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Lexicon :: Strong's G2512 - katharismos

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καθαρισμός
Transliteration
katharismos (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-ar-is-mos'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:429,381

Strong’s Definitions

καθαρισμός katharismós, kath-ar-is-mos'; from G2511; a washing off, i.e. (ceremonially) ablution, (morally) expiation:—cleansing, + purge, purification(-fying).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G2512 in the following manner: cleansing (2x), purifying (2x), be purged (1x), purge (with G4060) (1x), purification (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G2512 in the following manner: cleansing (2x), purifying (2x), be purged (1x), purge (with G4060) (1x), purification (1x).

  1. a cleansing, purification, a ritual purgation or washing

    1. of the washing of the Jews before and after their meals

    2. of levitical purification of women after childbirth

    3. a cleansing from the guilt of sins wrought by the expiatory sacrifice of Christ

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθαρισμός katharismós, kath-ar-is-mos'; from G2511; a washing off, i.e. (ceremonially) ablution, (morally) expiation:—cleansing, + purge, purification(-fying).
STRONGS G2512:
καθαρισμός, καθαρισμοῦ, ὁ (καθαρίζω), a cleansing, purification; a ritual purgation or washing (Vulg.purgatio, pnrifcatio, emundatio): used with a genitive of the subjunctive, τῶν Ἰουδαίων, of the washings of the Jews before and after their meals, John 2:6; without a genitive, of baptism (a symbol of moral cleansing), John 3:25; with a genitive of the object, and that a person — of the levitical purification of women after childbirth, Luke 2:22; and of lepers, Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14; with a genitive of the thing, ἁμαρτιῶν or ἁμαρτημάτων, a cleansing from the guilt of sins (see καθαρίζω, 1 b. β.): wrought now by baptism, 2 Peter 1:9, now by the expiatory sacrifice of Christ, Hebrews 1:3 on which cf. Kurtz, Commentary, p. 70; (Exodus 30:10; τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου, Job 7:21; of an atonement, Lucian, asin. 22).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
30:10
Job
7:21
Mark
1:44
Luke
2:22; 5:14
John
2:6; 3:25
Hebrews
1:3
2 Peter
1:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2512 matches the Greek καθαρισμός (katharismos),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:44 - saying to him, “See that you tell no one anything [about this]; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your purification what Moses commanded, as proof to them [that you are really healed].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:22 -

And when the time for their purification came [that is, the mother’s purification and the baby’s dedication] according to the Law of Moses, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord [set apart as the Firstborn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:14 - Jesus ordered him to tell no one [that he might happen to meet], “But go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your purification, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony (witness) to them [that this is a work of Messiah].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:6 - Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing), containing twenty or thirty gallons each.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:25 -

Therefore there arose a controversy between John’s disciples and a Jew in regard to [fn]purification (ceremonial washing).

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:3 - The Son is the radiance and only expression of the glory of [our awesome] God [reflecting God’s [fn]Shekinah glory, the Light-being, the brilliant light of the divine], and the exact representation and perfect imprint of His [Father’s] essence, and upholding and maintaining and propelling all things [the entire physical and spiritual universe] by His powerful word [carrying the universe along to its predetermined goal]. When He [Himself and no other] had [by offering Himself on the cross as a sacrifice for sin] accomplished purification from sins and established our freedom from guilt, He sat down [revealing His completed work] at the right hand of the Majesty on high [revealing His Divine authority],

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:9 - For whoever lacks these qualities is blind—shortsighted [closing his spiritual eyes to the truth], having become oblivious to the fact that he was cleansed from his old sins.
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