King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3067
Transliteration: loutron
Phonetic Spelling: (loo-tron')
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a washing, a bath
Meaning: a washing, a bath
λουτρόν, 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.
Word 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.