Lexical Summary loutron: a washing, a bath Original Word: λουτρόνTransliteration: loutron Phonetic Spelling: (loo-tron') Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a washing, a bath Meaning: a washing, a bath Strong's Concordance washing. From louo; a bath, i.e. (figuratively), baptism -- washing. see GREEK louo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3067: λουτρόνλουτρόν, λουτροῦ, τό (λούω), from Homer down (who uses λοετρόν, from the uncontracted form λοέω), a bathing, bath, i. e. as well the act of bathing (a sense disputed by some (cf. Ellicott on Ephesians 5:26)), as the place; used in the N. T. and in ecclesiastical writings of baptism (for examples see Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word): with τοῦ ὕδατος added, Ephesians 5:26; τῆς παλιγγενεσίας, Titus 3:5. |
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