Strong's Lexicon
G2512 — καθαρισμός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2512 |
|---|---|
| Word: | καθαρισμός |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2511 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | katharismos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kath-ar-is-mos' |
| Meaning: | 1. a washing off 2. (ceremonially) ablution, (morally) expiation |
| KJV Renderings: | cleansing, + purge, purification(-fying) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, Joh 2:6; without a genitive, of baptism (a symbol of moral cleansing), Joh 3:25; with a genitive of the object, and that a person — of the levitical purification of women after childbirth, Luk 2:22; and of lepers, Mar 1:44; Luk 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, 2Pe 1:9, now by the expiatory sacrifice of Christ, Heb 1:3 on which cf. Kurtz, Commentary, p. 70; (Exo 30:10; τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου, Job 7:21; of an atonement, Lucian, asin. 22).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
καθαρισμός (cleansing)
Mark 1:44
- KJV: And saith unto him See thou say nothing to any man but go thy way shew thyself to the priest and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them
- GK: και λέγει αυτώ όρα μηδενί μηδέν είπης αλλ΄ ύπαγε σεαυτόν δείξον τω ιερεί και προσένεγκε περί του καθαρισμού σου α προσέταξε Μωσής εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς
Luke 2:22
- KJV: And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished they brought him to Jerusalem to present to the Lord
- GK: και ότε επλήσθησαν αι ημέραι του καθαρισμού αυτής κατά τον νόμον Μωσέως ανήγαγον αυτόν εις Ιεροσόλυμα παραστήσαι τω κυρίω
Luke 5:14
- KJV: And he charged him to tell no man but go and shew thyself to the priest and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded for a testimony unto them
- GK: και αυτός παρήγγειλεν αυτώ μηδενί ειπείν αλλά απελθών δείξον σεαυτόν τω ιερεί και προσένεγκε περί του καθαρισμού σου καθώς προσέταξε Μωσής εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς
John 2:6
- KJV: And there were set there six waterpots of stone after the manner of the purifying of the Jews containing two or three firkins apiece
- GK: ήσαν δε εκεί υδρίαι λίθιναι εξ κείμεναι κατά τον καθαρισμόν των Ιουδαίων χωρούσαι ανά μετρητάς δύο η τρείς
John 3:25
- KJV: Then there arose a question between of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying
- GK: εγένετο ουν ζήτησις εκ των μαθητών Ιωάννου μετά Ιουδαίων περί καθαρισμού
Hebrews 1:3
- KJV: Who being the brightness of glory and the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of his power when he had by himself purged our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high
- GK: ος ων απαύγασμα της δόξης και χαρακτήρ της υποστάσεως αυτού φέρων τε τα πάντα τω ρήματι της δυνάμεως αυτού δι΄ εαυτού καθαρισμόν ποιησάμενος των αμαρτιών ημών εκάθισεν εν δεξιά της μεγαλωσύνης εν υψηλοίς
2 Peter 1:9
- KJV: But he that lacketh these things is blind and cannot see afar off and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins
- GK: ω γαρ μη πάρεστι ταύτα τυφλός εστι μυωπάζων λήθην λαβών του καθαρισμού των πάλαι αυτού αμαρτιών