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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 628. ἀπολούω (apolouó) -- To wash away, to cleanse</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/628.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/28-30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/628.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 628</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/627.htm" title="627">◄</a> 628. apolouó <a href="../greek/629.htm" title="629">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">apolouó: To wash away, to cleanse</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἀπολούω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>apolouó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ah-po-LOO-oh<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ap-ol-oo'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To wash away, to cleanse<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I wash off, mid: I wash away (my sins, in baptism).<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the preposition ἀπό (apo, meaning "from") and the verb λούω (louó, meaning "to wash")<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>Strong's Hebrew 7364 (רָחַץ, rachats):</b> To wash, to bathe, often used in the context of ritual purification.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb ἀπολούω (apolouó) is used in the New Testament to describe the act of washing away or cleansing, often in a spiritual or ceremonial context. It implies a thorough cleansing, removing impurities or defilement, and is frequently associated with the concept of purification from sin.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, washing was a common practice for both physical cleanliness and ritual purification. In Jewish culture, ceremonial washing was an important aspect of religious observance, symbolizing purification and readiness to approach God. The concept of washing away sins is deeply rooted in Jewish purification rituals and is carried into the New Testament as a metaphor for spiritual cleansing through Christ.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>628</b> <i>apoloúō</i> (from <a href="/greek/575.htm">575</a> <i>/apó</i>, "away from" and <a href="/greek/3068.htm">3068</a> <i>/loúō</i>, "wash") – properly, wash <i>away</i>. This strengthened form of <a href="/greek/3068.htm">3068</a> <i>/loúō</i> ("to wash") refers to an <i>entire</i> washing – the <i>complete</i> removal of sin and its debt.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/575.htm">apo</a> and <a href="/greek/3068.htm">louó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to wash off, wash away<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>wash away (1), washed (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 628: ἀπολούω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἀπολούω</span></span>: <span class="accented">to wash off or away</span>; in the N. T. twice in 1 aorist middle figuratively (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span> de mut. nom. § 6, i., p. 585, Mang. edition): <span class="greek2">ἀπελούσασθε</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a>; <span class="greek2">βάπτισαι</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἀπόλουσαι</span> <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">ἁμαρτίας</span> <span class="greek2">σου</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/22-16.htm">Acts 22:16</a>. For the sinner is unclean, polluted as it were by the filth of his sins. Whoever obtains remission of sins has his sins put, so to speak, out of God's sight — is cleansed from them in the sight of God. Remission is (represented as) obtained by undergoing baptism; hence, those who have gone down into the baptismal bath (<span class="latin">lavacrum</span>, cf. <a href="/interlinear/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26</a>) are said <span class="greek2">ἀπολούσασθαι</span> <span class="accented">to have washed themselves,</span> or <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">ἁμαρτίας</span> <span class="greek2">ἀπολούσασθαι</span> <span class="accented">to have washed away their sins,</span> i. e. to have been cleansed from their sins.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>wash away. <p>From <a href="/greek/575.htm">apo</a> and <a href="/greek/3068.htm">louo</a>; to wash fully, i.e. (figuratively) have remitted (reflexively) -- wash (away). <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/575.htm">apo</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3068.htm">louo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>απελουσασθε απελούσασθε ἀπελούσασθε απολελυτρωμένη απολουσαι απόλουσαι ἀπόλουσαι απολούσωμαι απολυτρώσει apelousasthe apeloúsasthe apolousai apólousai<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/22-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 22:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Singular">V-AMM-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βάπτισαι καὶ <b>ἀπόλουσαι</b> τὰς ἁμαρτίας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> up and be baptized, <span class="itali">and wash away</span> your sins,<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">wash away</span> thy<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/22-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> be baptized and <span class="itali">wash away</span> the sins<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/6-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 6:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural">V-AIM-2P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἦτε ἀλλὰ <b>ἀπελούσασθε</b> ἀλλὰ ἡγιάσθητε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> were some <span class="itali">of you; but you were washed,</span> but you were sanctified,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but <span class="itali">ye are washed,</span> but<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/6-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you were but <span class="itali">you were washed</span> but you were sanctified<p><b><a href="/greek/628.htm">Strong's Greek 628</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_628.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/apelousasthe_628.htm">ἀπελούσασθε — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/apolousai_628.htm">ἀπόλουσαι — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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