Strong's Lexicon
G2511 — καθαρίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2511 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καθαρίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2513 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 31 |
| Transliteration: | katharizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kath-ar-id'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to cleanse {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | (make) clean(-se), purge, purify |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 (Heb 9:14); 1 aorist ἐκαθάρισα (see below); present passive καθαρίζομαι; 1 aorist passive ἐκαθαρίσθην; perfect passive participle κεκαθαρισμενος (Heb 10:2 T Tr WH; on the forms ἐκαθερισθη, T WH in Mat 8:3; Mar 1:42 (ἐκαθερισεν, Tr in Act 10:15; Act 11:9) and κεκαθερισμενος Lachmann in Heb 10:2, cf. (Tdf. Proleg., p. 82; WH’s Appendix, p. 150); Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 118; Delitzsch on Heb 10:2; Krüger, Part ii. § 2, 2, 6, p. 4; (Buttmann, 29 (25f); Winer’s Grammar, 43)); (καθαρός; the Sept. mostly for èÄäÇø;
1. to make clean, to cleanse;
a. from physical stains and dirt: e. g. utensils, Mat 23:25 (figuratively, Mat 23:26); Luk 11:39; food, Mar 7:19; τινα, a leper, to cleanse by curing, Mat 8:2; Mat 10:8; Mat 11:5; Mar 1:40-42; Luk 4:27; Luk 5:12; Luk 7:22; Luk 17:14; Luk 17:17 (Lev 14:8); to remove by cleansing: ἡ λέπρα ἐκαθαρίσθη, Mat 8:3 (καθαριεῖς τό αἷμα τό ἀναίτιον ἐξ Ἰσραήλ, Deu 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, 2Co 7:1; τῇ πίστει τάς καρδίας, Act 15:9 (καρδίαν ἀπό ἁμαρτίας, Sir 38:10); τάς χεῖρας, to abstain in future from wrong-doing, Jas 4:8. β. to free from the guilt of sin, to purify: τινα ἀπό πάσης ἁμαρτίας, 1Jn 1:7; (τινα ἀπό πάσης ἀδικίας, 1Jn 1:9); τήν συνείδησιν ἀπό νεκρῶν ἔργων, Heb 9:14; τήν ἐκκλησίαν τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος (instrumental dative), Eph 5:26; λαόν ἑαυτῷ, Tit 2:14. γ. to consecrate by cleansing or purifying: τί ἐν τίνι, dative of instrumentality (Winer’s Grammar, 388 (363)), Heb 9:22; equivalent to to consecrate, dedicate, τί τίνι (dative of instrumentality), ibid. 23.
2. to pronounce clean in a levitical sense: Act 10:15; Act 11:9 (Lev 13:13; Lev 13:17; Lev 13:23; Lev 13:28). (Compare: διακαθαρίζω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
καθαρίζω ((make) clean(-se))
Matthew 8:2
- KJV: And behold there came a leper and worshipped him saying Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean
- GK: και ιδού λεπρός ελθών προσεκύνει αυτώ λέγων κύριε εάν θέλης δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι
Matthew 8:3
- KJV: And Jesus put forth hand and touched him saying I will be thou clean And immediately his leprosy was cleansed
- GK: και εκτείνας την χείρα ήψατο αυτού ο Ιησούς λέγων θέλω καθαρίσθητι και ευθέως εκαθαρίσθη αυτού η λέπρα
Matthew 10:8
- KJV: Heal the sick cleanse the lepers raise the dead cast out devils freely ye have received freely give
- GK: ασθενούντας θεραπεύετε νεκρούς εγείρετε λεπρούς καθαρίζετε δαιμόνια εκβάλλετε δωρεάν ελάβετε δωρεάν δότε
Matthew 11:5
- KJV: The blind receive their sight and the lame walk the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them
- GK: τυφλοί αναβλέπουσι και χωλοί περιπατούσι λεπροί καθαρίζονται και κωφοί ακούουσι νεκροί εγείρονται και πτωχοί ευαγγελίζονται
Matthew 23:25
- KJV: Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter but within they are full of extortion and excess
- GK: ουαί υμίν γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί ότι καθαρίζετε το έξωθεν του ποτηρίου και της παροψίδος έσωθεν δε γέμουσιν εξ αρπαγής και ακρασίας
Matthew 23:26
- KJV: blind Pharisee cleanse first that within the cup and platter that the outside of them may be clean also
- GK: Φαρισαίε τυφλέ καθάρισον πρώτον το εντός του ποτηρίου και της παροψίδος ίνα γένηται και το εκτός αυτών καθαρόν
Mark 1:40
- KJV: And there came a leper to him beseeching him and kneeling down to him and saying unto him If thou wilt thou canst make me clean
- GK: και έρχεται προς αυτόν λεπρός παρακαλών αυτόν και γονυπετών αυτόν και λέγων αυτώ ότι εάν θέλης δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι
Mark 1:41
- KJV: And Jesus moved with compassion put forth hand and touched him and saith unto him I will be thou clean
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς σπλαγχνισθείς εκτείνας την χείρα ήψατο αυτού και λέγει αυτώ θέλω καθαρίσθητι
Mark 1:42
- KJV: And as soon as he had spoken immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was cleansed
- GK: και ειπόντος αυτού ευθέως απήλθεν απ΄ αυτού η λέπρα και εκαθαρίσθη
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