- Original: καθαρίζω
- Transliteration: Katharizo
- Phonetic: kath-ar-id'-zo
- Definition:
1. to make clean, cleanse
a. from physical stains and dirt
1. utensils, food
2. a leper, to cleanse by curing
3. to remove by cleansing
b. in a moral sense
1. to free from defilement of sin and from faults
2. to purify from wickedness
3. to free from guilt of sin, to purify
4. to consecrate by cleansing or purifying
5. to consecrate, dedicate
2. to pronounce clean in a levitical sense
- Origin: from
G2513
- TDNT entry: 09:53,4
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: From
G2513 ; to cleanse (literally or figuratively): - (make) clean (-se) purge purify.
Total KJV Occurrences: 18
• clean, 3
Mat 8:2; Mar 1:40;
Luke 5:12
• cleanse, 4
2 Corinthians 7:1; Eph 5:26; Jam 4:8;
1 John 1:9
• cleansed, 5
Mat 8:3; Mar 1:42;
Luke 17:14; Act 10:15; Act 11:9
• cleanseth, 1
1 John 1:7
• purge, 1
Hebrews 9:14
• purged, 1
Hebrews 9:22
• purified, 1
Hebrews 9:23
• purify, 1
Titus 2:14
• purifying, 1
Act 15:9