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Lexicon :: Strong's G167 - akatharsia

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ἀκαθαρσία
Transliteration
akatharsia (Key)
Pronunciation
ak-ath-ar-see'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:427,381

Strong’s Definitions

ἀκαθαρσία akatharsía, ak-ath-ar-see'-ah; from G169; impurity (the quality), physically or morally:—uncleanness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G167 in the following manner: uncleanness (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G167 in the following manner: uncleanness (10x).

  1. uncleanness

    1. physical

    2. in a moral sense: the impurity of lustful, luxurious, profligate living

      1. of impure motives

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκαθαρσία akatharsía, ak-ath-ar-see'-ah; from G169; impurity (the quality), physically or morally:—uncleanness.
STRONGS G167:
ἀκαθαρσία, -ας, ἡ, (ἀκάθαρτος) [from Hippocrates down], uncleanness;
a. physical: Matthew 23:27.
b. in a moral sense, the impurity of lustful, luxurious, profligate living: Romans 1:24; Romans 6:19; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 4:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; used of impure motives in 1 Thessalonians 2:3. (Demosthenes, p. 553, 12.) Cf. Tittmann i., p. 150f.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
23:27
Romans
1:24; 6:19
2 Corinthians
12:21
Galatians
5:19
Ephesians
4:19; 5:3
Colossians
3:5
1 Thessalonians
2:3; 4:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G167 matches the Greek ἀκαθαρσία (akatharsia),
which occurs 23 times in 18 verses in 'Lev' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 - “Or suppose you unknowingly touch something that makes a person unclean. When you realize what you have done, you must admit your guilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:20 - If you are ceremonially unclean and you eat meat from a peace offering that was presented to the LORD, you will be cut off from the community.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - If you touch anything that is unclean (whether it is human defilement or an unclean animal or any other unclean, detestable thing) and then eat meat from a peace offering presented to the LORD, you will be cut off from the community.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:3 - This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24 - If a man has sexual intercourse with her and her blood touches him, her menstrual impurity will be transmitted to him. He will remain unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:25 - “If a woman has a flow of blood for many days that is unrelated to her menstrual period, or if the blood continues beyond the normal period, she is ceremonially unclean. As during her menstrual period, the woman will be unclean as long as the discharge continues.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26 - Any bed she lies on and any object she sits on during that time will be unclean, just as during her normal menstrual period.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:30 - The priest will offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify her before the LORD for the ceremonial impurity caused by her bleeding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:31 - “This is how you will guard the people of Israel from ceremonial uncleanness. Otherwise they would die, for their impurity would defile my Tabernacle that stands among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:16 - Through this process, he will purify[fn] the Most Holy Place, and he will do the same for the entire Tabernacle, because of the defiling sin and rebellion of the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:19 - Then he must sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times over the altar. In this way, he will cleanse it from Israel’s defilement and make it holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:19 - “Do not have sexual relations with a woman during her period of menstrual impurity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:23 - “When you enter the land and plant fruit trees, leave the fruit unharvested for the first three years and consider it forbidden.[fn] Do not eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:21 - “If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has violated his brother, and the guilty couple will remain childless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - “You must therefore make a distinction between ceremonially clean and unclean animals, and between clean and unclean birds. You must not defile yourselves by eating any unclean animal or bird or creature that scurries along the ground. I have identified them as being unclean for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:3 - Give them the following instructions.
“In all future generations, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean when he approaches the sacred offerings that the people of Israel consecrate to the LORD, he must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - “If any of Aaron’s descendants has a skin disease[fn] or any kind of discharge that makes him ceremonially unclean, he may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has been pronounced clean. He also becomes unclean by touching a corpse, or by having an emission of semen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - or by touching a small animal that is unclean, or by touching someone who is ceremonially unclean for any reason.
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