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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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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 30 times in 29 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:1 - καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων G169 ὥστε ἐκβάλλειν αὐτὰ καὶ θεραπεύειν πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:43 - ὅταν δὲ τὸ ἀκάθαρτον G169 πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου διέρχεται δι᾽ ἀνύδρων τόπων ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκει

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:23 - καὶ εὐθὺς ἦν ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ αὐτῶν ἄνθρωπος ἐν πνεύματι ἀκαθάρτῳ G169 καὶ ἀνέκραξεν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:26 - καὶ σπαράξαν αὐτὸν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἀκάθαρτον G169 καὶ φωνῆσαν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἐξῆλθεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:27 - καὶ ἐθαμβήθησαν ἅπαντες ὥστε συζητεῖν πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς λέγοντας τί ἐστιν τοῦτο διδαχὴ καινὴ κατ᾽ ἐξουσίαν καὶ τοῖς πνεύμασι τοῖς ἀκαθάρτοις G169 ἐπιτάσσει καὶ ὑπακούουσιν αὐτῷ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:11 - καὶ τὰ πνεύματα τὰ ἀκάθαρτα G169 ὅταν αὐτὸν ἐθεώρουν προσέπιπτον αὐτῷ καὶ ἔκραζον λέγοντες ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:30 - ὅτι ἔλεγον πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον G169 ἔχει

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:2 - καὶ ἐξελθόντος αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου εὐθὺς ὑπήντησεν αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν μνημείων ἄνθρωπος ἐν πνεύματι ἀκαθάρτῳ G169

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:8 - ἔλεγεν γὰρ αὐτῷ ἔξελθε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἀκάθαρτον G169 ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:13 - καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐξελθόντα τὰ πνεύματα τὰ ἀκάθαρτα G169 εἰσῆλθον εἰς τοὺς χοίρους καὶ ὥρμησεν ἡ ἀγέλη κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ὡς δισχίλιοι καὶ ἐπνίγοντο ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:7 - καὶ προσκαλεῖται τοὺς δώδεκα καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοὺς ἀποστέλλειν δύο δύο καὶ ἐδίδου αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τῶν πνευμάτων τῶν ἀκαθάρτων G169

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:25 - ἀλλ᾽ εὐθὺς ἀκούσασα γυνὴ περὶ αὐτοῦ ἧς εἶχεν τὸ θυγάτριον αὐτῆς πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον G169 ἐλθοῦσα προσέπεσεν πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:25 - ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἐπισυντρέχει ὄχλος ἐπετίμησεν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ G169 λέγων αὐτῷ τὸ ἄλαλον καὶ κωφὸν πνεῦμα ἐγὼ ἐπιτάσσω σοι ἔξελθε ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ μηκέτι εἰσέλθῃς εἰς αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:33 - καὶ ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ ἦν ἄνθρωπος ἔχων πνεῦμα δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου G169 καὶ ἀνέκραξεν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:36 - καὶ ἐγένετο θάμβος ἐπὶ πάντας καὶ συνελάλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους λέγοντες τίς ὁ λόγος οὗτος ὅτι ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ καὶ δυνάμει ἐπιτάσσει τοῖς ἀκαθάρτοις G169 πνεύμασιν καὶ ἐξέρχονται

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:18 - οἳ ἦλθον ἀκοῦσαι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἰαθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν νόσων αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἐνοχλούμενοι ἀπὸ πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων G169 ἐθεραπεύοντο

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - παρήγγειλεν γὰρ τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ G169 ἐξελθεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου πολλοῖς γὰρ χρόνοις συνηρπάκει αὐτόν καὶ ἐδεσμεύετο ἁλύσεσιν καὶ πέδαις φυλασσόμενος καὶ διαρρήσσων τὰ δεσμὰ ἠλαύνετο ὑπὸ τοῦ δαιμονίου εἰς τὰς ἐρήμους

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:42 - ἔτι δὲ προσερχομένου αὐτοῦ ἔρρηξεν αὐτὸν τὸ δαιμόνιον καὶ συνεσπάραξεν ἐπετίμησεν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ G169 καὶ ἰάσατο τὸν παῖδα καὶ ἀπέδωκεν αὐτὸν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:24 - ὅταν τὸ ἀκάθαρτον G169 πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου διέρχεται δι᾽ ἀνύδρων τόπων ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν καὶ μὴ εὑρίσκον τότε λέγει ὑποστρέψω εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου ὅθεν ἐξῆλθον

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - συνήρχετο δὲ καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πέριξ πόλεων Ἰερουσαλήμ φέροντες ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ὀχλουμένους ὑπὸ πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων G169 οἵτινες ἐθεραπεύοντο ἅπαντες

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:7 - πολλοὶ γὰρ τῶν ἐχόντων πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα G169 βοῶντα φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἐξήρχοντο πολλοὶ δὲ παραλελυμένοι καὶ χωλοὶ ἐθεραπεύθησαν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:14 - ὁ δὲ Πέτρος εἶπεν μηδαμῶς κύριε ὅτι οὐδέποτε ἔφαγον πᾶν κοινὸν καὶ ἀκάθαρτον G169

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:28 - ἔφη τε πρὸς αὐτούς ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε ὡς ἀθέμιτόν ἐστιν ἀνδρὶ Ἰουδαίῳ κολλᾶσθαι ἢ προσέρχεσθαι ἀλλοφύλῳ κἀμοὶ ὁ θεὸς ἔδειξεν μηδένα κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον G169 λέγειν ἄνθρωπον

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:8 - εἶπον δέ μηδαμῶς κύριε ὅτι κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον G169 οὐδέποτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ στόμα μου

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:14 - ἡγίασται γὰρ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἄπιστος ἐν τῇ γυναικί καὶ ἡγίασται ἡ γυνὴ ἡ ἄπιστος ἐν τῷ ἀδελφῷ ἐπεὶ ἄρα τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν ἀκάθαρτά G169 ἐστιν νῦν δὲ ἅγιά ἐστιν

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:17 - διὸ ἐξέλθατε ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ ἀφορίσθητε λέγει κύριος καὶ ἀκαθάρτου G169 μὴ ἅπτεσθε κἀγὼ εἰσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5 - τοῦτο γὰρ ἴστε γινώσκοντες ὅτι πᾶς πόρνος ἢ ἀκάθαρτος G169 ἢ πλεονέκτης ὅ ἐστιν εἰδωλολάτρης οὐκ ἔχει κληρονομίαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ θεοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:13 - καὶ εἶδον ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ δράκοντος καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ θηρίου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ ψευδοπροφήτου πνεύματα τρία ἀκάθαρτα G169 ὡς βάτραχοι

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - καὶ ἔκραξεν ἐν ἰσχυρᾷ φωνῇ λέγων ἔπεσεν ἔπεσεν Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη καὶ ἐγένετο κατοικητήριον δαιμονίων καὶ φυλακὴ παντὸς πνεύματος ἀκαθάρτου G169 καὶ φυλακὴ παντὸς ὀρνέου ἀκαθάρτου G169 καὶ φυλακὴ παντὸς θηρίου ἀκαθάρτου G169 καὶ μεμισημένου
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