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wash

Meaning of “wash”

To cleanse with water or another liquid; to bathe or cause water to pass over.

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89 occurrences83 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:4

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Mark 7:3
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
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1611 witness · Mark 7:3 · retained source text

For the Pharises and all the Iewes, except they wash their hands oft, eate not, holding the tradition of the elders.

1611 marginal noteOr, diligently, in the Originall, with the fist: Theophilact, vp to the elbowe.

Mark 7:4
And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
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1611 witness · Mark 7:4 · retained source text

And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eate not. And many other things there be, which they haue receiued to hold, as the washing of cups and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

1611 marginal noteOr, beds.

1611 marginal noteSextarius, is about a pinte and an halfe.

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