STRONGS G1571:
ἐκκαθαίρω: 1 aorist
ἐξεκάθαρα [on the
α cf. Buttmann, 41 (35)]; (
ἐκ either equivalent to
utterly or for
ἔκ τινος); in Greek writings from Homer, Iliad 2, 153 down;
to cleanse out, clean thoroughly:
ἐμαυτὸν ἀπό τινος, to avoid defilement from one and so keep oneself pure,
2 Timothy 2:21; with the accusative of the thing by the removal of which something is made clean,
[A. V. purge out],
1 Corinthians 5:7. (For
צָרַף equivalent to
to cleanse, Judges 7:4 variant; for
בִּעֵר equivalent to
to take away, Deuteronomy 26:13.)
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