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body, and λούω, which is used of washing the whole of it, πλύνω is used of washing inanimate objects (Rev. 7:14, 22:14; Gen 49:11; Exod. 19:10). In Lev. 15:11 all three words are used with exactly this difference of meaning. Trench, Syn. xlv. τὰ δίκτυα. The most general term for nets of all kinds, of which ἀμφίβληστρον (Mt. 4:18) and σαγήνη (Mt. 13:47) are special varieties. Trench, Syn. lxiv.; D.B. art. “Net.” 3. ἐπαναγαγεῖν. The correct word for “putting off to sea” (2 Mac. 12:4?; Xen.
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