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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 Box Mar 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:44 - and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing those things which Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:22 - Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:14 - And He charged him to tell no one, “But go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as a testimony to them, just as Moses commanded.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:6 - Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:25 - Then there arose a dispute between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purification.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:3 - who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself[fn] purged our[fn] sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:9 - For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
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