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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
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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 - “You shall take [fn]with you of every clean animal [fn]by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean, two, a male and his female;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - also of the birds of the [fn]sky, [fn]by sevens, male and female, to keep their seed alive on the face of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8 - Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:20 -

Then Noah built an altar to Yahweh and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - “Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself also said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my [fn]hands I have done this.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - Then God said to him in the dream, “Indeed, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also [fn]held you back from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - “But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only do not take my son back there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:10 - So he said, “Now let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, but the rest of you shall be innocent.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:11 - “You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding [fn]around it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 -

“You shall make a [fn]mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half [fn]cubits [fn]long and one and a half cubits [fn]wide.

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“You shall make a table of acacia wood, two [fn]cubits [fn]long and one cubit [fn]wide and one and a half cubits [fn]high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:28 - “You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:29 - “You shall make its [fn]dishes and its pans and its jars and its offering bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.

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“Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, its base, and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its [fn]bulbs, and its flowers shall be [fn]of the same piece.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36 - “Their [fn]bulbs and their branches shall be [fn]of the same piece; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:38 - “And its tongs and [fn]their trays shall be of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:39 - “It shall be made from a [fn]talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 -

“And you shall command the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the [fn]light, to make a lamp [fn]burn continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:13 - “You shall make filigree settings of gold,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:14 - and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them a twisted work of cords, and you shall put the chains of cords on the filigree settings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:22 - “You shall make on the [fn]breastpiece chains of a twisted work of cords in pure gold.

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“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and shall engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘Holy to Yahweh.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:3 - “You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its [fn]sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:4 - “You shall make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two side walls—on [fn]opposite sides—and [fn]they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:35 - “With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 - the table also and its [fn]utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its [fn]utensils, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:2 - and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around.

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Then he made the table of acacia wood, two [fn]cubits [fn]long and a cubit [fn]wide and one and a half cubits [fn]high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:15 - They made on the breastpiece chains of a twisted work of cords in pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:30 -

They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and [fn]wrote upon it with engraved writing as found on a signet, “Holy to Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure gold lampstand, [fn]with its arrangement of lamps and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - [fn]that is, all the rest of the bull, he shall bring out to a clean place outside the camp where the [fn]ashes are poured out, and he shall burn it on wood with fire; where the [fn]ashes are poured out it shall be burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:11 - ‘Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the [fn]ashes outside the camp to a clean place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:19 -

‘Also the flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. [fn]As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:10 - and so as to separate between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - ‘Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden article or clothing or a skin or a sack—any article by which work is done—it shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - ‘Nevertheless a spring or a cistern [fn]collecting water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37 - ‘And if a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47 - to separate between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:6 - “And the priest shall look at him again on the seventh day, and if the infection has faded and the mark has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a scab. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 - then the priest shall look, and behold, if the leprosy has covered all his [fn]body, he shall pronounce clean him who has the infection; it has all turned white, and he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:17 - and the priest shall look at him, and behold, if the infection has turned to white, then the priest shall pronounce clean him who has the infection; he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:34 - “Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale, and if the scale has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - “If in his sight the scale has remained, however, and black hair has grown in it, the scale has healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:39 - then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots on the skin of their [fn]bodies are a faded white, it is [fn]eczema that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.

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“Now if a [fn]man loses the hair of his head, he is bald; he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - “And if his head becomes bald at the [fn]front and sides, he is bald on the forehead; he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:58 - “Now the garment, whether the warp or the woof or any article of leather from which the mark has departed when you washed it, shall then be washed a second time and will be clean.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - then the priest shall give a command to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and a [fn]scarlet string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed.

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