What does ἄνιπτος (ániptos) mean in the Bible?
ἄνιπτος (ániptos): Unwashed hands in Jewish purity debates; marks defiance of ceremonial law rather than moral uncleanliness
Greek · G449
ἄνιπτος
Without ablution
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ἄνιπτος G449
Pronunciation ániptos
What does ἄνιπτος (ániptos) mean in the Bible?
ἄνιπτος (ániptos): Unwashed hands in Jewish purity debates; marks defiance of ceremonial law rather than moral uncleanliness
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G449?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include unwashed (1), with unwashed (1).
Where does ἄνιπτος (ániptos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (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 It unwashed 1× Mark 7:2
with unwashed 1× Matthew 15:20
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 15:20
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 1
Source forms
ἀνίπτοις 2x aniptois Matthew 15:20, Mark 7:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural 2x Matthew 15:20, Mark 7:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Unwashed hands in Jewish purity debates; marks defiance of ceremonial law rather than moral uncleanliness
Strong's G449
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
without ablution
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:20 Adjective Dative Plural Feminine
ἀνίπτοις aniptoiv
unwashed
Read verse Mark 7:2 Adjective Dative Plural Feminine
ἀνίπτοις, aniptoiv
unwashed
Read verse Mark 7:5 Adjective Dative Plural Feminine
ἀνίπτοις aniptoiv
unwashed
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 15:20 · Mark 7:2 2×
Word Origins
ἄνιπτος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain