ekmasso denotes wiping feet, with hair in scenes of anointing and tears and with a towel during washing.

The attested use concerns wiping or drying feet after they have been wet or treated: hair is used in the scenes involving tears and ointment, while a towel is used during the washing of the disciples’ feet.

1. Wiping feet with hair or a towel · dominant

   In Luke 7:38 and Luke 7:44, the imperfect and aorist active forms occur where a woman wets Jesus’ feet with tears and then uses her hair; the APB renders the action as “wiped them with the hair of her head” and “wiped them with her hair.” John 11:2 and John 12:3 similarly place the aorist participle and indicative after anointing Jesus’ feet with ointment, while John 13:5 uses the present active infinitive for wiping the disciples’ feet with the towel after washing them.

   Luke 7:38Luke 7:44John 11:2John 12:3John 13:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently presents the action with “wiped,” specifying hair in Luke 7:38, Luke 7:44, John 11:2, and John 12:3, and a towel in John 13:5. The verse is read as a whole, but each clause places the action on feet.