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Lexicon :: Strong's G2513 - katharos

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καθαρός
Transliteration
katharos (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-ar-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:413,381

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxv. εἰλικρινής, καθαρός.

Strong’s Definitions

καθαρός katharós, kath-ar-os'; of uncertain affinity; clean (literally or figuratively):—clean, clear, pure.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G2513 in the following manner: pure (17x), clean (10x), clear (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G2513 in the following manner: pure (17x), clean (10x), clear (1x).

  1. clean, pure

    1. physically

      1. purified by fire

      2. in a similitude, like a vine cleansed by pruning and so fitted to bear fruit

    2. in a levitical sense

      1. clean, the use of which is not forbidden, imparts no uncleanness

    3. ethically

      1. free from corrupt desire, from sin and guilt

      2. free from every admixture of what is false, sincere genuine

      3. blameless, innocent

      4. unstained with the guilt of anything

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθαρός katharós, kath-ar-os'; of uncertain affinity; clean (literally or figuratively):—clean, clear, pure.
STRONGS G2513:
καθαρός, καθαρά, καθαρόν; (akin to Latincastus, incestus, English chaste, chasten; Curtius, § 26; Vanicek, p. 177); from Homer down; the Sept. mostly for טָהור; clean, pure (free from the admixture or adhesion of anything that soils, adulterates, corrupts);
a. physically: Matthew 23:26; Matthew 27:59; Hebrews 10:22 (23); Revelation 15:6; Revelation 19:8, 14, and Rec. in Revelation 22:1; χρυσίον, purified by fire, Revelation 21:18, 21; in a similitude, like a vine cleansed by pruning and so fitted to bear fruit, John 15:3; ὁ λελουμένος... καθαρός ὅλος (where the idea winch Christ expresses figuratively is as follows: 'he whose inmost nature has been renovated does not need radical renewal, but only to be cleansed from every several fault into which he may fall through contact with the unrenewed world'), John 13:10.
b. in a levitical sense; clean, i. e. the use of which is not forbidden, imparts no uncleanness: πάντα καθαρά, Romans 14:20; Titus 1:15.
c. ethically; free from corrupt desire, from sin and guilt: Titus 1:15; ὑμεῖς καθαροί, John 13:10 (11); οἱ καθαροί τῇ καρδία (as respects heart (Winer's Grammar, § 31, 6 a.)), Matthew 5:8 (καθαρός χεῖρας, Herodotus 1, 35; κατά τό σῶμα καί κατά τήν ψυχήν, Plato, Crat., p. 405 b.); free from every admixture of what is false, sincere, ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας, 1 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 2:22, and R G in 1 Peter 1:22; ἐν καθαρά συνειδήσει, 1 Timothy 3:9; 2 Timothy 1:3; genuine (joined with ἀμίαντος) θρησκεία, James 1:27; blameless, innocent, Acts 18:6. Hebraistically with the addition of ἀπό τίνος, pure from, i. e. unstained with the guilt of, anything (Winers Grammar, § 30, 6 a.; Buttmann, 157f (137f)): ἀπό τοῦ αἵματος, Acts 20:26; Susanna 46 Alex., cf. Genesis 24:8; Tobit 3:14; καθαρᾶς ἔχειν τάς χεῖρας ἀπό τοῦ φόνου, Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 16; in classical Greek with a simple genitive, as φόνου, Plato, legg. 9, p. 864 e.; cf. Passow, under the word, p. 1528{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, 3); Kühner, § 421, 4 ii., p. 344.
d. in a levitical and ethical sense: πάντα καθαρά ὑμῖν, Luke 11:41, on which see ἔνειμι. (Synonym: see εἰλικρινής; cf. Westcott on 1 John 3:3.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
24:8
Matthew
5:8; 23:26; 27:59
Luke
11:41
John
13:10; 13:10; 15:3
Acts
18:6; 20:26
Romans
14:20
1 Timothy
1:5; 3:9
2 Timothy
1:3; 2:22
Titus
1:15; 1:15
Hebrews
10:22
James
1:27
1 Peter
1:22
1 John
3:3
Revelation
15:6; 19:8; 19:14; 21:18; 21:21; 22:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2513 matches the Greek καθαρός (katharos),
which occurs 145 times in 135 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 7:2–Lev 14:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - And of the clean cattle take in to thee sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - And of clean flying creatures of the sky sevens, male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8 - And of clean flying creatures and of unclean flying creatures, and of clean cattle and of unclean cattle, and of all things that creep upon the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:20 - And Noe built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt-offering upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Said he not to me, She is my sister, and said she not to me, He is my brother? with a pure heart and in the righteousness of my hands have I done this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - And God said to him in sleep, Yea, I knew that thou didst this with a pure heart, and I spared thee, so that thou shouldest not sin against me, therefore I suffered thee not to touch her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - And if the woman should not be willing to come with thee into this land, thou shalt be clear from my oath, only carry not my son thither again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:10 - And he said, Now then it shall be as ye say; with whomsoever the cup shall be found, he shall be my servant, and ye shall be clear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:11 - And thou shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 - And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23 - And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:28 - And thou shalt make the staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:29 - And thou shalt make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which thou shalt offer drink-offerings: of pure gold shalt thou make them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; thou shalt make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be [fn]of one piece.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36 - Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:38 - And thou shalt make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:39 - All these articles shall be a talent of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - And do thou charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee refined pure olive-oil beaten to burn for light, that a lamp may burn continually

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:13 - And thou shalt make [fn]circlets of pure gold;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:14 - and thou shalt make two fringes of pure gold, variegated with flowers, wreathen work; and thou shalt put the wreathen fringes on the circlets, fastening them on their shoulder-pieces in front.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:22 - And thou shalt make on the oracle woven fringes, a chain-work of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:36 - And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and thou shalt grave on it as the graving of a signet, Holiness of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:3 - And thou shalt gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a wreathen border of gold round-about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:4 - And thou shalt make under its wreathen border two rings of pure gold; thou shalt make it to the two corners on the two sides, and they shall be bearings for the staves, so as to bear it with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:35 - And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the art of a perfumer, a pure holy work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 - and the altars, and the table and all its furniture,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:2 - (LXX 38:2) and overlaid it with pure gold within and without;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10 - (LXX 38:9) And he made the [fn]set table of pure gold,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - (LXX 38:25) He made the holy anointing oil and the composition of the incense, the pure work of the perfumer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:15 - (LXX 36:22) And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:30 - (LXX 36:37) And they made the golden plate, a dedicated thing of the sanctuary, of pure gold; and he wrote upon it graven letters as of a seal, Holiness to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - (LXX 39:16) And they made the anointing oil, and the incense of composition, and the pure candlestick,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - and they shall carry out the whole calf out of the camp into a clean place, where they pour out the ashes, and they shall consume it there on wood with fire: it shall be burnt on the ashes poured out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:11 - (LXX 6:4) And he shall put off his robe, and put on another robe, and he shall take forth the offering that has been burnt without the camp into a clean place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:19 - And whatsoever flesh shall have touched any unclean thing, it shall not be eaten, it shall be consumed with fire; every one that is clean shall eat the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:10 - to distinguish between sacred and profane, and between clean and unclean,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - And on whatsoever one of their dead bodies shall fall it shall be unclean; whatever wooden vessel, or garment, or skin, or sack it may be, every vessel in which work should be done, shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean till evening; and then it shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - Only if the water be of fountains of water, or a pool, or confluence of water, it shall be clean; but he that touches their carcases shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37 - And if one of their carcases should fall upon any sowing seed which shall be sown, it shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47 - to distinguish between the unclean and the clean; and between those that bring forth alive, such as should be eaten, and those that bring forth alive, such as should not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:6 - And the priest shall look upon him the second time on the seventh day; and, behold, if the spot be dark, and the spot have not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is a mere mark, and the man shall wash his garments and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 - then the priest shall look, and, behold, the leprosy has covered all the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague, because it has changed all to white, it is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:17 - and the priest shall see him, and, behold, if the plague is turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the patient clean: he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:34 - And the priest shall see the scurf on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf is not spread in the skin after the man's being shaved, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow beneath the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his garments, and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - But if the scurf remain before him in its place, and a dark hair should have arisen in it, the scurf is healed: he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:39 - then the priest shall look; and, behold, there being bright spots of a bright whiteness in the skin of their flesh, it is a tetter; it bursts forth in the skin of his flesh; he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40 - And if any one's head should lose the hair, he is only bald, he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - And if his head should lose the hair in front, he is forehead bald: he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:58 - And the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or any article of skin, which shall be washed, and the plague depart from it, shall also be washed again, and shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - And the priest shall give directions, and they shall take for him that is cleansed two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.

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