STRONGS G48:
ἁγνίζω; 1 aorist
ἥγνισα; perfect participle active
ἠγνικώς; passive
ἡγνισμένος; 1 aorist passive
ἡγνίσθην [Winer's Grammar, 252 (237)]; (
ἁγνός);
to purify;
1. ceremonially:
ἐμαυτόν,
John 11:55 (to cleanse themselves from levitical pollution by means of prayers, abstinence, washings, sacrifices); the passive has a reflexive force,
to take upon oneself a purification, Acts 21:24,
26;
Acts 24:18 (
הזּיר,
Numbers 6:3), and is used of Nazarites or those who had taken upon themselves a temporary or a life-long vow to abstain from wine and all kinds of intoxicating drink, from every defilement and from shaving the head [cf.
BB. DD. under the word Nazarite].
2. morally:
τὰς καρδίας,
James 4:8;
τὰς ψυχάς,
1 Peter 1:22;
ἑαυτόν,
1 John 3:3. (Sophocles, Euripides, Plutarch, others.)
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