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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2512 - καθαρισμός

Transliteration

katharismós

Phonetics

kath-ar-is-mos'

Origin

from (G2511)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

3:429,381

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a cleansing, purification, a ritual purgation or washing
1. of the washing of the Jews before and after their meals
2. of levitical purification of women after childbirth
3. a cleansing from the guilt of sins wrought by the expiatory sacrifice of Christ

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 817 ‑ אָשָׁם (aw‑shawm'); 2891 ‑ טָהֵר (taw‑hare'); 2893 ‑ טָהֳרָה (toh‑or‑aw'); 3725 ‑ כִּפֻּרִים (kip‑poor'); 5352 ‑ נָקָה (naw‑kaw'); 5674 ‑ עָבַר (aw‑bar');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (6)

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 2

2 Peter 1

NAS (7)

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 2

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

HCS (7)

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 2

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

BSB (7)

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 2

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

ESV (6)

Mark 1

Luke 2

John 2

2 Peter 1

WEB (8)

Mark 1

Luke 3

John 2

Hebrews 1

2 Peter 1

KJV (6)

cleansing 2

from 1

purification 1

purifying 2

NAS (7)

cleansing 2

purification 5

HCS (7)

cleansing 2

cleansing 1

purification 4

BSB (7)

[rites of] purification 1

ceremonial washing 1

cleansing 2

he has been cleansed 1

purification 2

ESV (6)

cleansed from 1

cleansing 2

purification 3

WEB (8)

cleansing 2

made purification 1

of 1

purification 2

purifying 1

the cleansing 1

RAH

N-ASM 5

N-DSM 1

N-GSM 4

N-NSM 1

ANT

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 5

BEZ

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 5

BGB

N-AMS 2

N-GMS 5

BMT

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 5

BYZ

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 5

ELZ

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 5

NA26

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 4

T-GSM 1

SBL

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 5

SCV

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 5

STV

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 5

TIS

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 5

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 5

N-ASM 2

N-GSM 5

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κᾰθαρ-ισμός, ὁ,

later form for καθαρμός, LXX Exodus 29:36, Luke 2:22, John 2:6, Luc. Asin. 22, PLond. 2.168.11 (ii A.D.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

καθαρισμός, καθαρισμοῦ, ὁ (καθαρίζω), a cleansing, purification; a ritual purgation or washing (Vulg. purgatio, pnrifcatio, emundatio): used with a genitive of the subjunctive, τῶν Ἰουδαίων, of the washings of the Jews before and after their meals, John 2:6; without a genitive, of baptism (a symbol of moral cleansing), John 3:25; with a genitive of the object, and that a person — of the levitical purification of women after childbirth, Luke 2:22; and of lepers, Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14; with a genitive of the thing, ἁμαρτιῶν or ἁμαρτημάτων, a cleansing from the guilt of sins (see καθαρίζω, 1 b. β.): wrought now by baptism, 2 Peter 1:9, now by the expiatory sacrifice of Christ, Hebrews 1:3 on which cf. Kurtz, Commentary, p. 70; (Exodus 30:10; τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου, Job 7:21; of an atonement, Lucian, asin. 22).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† καθαρισμός , -οῦ , τό

(< καθαρίζω ).

[in LXX for H2891, H2893, etc.;]

cleansing, purification: John 3:25; c. gen. subjc., τ . Ἰουδαίων , John 2:6; c. gen. obj., of women after childbirth, Luke 2:22; of lepers, Mark 1:44, Luke 5:14; c. gen. rei, τ . ἁμαρτιῶν , Hebrews 1:3, 2 Peter 1:9 (Cremer, 319).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καθαρισμός occurs in the lease of an oliveyard, P Lond 168.11 (A.D. 162) (= II. p. 190) ἡμῶν ] ποιο [ύν ]των τὰ καθήκον [τ ]α ἔργα π ̣[ερὶ ] τοὺς καθαρισμούς.

List of Word Forms

καθαρισμον καθαρισμόν καθαρισμὸν καθαρισμου καθαρισμού καθαρισμοῦ καθαρισμώ katharismon katharismòn katharismou katharismoû