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Strong's #4150 - πλύνω
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πλύνω [ῡ ],
Ep. impf. πλύνεσκον Il. 22.155: fut. πλῠνῶ Ar. Th. 248, D. 39.11; Ion. and Ep. πλῠνέω Od. 6.31, 59: aor. ἔπλῡνα, Ep. πλῦνα Od. 6.93, ( ἐκ-, περι- ) Ar. Pl. 1062, D. 54.9: — Med., fut. πλῠνοῦμαι LXX Numbers 31:24 ( ἐκ-πλυνεῖται in pass. sense, Ar. Pl. 1064 ): aor. part. πλυνάμενος LXX Leviticus 13:6, ( ἐκ- ) Hdt. 4.73: — Pass., fut. πλῠθήσομαι ( πλυνθ- Hsch. ) Com.Adesp. 715: aor. ἐπλύθην [ῠ ], 3 sg. subj. πλυθῇ Thphr. HP 3.15.4; part. πλυθέν Dsc. 2.76.18, πλυθείσης Porph. VP 34: pf. πέπλῠμαι Hp. Acut.(Sp. )65, Theoc. 1.150, ( κατα- ) Aeschin. 3.178; part. πεπλυμένος PCair.Zen. 92 (iii B. C.): —
wash, clean, prop. of linen. clothes, etc. (opp. λούομαι bathe, νίζω wash the hands or feet ), εἵματα πλύνεσκον Il. 22.155; ἴομεν πλυνέουσαι Od. 6.31; πλῦνάν τε (sc. εἵματα ) κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάντα ib. 93; π. κῴδια Ar. Pl. 166; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἱμάτιον Pl. Chrm. 161e; τὰς κοιλίας Ar. Eq. 160; ἄμμον Thphr. Lap. 58; ἐάν τις ἢ λόηται ἢ πλύνει τι ἐν ταῖς κρήναις IG 12(5).569.5 (Ceos, iii B. C. ); στολήν LXX Genesis 49:11 : — Pass., σησάμου πεπλυμένου PCair.Zen. 562.19 (iii B. C.); σκίλλης πλυθείσης Porph.l.c. metaph., πέπλυται τὸ πρᾶγμα the thing is washed to pieces, i. e. worn out, Sosip. 1.3: hence τὸ πεπατημένον καὶ πεπλυμένον threadbare, hackneyed, Longin. Rh. p.190H.
II as a slang term, πλύνειν τινά ' give him a dressing', abuse, κἀκυκλοβόρει κἄπλυνε Ar. Ach. 381; ἀλλήλους πλυνοῦμεν D. 39.11; πλύνοντες αὑτοὺς τἀπόρρητα Id. 58.40; τὸν πατέρα καὶ σὲ τούς τε σοὺς ἐγὼ πλυνῶ Men. 608; τοὺς κρείσσονας D.C. 46.4: c. dat. modi, τὸν τάριχον τουτονὶ πλύνων ἅπασιν ὅσα σύνοιδ' αὐτῷ κακά Ar. Fr. 200: c. dupl.acc., πλυνεῖ τε τὰ κακὰ τῶν κακῶν ὑμᾶς Diocl.Com. 2 . ( πλῠ-ν-ψω cogn. with πλε(ϝ)-ω, also with Lith. pláuti 'bathe', OSlav. pluti 'flow', 'sail'.)
πλύνω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3526 pi.;]
to wash (inanimate objects, esp. clothing): τ . δίκτυα , Luke 5:2. Fig., τ . στολάς , Revelation 7:14; Revelation 22:14 (cf. Psalms 51:4; Psalms 51:9 and see ἀπο -πλύνω ).†
SYN.: see λούω G3068.
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1. adverb of time = ";before,"; ";formerly"; (cf. 3 Maccabees 5:28; 3 Maccabees 6:4; 3 Maccabees 6:31) : P Oxy X. 1292.6 (c. A.D. 30) ὡς σὲ καὶ πρὶν ἠρώτησα, ";as I asked you before,"; ib. XII. 1452.21 (A.D 127–8) δηλῶ. . . Σαραπίωνα τετελ (ευτηκέναι) τὸ π (ρὶν) ὄντα (δωδεκάδραχμον), ";I declare that Serapion died some time ago being rated at 12 drachmae"; (Edd.), ib. I. 71ii. 10 (A.D. 303) προσελαβόμην ἐμαυτ ́ῇ εἰς βοήθειαν. . τὸ πρὶν μὲν Σεκοῦνδόν τινα, ἔπιτα δὲ καὶ Τύραννον, ";I engaged as my assistant first one Secundus, and subsequently Tyrannus besides"; (Edd.), and ib. XIV. 1752.3 (A.D. 378) an order of payment of wine to two sawyers for repairing a boat—παρασχοῦ Πτολεμα ̣ίῳ καὶ τῷ κοινωνῷ πρίσταις εἰς λόγον δαπάνης ἀνανεώσεως τοῦ πλοίου τὸ πρὶν ὑπὸ Ἀπφοῦν οἴνου κνίδιον διπλοῦν ἕν.
2. conjunction = ";before"; : (a) c. inf. with ἤ (cf. Matthew 1:18) P Oxy XII. 1473.12 (A.D. 201) πρὶν ἢ πληρωθῆναι τὸν Ὡρείωνα τοῖς προκειμένοις αὐτοῦ ταλάντοις δυσί, ";before Horion recovers the aforesaid 2 talents"; (Edd.), P Strass I. 35.11 (iv/v A.D.) πρὶν ἢ ἐξελθῖν αὐτόν. (b) c. inf. without ἤ (cf. Matthew 26:34) P Oxy VI. 928.8 (ii/iii A.D.) πρὶν προλημφθῆναι, ";before she is entrapped,"; P Flor II. 242.13 (A.D. 254) πρίν σε τὰ κτήνη ἐκεῖ πέμψαι, and the articular inf. in P Giss I. 103.34 iv/A.D.) πρὶν το ̣ῦ ἐ ̣μ ̣ὲ ̣ ἐλθεῖν εἰς Ὄασιν.
The construction with ἄν and the subj., which in the NT is confined to Luke 2:26, is seen in P Oxy XII. 1413.35 (A.D. 270–5) πρὶν ἂ ̣ν ̣ τ ̣ο ̣̣ πᾶν ἀνάλωμα δ ̣ο ̣θ [ῇ, and without ἄν in ib. I. 34ii. 8 (A.D. 127) πρὶν αὐτῷ ἐπιστέλλη [τ ]αι, P Fay 124.8 (ii/A.D.) πρὶν ἤ τι περαιότερ [ο ]ν ἐνχιρήσω πο [ι ]εῖν, ";before taking further steps"; (Edd.), and P Lond 121.621 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 104) πρωῒ ἀνάστα πρὶν λαλῇς.
For πρίν as a preposition c. gen. cf. P Lond 121.418 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 97) πρὶν ἡλίου ἀν [α ]τολῆς : it is construed c. acc. in John 11:55 D πρὶν τὸ πάσχα.
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