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Lexicon :: Strong's G2511 - katharizō

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καθαρίζω
Transliteration
katharizō (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-ar-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
31x in 18 unique form(s) TR
30x in 17 unique form(s) LXX
100x in 38 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:413,381

Strong’s Definitions

καθαρίζω katharízō, kath-ar-id'-zo; from G2513; to cleanse (literally or figuratively):—(make) clean(-se), purge, purify.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G2511 in the following manner: cleanse (16x), make clean (5x), be clean (3x), purge (3x), purify (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G2511 in the following manner: cleanse (16x), make clean (5x), be clean (3x), purge (3x), purify (3x).

  1. to make clean, cleanse

    1. from physical stains and dirt

      1. utensils, food

      2. a leper, to cleanse by curing

      3. to remove by cleansing

    2. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθαρίζω katharízō, kath-ar-id'-zo; from G2513; to cleanse (literally or figuratively):—(make) clean(-se), purge, purify.
STRONGS G2511:
καθαρίζω (Hellenistic for καθαίρω, which classic writings use); Attic future (cf. Buttmann, 37 (32); Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 c.; WH's Appendix, p. 163) καθαριῶ (Hebrews 9:14); 1 aorist ἐκαθάρισα (see below); present passive καθαρίζομαι; 1 aorist passive ἐκαθαρίσθην; perfect passive participle κεκαθαρισμενος (Hebrews 10:2 T Tr WH; on the forms ἐκαθερισθη, T WH in Matthew 8:3; Mark 1:42 (ἐκαθερισεν, Tr in Acts 10:15; Acts 11:9) and κεκαθερισμενος Lachmann in Hebrews 10:2, cf. (Tdf. Proleg., p. 82; WH's Appendix, p. 150); Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 118; Delitzsch on Hebrews 10:2; Krüger, Part ii. § 2, 2, 6, p. 4; (Buttmann, 29 (25f); Winer's Grammar, 43)); (καθαρός; the Sept. mostly for טִהַר;
1. to make clean, to cleanse;
a. from physical stains and dirt: e. g. utensils, Matthew 23:25 (figuratively, Matthew 23:26); Luke 11:39; food, Mark 7:19; τινα, a leper, to cleanse by curing, Matthew 8:2; Matthew 10:8; Matthew 11:5; Mark 1:40-42; Luke 4:27; Luke 5:12; Luke 7:22; Luke 17:14, 17 (Leviticus 14:8); to remove by cleansing: ἡ λέπρα ἐκαθαρίσθη, Matthew 8:3 (καθαριεῖς τό αἷμα τό ἀναίτιον ἐξ Ἰσραήλ, Deuteronomy 19:13; ἐκαθαριζε τήν περί ταῦτα συνήθειαν, the custom of marrying heathen women, Josephus, Antiquities 11, 5, 4; καθαιρεῖν αἷμα, Homer, Iliad 16, 667; cf. ἐκκαθαίρω).
b. in a moral sense;
α. to free from the defilement of sin and from faults; to purify from wickedness: ἑαυτόν ἀπό μολυσμοῦ σαρκός, 2 Corinthians 7:1; τῇ πίστει τάς καρδίας, Acts 15:9 (καρδίαν ἀπό ἁμαρτίας, Sir. 38:10); τάς χεῖρας, to abstain in future from wrong-doing, James 4:8.
β. to free from the guilt of sin, to purify: τινα ἀπό πάσης ἁμαρτίας, 1 John 1:7; (τινα ἀπό πάσης ἀδικίας, 1 John 1:9); τήν συνείδησιν ἀπό νεκρῶν ἔργων, Hebrews 9:14; τήν ἐκκλησίαν τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος (instrumental dative), Ephesians 5:26; λαόν ἑαυτῷ, Titus 2:14.
γ. to consecrate by cleansing or purifying: τί ἐν τίνι, dative of instrumentality (Winer's Grammar, 388 (363)), Hebrews 9:22; equivalent to to consecrate, dedicate, τί τίνι (dative of instrumentality), ibid. 23.
2. to pronounce clean in a levitical sense: Acts 10:15; Acts 11:9 (Leviticus 13:13, 17, 23, 28). (Compare: διακαθαρίζω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
13:13; 13:17; 13:23; 13:28; 14:8
Deuteronomy
19:13
Matthew
8:2; 8:3; 8:3; 10:8; 11:5; 23:25; 23:26
Mark
1:40; 1:41; 1:42; 1:42; 7:19
Luke
4:27; 5:12; 7:22; 11:39; 17:14; 17:17
Acts
10:15; 10:15; 11:9; 11:9; 15:9
2 Corinthians
7:1
Ephesians
5:26
Titus
2:14
Hebrews
9:14; 9:14; 9:22; 10:2; 10:2; 10:2
James
4:8
1 John
1:7; 1:9

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Strong's Number G2511 matches the Greek καθαρίζω (katharizō),
which occurs 30 times in 29 verses in the TR Greek.

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