11; Joh 9:15; Joh 13:12; 1 Timothy 5:10