Washing

denotes "the act of washing, ablution," with special reference to purification, Mar 7:4 (in some texts, Mar 7:8); Heb 6:2, "baptisms;" Heb 9:10, "washings. See BAPTISM.

"a bath, a laver" (akin to louo, see above), is used metaphorically of the Word of God, as the instrument of spiritual cleansing, Eph 5:26; in Tit 3:5, of "the washing of regeneration" (see REGENERATION). In the Sept., Son 4:2, Son 6:6.