1 | Strong's Number: g169 | Greek: akathartos |
Foul:
denotes "unclean, impure" (a, negative, and kathairo, "to purify"),
(a) ceremonially, e.g., Act 10:14, 28;
(b) morally, always, in the Gospels, of unclean spirits; it is translated "foul" in the AV of Mar 9:25; Rev 18:2, but always "unclean" in the RV. Since the word primarily had a ceremonial significance, the moral significance is less prominent as applied to a spirit, than when poneros, "wicked," is so applied. Cp. akatharsia, "uncleanness."
See UNCLEAN.
Note: In Rev 17:4 the best mss. have this word in the plural, RV, "the unclean things" (akathartes, "filthiness," in some mss.).
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