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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 Box Lev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - ‘Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and he is unaware of it, he also shall be unclean and guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:19 - ‘The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. And as for the clean flesh, all who are clean may eat of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - ‘Moreover the person who touches any unclean thing, such as human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing,[fn] and who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:10 - “that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:4 - ‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:5 - ‘the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:6 - ‘the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7 - ‘and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:8 - ‘Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 - ‘By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25 - ‘whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26 - ‘The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - ‘And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28 - ‘Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29 - ‘These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31 - ‘These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - ‘Anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever item it is, in which any work is done, it must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until evening; then it shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33 - ‘Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:34 - ‘in such a vessel, any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean, and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:35 - ‘And everything on which a part of any such carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it is an oven or cooking stove, it shall be broken down; for they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - ‘Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:38 - ‘But if water is put on the seed, and if a part of any such carcass falls on it, it becomes unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - ‘And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40 - ‘He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - ‘You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47 - ‘to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:2 - “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a woman has conceived, and borne a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her customary impurity she shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 - ‘She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - ‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and she shall continue in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - “it is an old leprosy on the skin of his body. The priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not isolate him, for he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 - “And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him to be unclean; for the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:36 - “then the priest shall examine him; and indeed if the scale has spread over the skin, the priest need not seek for yellow hair. He is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 - “Now the leper on whom the sore is, his clothes shall be torn and his head bare; and he shall cover his mustache, and cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:46 - “He shall be unclean. All the days he has the sore he shall be unclean. He is unclean, and he shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - “And he shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, in the leather or in anything made of leather, the plague is an active leprosy. It is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:55 - “Then the priest shall examine the plague after it has been washed; and indeed if the plague has not changed its color, though the plague has not spread, it is unclean, and you shall burn it in the fire; it continues eating away, whether the damage is outside or inside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19 - “Then the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Afterward he shall kill the burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - “then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes into it to examine the plague, that all that is in the house may not be made unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to examine the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40 - “then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which is the plague, and they shall cast them into an unclean place outside the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41 - “And he shall cause the house to be scraped inside, all around, and the dust that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:44 - “then the priest shall come and look; and indeed if the plague has spread in the house, it is an active leprosy in the house. It is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - “And he shall break down the house, its stones, its timber, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them outside the city to an unclean place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:46 - “Moreover he who goes into the house at all while it is shut up shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:47 - “And he who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:57

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:57 - “to teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:2 - “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - ‘Every bed is unclean on which he who has the discharge lies, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - ‘And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:6 - ‘He who sits on anything on which he who has the discharge sat shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:7 - ‘And he who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

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