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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 - Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:43 - "When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:26 - After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and 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 asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:11 - And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "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 - Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:8 - (For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!" )

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:13 - Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:25 - Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:25 - Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "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 - Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the 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 - They were all amazed and began to say to one another, "What's happening here? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:18 - and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:42 - As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, 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 - "When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:7 - For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:14 - But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:28 - He said to them, "You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:8 - But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:17 - Therefore "come out from their midst, and be separate," says the Lord, "and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5 - For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - Now the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - He shouted with a powerful voice: "Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.
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