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Strong's #167 - ἀκαθαρσία
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- uncleanness
- physical
- in a moral sense: the impurity of lustful, luxurious, profligate living
- of impure motives
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ἀκᾰθαρ-σία, ἡ,
1. uncleanness, foulness, of a wound or sore, Hp. Fract. 31, cf. Pl. Ti. 72c (pl.); ἀγγείων Hp. Epid. 6.31. dirt, filth, BGU 1117.27 (13 B.C.), etc.
2. in moral sense, depravity, D. 21.119.
3. ceremonial impurity, LXX Leviticus 15:3,al.
ἀκαθαρσία, (ας, ἡ (ἀκάθαρτος) (from Hippocrates down), uncleanness;
a. physical: Matthew 23:27.
b. in a moral sense, the impurity of lustful, luxurious, profligate living: Romans 1:24; Romans 6:19; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 4:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; used of impure motives in 1 Thessalonians 2:3. (Demosthenes, p. 553, 12.) Cf. Tittmann i., p. 150f.
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ἀκαθαρσία , -ας , ἡ
(< ἀκάθαρτος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H2932, H2931;]
uncleanness, impurity,
(a) physical (MM, VGT, s.v.): Matthew 23:27;
(b) moral: Romans 1:24; Romans 6:19, 2 Corinthians 12:21, Galatians 5:19, Ephesians 4:19; Ephesians 5:3, Colossians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:7.†
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In a literal sense the noun occurs in a formula used in agreements for renting houses, which the tenant undertakes to leave in good condition. Thus P Oxy VIII. 1128.25 (A.D. 173) παραδότω τοὺς τόπους καθαροὺς ἀπὸ κοπρίων καὶ πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας : ib. VI. 912.26 (A.D. 235), BGU II. 393.16 (A.D. 168) ἄν [ευ ] ἀκαθαρσία [ς ], P Lond 216.28 f. (A.D. 94) ( = II. p. 187), P Lips I. 16.19 (A.D. 138) where ἀπό stands without καθαρούς (see under ἀπό). Vettius Valens, p. 2.19, has it in conjunction with κιναιδία : Kroll takes it as ";oris impudicitia (?).";
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