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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)
Dictionary Aids

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, (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 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:36 -

“Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify[fn] the altar when you make atonement for it, and anoint it in order to consecrate it.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:10 -

“Once a year Aaron is to perform the atonement ceremony for the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the atonement ceremony for[fn] it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement on the horns. The altar is especially holy to the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 -

“This is the law for someone who has[fn] a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:13 -

“When the man with the discharge has been cured of it, he is to count seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in fresh water; he will be clean.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:18 -

“The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 -

“but their duty will be to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the LORD’s temple, being responsible for the courts and the chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of God’s temple ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 -

They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:21 -

Why not forgive my sin

and pardon my iniquity?

For soon I will lie down in the grave.

You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:44 -

You have made his splendor[fn] cease

and have overturned his throne.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:9 -

Fools mock at making reparation,[fn]

but there is goodwill among the upright.

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