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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 32 times in 30 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:1 - He called to himself his twelve talmidim, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:43 - But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:23 - Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:26 - The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:27 - They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:11 - The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:30 - -- because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:2 - When he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:8 - For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:13 - At once Yeshua gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:7 - He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:25 - For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:25 - When Yeshua saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:33 - In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:36 - Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:18 - as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For Yeshua was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:42 - While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Yeshua rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:24 - The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - Multitudes also came together from the cities around Yerushalayim, bringing sick people, and those who were tormented by unclean spirits: and they were all healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:7 - For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:14 - But Rock said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:28 - He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Yehudi to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:8 - But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:14 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now are they holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:17 - Therefore, "'Come out from among them, And be separate,' says the Lord, 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5 - Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Messiah and God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:13 - I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Bavel the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!
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