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Strong's #2511 - καθαρίζω
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- to make clean, cleanse
- from physical stains and dirt
- utensils, food
- a leper, to cleanse by curing
- to remove by cleansing
- in a moral sense
- to free from defilement of sin and from faults
- to purify from wickedness
- to free from guilt of sin, to purify
- to consecrate by cleansing or purifying
- to consecrate, dedicate
- from physical stains and dirt
- to pronounce clean in a levitical sense
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κᾰθαρ-ίζω,
fut. -ιῶ Hebrews 9:14 : —
I cleanse, θυσιαστήριον LXX Exodus 29:36, cf. Matthew 23:25, Acts 10:15; sift grain, PStrassb. 2.11 (iii A.D.); prune away, περισσὰ βλαστήματα PLond. 1.131r192 (i A.D.); clear ground of weeds, etc., PLips. 111.12 (iv A.D.); keep a precinct clear, ἀπό τινων IG 5(1).1390.37 (Andania, i B.C.): — in Med., fut. -ιοῦμαι, of the menses, Hp. Superf. 43.
II of persons, purify, ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας LXX Si. 38.10; ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ 2 Corinthians 7:1; τὴν συνείδησιν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων Hebrews 9:14; cleanse from leprosy, Matthew 8:2 (and in Pass., of the disease, ib. 3): — Pass., -ιζέστω ἀπὸ γυναικός κτλ. IG 22.1366.4, cf. 1365.
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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† καθαρίζω
(Hellenistic-FlJ, Inscr.-for Attic καθαίρω , q.v., on the vulgar -ερ -, Matthew 8:3, Mark 1:42, v. Bl., § 6, 1; Thackeray, Gr., 74),
[in LXX chiefly for H2891;]
to cleanse, make clean.
1. In physical sense: c. acc rei, fig., Matthew 23:25-26, Luke 11:39; of disease (leprosy), c. acc pers., Matthew 8:2-3; Matthew 10:8; Matthew 11:5, Mark 1:40-42 Luke 4:27; Luke 5:12-13; Luke 7:22; Luke 17:14; Luke 17:17; ἡ λέπρα ἐκαθερίσθη (on the spelling v. supr.), Matthew 8:3.
2. In ethical sense: τ . καρδίας , Acts 15:9 (cf. Sirach 38:10); τ . χεῖρας , James 4:8; λαὸν ἑαυτῷ , Titus 2:14; τ . ἐκκλησίαν , Ephesians 5:26; c. acc pers. (rei), seq. ἀπό (131., § 36, 9; Deiss., BS, 216 f.), 2 Corinthians 7:1, Hebrews 9:14, 1 John 1:7; 1 John 1:9.
3. In ceremonial sense: Mark 7:19, Acts 10:15; Acts 11:9, Hebrews 9:22-23; Hebrews 10:2 (cf. δια -καθαρίζω ).†
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The ceremonial usage of this Hellenistic verb is illustrated by Deissmann BS p. 216 f., where reference is made to the Mystery inscription of Andania, Syll 653.87 (B.C. 93 or 91) ἀναγραψάντω δὲ καὶ ἀφ᾽ ὧν δεῖ καθαρίζειν καὶ ἃ μὴ δεῖ ἔχοντας εἰσπορεύεσθαι, and to ib. 633.3 (ii/A.D.) already cited s.v. ἀκάθαρτος sub fin., both of which show the construction with ἀπό as e.g. in 2 Corinthians 7:1, Hebrews 9:14. The word is used in connexion with plants in P Lond 131 recto.192 (accounts—A.D. 78–9) (= I. p. 175) καθαρίζ (ων) [τῶν ] νεοφύτ (ων) τοῦ χω (ρίου) τὰ περισσ (ὰ) βλαστήματα, and ib. 131 *.83 (A.D. 78) (= I. p. 191) : see also P Strass I. 2.11 (A.D. 217) τοῦ σοῦ καθαρίζοντος καὶ μετροῦντος with reference to the ";cleansing"; of wheat, and P Lips I. 111.12 (iv/A.D.) καθαρίσομεν τὸ γεώργι [ο ]ν. In the iv/v A.D. BGU IV. 1024iv. 16 we have νὴ γὰρ Δία, ἦν τὰ κοσμήματα τὰ τῶν νόμων, ἦν ὑπὸ τῆς πόλ [ε ]ως ἦν δεδομένα τῶι νεκρῷ, ἦν κεκ [αθα ]ρισμένα. On the forms of the verb see Reinhold, p. 38 f., Moulton Gr. ii. §§ 33, 95.
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