Strong's Lexicon
G167
G167 — ἀκαθαρσία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G167 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀκαθαρσία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G169 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | akatharsia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ak-ath-ar-see'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. impurity (the quality) {physically or morally} |
| KJV Renderings: | uncleanness |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀκαθαρσία, (ας, ἡ (ἀκάθαρτος) (from Hippocrates down), uncleanness;
a. physical: Mat 23:27.
b. in a moral sense, the impurity of lustful, luxurious, profligate living: Rom 1:24; Rom 6:19; 2Co 12:21; Gal 5:19; Eph 4:19; Eph 5:3; Col 3:5; 1Th 4:7; used of impure motives in 1Th 2:3. (Demosthenes, p. 553, 12.) Cf. Tittmann i., p. 150f.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀκαθαρσία (uncleanness)
Matthew 23:27
- KJV: Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye are like unto whited sepulchres which indeed appear beautiful outward but are within full of dead bones and of all uncleanness
- GK: ουαί υμίν γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί ότι παρομοιάζετε τάφοις κεκονιαμένοις οίτινες έξωθεν μεν φαίνονται ωραίοι έσωθεν δε γέμουσιν οστέων νεκρών και πάσης ακαθαρσίας
Romans 1:24
- KJV: Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts to dishonour their own bodies between themselves
- GK: διό και παρέδωκεν αυτούς ο θεός εν ταις επιθυμίαις των καρδιών αυτών εις ακαθαρσίαν του ατιμάζεσθαι τα σώματα αυτών εν εαυτοίς
Romans 6:19
- KJV: I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness
- GK: ανθρώπινον λέγω διά την ασθένειαν της σαρκός υμών ώσπερ γαρ παρεστήσατε τα μέλη υμών δούλα τη ακαθαρσία και τη ανομία εις την ανομίαν ούτως νυν παρεστήσατε τα μέλη υμών δούλα τη δικαιοσύνη εις αγιασμόν
2 Corinthians 12:21
- KJV: lest when I come again my God will humble me among you and I shall bewail many which have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed
- GK: μη πάλιν ελθόντα με ταπεινώση ο θεός μου προς υμάς και πενθήσω πολλούς των προημαρτηκότων και μη μετανοησάντων επί τη ακαθαρσία και πορνεία και ασελγεία η έπραξαν
Galatians 5:19
- KJV: Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are Adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness
- GK: φανερά δε εστι τα έργα της σαρκός άτινά εστι μοιχεία πορνεία ακαθαρσία ασέλγεια
Ephesians 4:19
- KJV: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness to work all uncleanness with greediness
- GK: οίτινες απηλγηκότες εαυτούς παρέδωκαν τη ασελγεία εις εργασίαν ακαθαρσίας πάσης εν πλεονεξία
Ephesians 5:3
- KJV: But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness let it not be once named among you as becometh saints
- GK: πορνεία δε και πάσα ακαθαρσία η πλεονεξία μηδέ ονομαζέσθω εν υμίν καθώς πρέπει αγίοις
Colossians 3:5
- KJV: Mortify therefore your members which upon the earth fornication uncleanness inordinate affection evil concupiscence and covetousness which is idolatry
- GK: νεκρώσατε ουν τα μέλη υμών τα επί της γης πορνείαν ακαθαρσίαν πάθος επιθυμίαν κακήν και την πλεονεξίαν ήτις εστίν ειδωλολατρεία
1 Thessalonians 2:3
- KJV: For our exhortation not of deceit nor of uncleanness nor in guile
- GK: η γαρ παράκλησις ημών ουκ εκ πλάνης ουδέ εξ ακαθαρσίας ούτε εν δόλω
1 Thessalonians 4:7
- KJV: For God hath not called us unto uncleanness but unto holiness
- GK: ου γαρ εκάλεσεν ημάς ο θεός επί ακαθαρσία αλλ΄ εν αγιασμώ