λούω

[in LXX chiefly for רָחַץ (frequently of ceremonial washing; cf. Deiss. BS, 226 f.) ;]

to bathe, wash the body: with accusative of person(s), Act.9:37 (of a dead body); id. before ἀπό (Deiss. BS, l.with), Act.16:33; pass. ptcp. pf. Jhn.13:10, Heb.10:22; mid. to wash oneself (Mayor, in l; M. Pr. 155 f. 238 f.), 2Pe.2:22; metaphorically, Rev.1:5, Rec. R, mg. (cf. ἀπο-λούω).†

SYN.: νίπτω, used of parts of the body-hands, feet, face; πλύνω, of things, as garments, etc. (see Lev.15:11; cf. Tr. Syn. § xlv) (AS)

to bathe; wash; to wash oneself