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Lexicon :: Strong's G169 - akathartos

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ἀκάθαρτος
Transliteration
akathartos (Key)
Pronunciation
ak-ath'-ar-tos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of καθαίρω (G2508) (meaning cleansed)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:427,381

Strong’s Definitions

ἀκάθαρτος akáthartos, ak-ath'-ar-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2508 (meaning cleansed); impure (ceremonially, morally (lewd) or specially, (demonic)):—foul, unclean.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G169 in the following manner: unclean (28x), foul (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G169 in the following manner: unclean (28x), foul (2x).

  1. not cleansed, unclean

    1. in a ceremonial sense: that which must be abstained from according to the levitical law

    2. in a moral sense: unclean in thought and life

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκάθαρτος akáthartos, ak-ath'-ar-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2508 (meaning cleansed); impure (ceremonially, morally (lewd) or specially, (demonic)):—foul, unclean.
STRONGS G169:
ἀκάθαρτος, -όν, (καθαίρω) [from Sophocles down], in the Sept. equivalent to טָמֶא, not cleansed, unclean;
a. in a ceremonial sense, that which must be abstained from according to the levitical law, lest impurity be contracted: Acts 10:14; Acts 11:8 (of food); Acts 10:28; 1 Corinthians 7:14 (of men); 2 Corinthians 6:17 (from Isaiah 52:11, of things pertaining to idolatry); Revelation 18:2 (of birds),
b. in a moral sense, unclean in thought and life (frequent in Plato): Ephesians 5:5; τὰ ἀκάθαρτα τῆς πορνείας, Revelation 17:4 (according to the true reading); πνεύματα, demons, bad angels [in twenty-three passages of the Gospels, Acts, and Revelation]: Matthew 10:1; Matthew 12:43; Mark 1:23, 26; Mark 3:11, etc.; Luke 4:33, 36; Luke 6:18, etc.; Acts 5:16; Acts 8:7; Revelation 16:13; Revelation 18:2 (πνεύματα πονηρά in Matthew 12:45; Luke 7:21; Luke 8:2; Luke 11:26; Acts 19:12f, 15f).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
52:11
Matthew
10:1; 12:43; 12:45
Mark
1:23; 1:26; 3:11
Luke
4:33; 4:36; 6:18; 7:21; 8:2; 11:26
Acts
5:16; 8:7; 10:14; 10:28; 11:8; 19:12; 19:15
1 Corinthians
7:14
2 Corinthians
6:17
Ephesians
5:5
Revelation
16:13; 17:4; 18:2; 18:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G169 matches the Greek ἀκάθαρτος (akathartos),
which occurs 152 times in 123 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:19 - He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 - how much less one who is abominable and corrupt,
a man who drinks injustice like water!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:32 - for the devious person is an abomination to the LORD,
but the upright are in his confidence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:5 - Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the LORD;
be assured, he will not go unpunished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:15 - He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous
are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 - Unequal[fn] weights and unequal measures
are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:15 - When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous
but terror to evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil,[fn] to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 - And a highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it.
It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:1 - Awake, awake,
put on your strength, O Zion;
put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city;
for there shall no more come into you
the uncircumcised and the unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:11 - Depart, depart, go out from there;
touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves,
you who bear the vessels of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6 - We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 - “Away! Unclean!” people cried at them.
“Away! Away! Do not touch!”
So they became fugitives and wanderers;
people said among the nations,
“They shall stay with us no longer.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:13 - And the LORD said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:5 - Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; your name is defiled; you are full of tumult.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14 - I am the LORD. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent; according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:23 - They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.

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they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the LORD does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:3 - They shall not remain in the land of the LORD,
but Ephraim shall return to Egypt,
and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - Therefore thus says the LORD:
“‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword,
and your land shall be divided up with a measuring line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land,
and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:2 - “And on that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.

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