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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 must take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - and also seven of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8 - Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:20 - Noah built an altar to the LORD. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Did Abraham not say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - Then in the dream God replied to him, "Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:10 - He replied, "You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:11 - You are to overlay it with pure gold - both inside and outside you must overlay it, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 - "You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23 - "You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:28

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:29 - You are to make its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings; you are to make them of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - "You are to make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36 - Their buds and their branches will be one piece, all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:38 - Its trimmers and its trays are to be of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:39 - About seventy-five pounds of pure gold is to be used for it and for all these utensils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - "You are to command the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps will burn regularly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:13 - You are to make filigree settings of gold

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:14 - and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:22 - "You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:36 - "You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved: "Holiness to the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:3 - You are to overlay it with pure gold - its top, its four walls, and its horns - and make a surrounding border of gold for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:4 - You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. The rings will be places for poles to carry it with.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:35 - and make it into an incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer. It is to be finely ground, and pure and sacred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 - the table with its utensils, the pure lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:2 - He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10 - He made the table of acacia wood; its length was three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:15 - They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:30 - They made a plate, the holy diadem, of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription, as on the engravings of a seal, "Holiness to the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure lampstand, its lamps, with the lamps set in order, and all its accessories, and oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - all the rest of the bull - he must bring outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ash pile, and he must burn it on a wood fire; it must be burned on the fatty ash pile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:11 - Then he must take off his clothes and put on other clothes, and he must bring the fatty ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:19 - The meat which touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned up in the fire. As for ceremonially clean meat, everyone who is ceremonially clean may eat the meat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:10 - as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - Also, anything they fall on when they die will become unclean - any wood vessel or garment or article of leather or sackcloth. Any such vessel with which work is done must be immersed in water and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - However, a spring or a cistern which collects water will be clean, but one who touches their carcass will be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:37 - Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47 - to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:6 - The priest must then examine it again on the seventh day, and if the infection has faded and has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person clean. It is a scab, so he must wash his clothes and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 - the priest must then examine it, and if the disease covers his whole body, he is to pronounce the person with the infection clean. He has turned all white, so he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:17 - The priest will then examine it, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the person with the infection clean - he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:34 - The priest must then examine the scall on the seventh day, and if the scall has not spread on the skin and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him clean. So he is to wash his clothes and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:39 - the priest is to examine them, and if the bright spots on the skin of their body are faded white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin. The person is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40 - "When a man's head is bare so that he is balding in back, he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - If his head is bare on the forehead so that he is balding in front, he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:58 - But the garment or the warp or the woof or any article of leather which you wash and infection disappears from it is to be washed a second time and it will be clean."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - then the priest will command that two live clean birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop be taken up for the one being cleansed.

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