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Strong's #628 - ἀπολούω
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ἀπο-λούω,
1. I c. acc. rei, wash off, λούειν ἄπο βρότον Il. 14.7: — Med., ὄφρ'.. ἅλμην ὤμοιϊν ἀπολούσομαι that I may wash the brine from off my shoulders, Od. 6.219; of baptism, ἀ. τὰς ἁμαρτίας Acts 22:16.
2. c. acc. pers., wash clean, Ar. V. 118 (ἀπέλου for ἀπέλοε, v. λούω), Pl. Cra. 405b, 406a: — Med., wash away from oneself, λούσασθαι ἄπο βρότον αἱματόεντα Il. 23.41; τὸ σῶμα ἀπελούετο Longus 1.13: in archaic style, ἀπολούμενος Luc. Lex. 2, cf. Ath. 3.97e, 98a.
3. c. acc. pers. et rei, ὄφρα τάχιστα Πάτροκλον λούσειαν ἄπο βρότον might wash the gore off him, Il. 18.345: c. gen. rei, καί μ' ἀπέλουσε λύθρου Epigr.Gr. 314.6 (Smyrna).
4. ἀπολουσέμεναι· κολ[λ]οβώσειν (Cypr.), Hsch.; cf. ἀπολέπω.
ἀπο -λούω ,
[in LXX: Job 9:30 (H7364)*;]
to wash off, wash away; mid., metaph., c. acc rei, to wash off oneself: ἀμαρτίας , Acts 22:16; absol., ἀπελούσασθε , ye washed yourselves clean (cf. Cremer, 406), 1 Corinthians 6:11.†
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