What does νιπτήρ (niptḗr) mean in the Bible?
νιπτήρ (niptḗr) is a Greek word meaning "a ewer".
Greek · G3537
νιπτήρ
A ewer
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νιπτήρG3537
Pronunciationniptḗr
What does νιπτήρ (niptḗr) mean in the Bible?
νιπτήρ (niptḗr) is a Greek word meaning "a ewer".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3537?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include a basin (1).
Where does νιπτήρ (niptḗr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 13:5. Its strongest book concentrations include John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ita basin1×John 13:5
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 13:5
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
John1
Source forms
νιπτῆρα1xniptēraJohn 13:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1xJohn 13:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a ewer
Strong'sG3537
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a ewer
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 13:5Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
νιπτῆρα,nipthra
a basin
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · MasculineJohn 13:51×
Word Origins
νιπτήρ is built from this root: