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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 28 times in 24 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:8 - 'Happy the clean in heart -- because they shall see God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:26 - 'Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:59

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:59 - And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:41 - But what ye have give ye as alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:10 - Jesus saith to him, 'He who hath been bathed hath no need save to wash his feet, but he is clean altogether; and ye are clean, but not all;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:11 - for he knew him who is delivering him up; because of this he said, 'Ye are not all clean.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:3 - already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken his garments, he said unto them, 'Your blood is upon your head -- I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:26 - wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I am clear from the blood of all,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:20 - for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, are pure, but evil is to the man who is eating through stumbling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:5 - And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:9 - having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:3 - I am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that unceasingly I have remembrance concerning thee in my supplications night and day,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:22 - and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:15 - all things, indeed, are pure to the pure, and to the defiled and unstedfast is nothing pure, but of them defiled are even the mind and the conscience;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:22 - may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:22 - Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:6 - and come forth did the seven messengers having the seven plagues, out of the sanctuary, clothed in linen, pure and shining, and girded round the breasts with golden girdles:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:8 - and there was given to her that she may be arrayed with fine linen, pure and shining, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:14 - And the armies in the heaven were following him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen -- white and pure;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:18 - and the building of its wall was jasper, and the city is pure gold -- like to pure glass;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:21 - And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each several one of the gates was of one pearl; and the broad-place of the city is pure gold -- as transparent glass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:1 - And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb:
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