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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 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:36 - Every day you are to prepare a bull for a purification offering for atonement. You are to purge the altar by making atonement for it, and you are to anoint it to set it apart as holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:10 - Aaron is to make atonement on its horns once in the year with some of the blood of the sin offering for atonement; once in the year he is to make atonement on it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 - This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection, who does not have sufficient means for his purification."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:13 - "'When the man with the discharge becomes clean from his discharge he is to count off for himself seven days for his purification, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in fresh water, and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:18 - 'The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - Their job was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the LORD's temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:21 - And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:44 - You have brought to an end his splendor, and have knocked his throne to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:9 - Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.
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