STRONGS G2511:
καθαρίζω (Hellenistic for
καθαίρω, which classic writings use); Attic future (cf.
Buttmann, 37 (32);
Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 c.;
WH's Appendix, p. 163)
καθαριῶ (
Hebrews 9:14); 1 aorist
ἐκαθάρισα (see below); present passive
καθαρίζομαι; 1 aorist passive
ἐκαθαρίσθην; perfect passive participle
κεκαθαρισμενος (
Hebrews 10:2 T Tr WH; on the forms
ἐκαθερισθη,
T WH in
Matthew 8:3;
Mark 1:42 (
ἐκαθερισεν,
Tr in
Acts 10:15;
Acts 11:9) and
κεκαθερισμενος Lachmann in
Hebrews 10:2, cf. (
Tdf. Proleg., p. 82;
WH's Appendix, p. 150); Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 118; Delitzsch on
Hebrews 10:2;
Krüger, Part ii. § 2, 2, 6, p. 4; (
Buttmann, 29 (25f);
Winer's Grammar, 43)); (
καθαρός; the
Sept. mostly for
טִהַר;
1. to make clean, to cleanse;
a. from physical stains and dirt: e. g. utensils,
Matthew 23:25 (figuratively,
Matthew 23:26);
Luke 11:39; food,
Mark 7:19;
τινα, a leper,
to cleanse by curing, Matthew 8:2;
Matthew 10:8;
Matthew 11:5;
Mark 1:40-42;
Luke 4:27;
Luke 5:12;
Luke 7:22;
Luke 17:14,
17 (
Leviticus 14:8);
to remove by cleansing:
ἡ λέπρα ἐκαθαρίσθη,
Matthew 8:3 (
καθαριεῖς τό αἷμα τό ἀναίτιον ἐξ Ἰσραήλ,
Deuteronomy 19:13;
ἐκαθαριζε τήν περί ταῦτα συνήθειαν, the custom of marrying heathen women,
Josephus, Antiquities 11, 5, 4;
καθαιρεῖν αἷμα,
Homer, Iliad 16, 667; cf.
ἐκκαθαίρω).
b. in a moral sense;
α. to free from the defilement of sin and from faults; to purify from wickedness:
ἑαυτόν ἀπό μολυσμοῦ σαρκός,
2 Corinthians 7:1;
τῇ πίστει τάς καρδίας,
Acts 15:9 (
καρδίαν ἀπό ἁμαρτίας, Sir. 38:10);
τάς χεῖρας, to abstain in future from wrong-doing,
James 4:8.
β. to free from the guilt of sin, to purify:
τινα ἀπό πάσης ἁμαρτίας,
1 John 1:7; (
τινα ἀπό πάσης ἀδικίας,
1 John 1:9);
τήν συνείδησιν ἀπό νεκρῶν ἔργων,
Hebrews 9:14;
τήν ἐκκλησίαν τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος (instrumental dative),
Ephesians 5:26;
λαόν ἑαυτῷ,
Titus 2:14.
γ. to consecrate by cleansing or purifying:
τί ἐν τίνι, dative of instrumentality (
Winer's Grammar, 388 (363)),
Hebrews 9:22; equivalent to
to consecrate, dedicate, τί τίνι (dative of instrumentality), ibid. 23.
2. to pronounce clean in a levitical sense:
Acts 10:15;
Acts 11:9 (
Leviticus 13:13,
17,
23,
28). (Compare:
διακαθαρίζω.)
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