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Lexicon :: Strong's G2511 - katharizō

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καθαρίζω
Transliteration
katharizō (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-ar-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
31x in 18 unique form(s)
TR
30x in 17 unique form(s)
LXX
100x in 38 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 3:413,381

Strong’s Definitions

καθαρίζω katharízō, kath-ar-id'-zo; from G2513; to cleanse (literally or figuratively):—(make) clean(-se), purge, purify.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G2511 in the following manner: cleanse (16x), make clean (5x), be clean (3x), purge (3x), purify (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G2511 in the following manner: cleanse (16x), make clean (5x), be clean (3x), purge (3x), purify (3x).
  1. to make clean, cleanse

    1. from physical stains and dirt

      1. utensils, food

      2. a leper, to cleanse by curing

      3. to remove by cleansing

    2. in a moral sense

      1. to free from defilement of sin and from faults

      2. to purify from wickedness

      3. to free from guilt of sin, to purify

      4. to consecrate by cleansing or purifying

      5. to consecrate, dedicate

  2. to pronounce clean in a levitical sense

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθαρίζω katharízō, kath-ar-id'-zo; from G2513; to cleanse (literally or figuratively):—(make) clean(-se), purge, purify.
STRONGS G2511:
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: 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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
13:13; 13:17; 13:23; 13:28; 14:8
Deuteronomy
19:13
Matthew
8:2; 8:3; 8:3; 10:8; 11:5; 23:25; 23:26
Mark
1:40; 1:41; 1:42; 1:42; 7:19
Luke
4:27; 5:12; 7:22; 11:39; 17:14; 17:17
Acts
10:15; 10:15; 11:9; 11:9; 15:9
2 Corinthians
7:1
Ephesians
5:26
Titus
2:14
Hebrews
9:14; 9:14; 9:22; 10:2; 10:2; 10:2
James
4:8
1 John
1:7; 1:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2511 matches the Greek καθαρίζω (katharizō),
which occurs 30 times in 29 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:2 - And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make G2511  me clean. G2511
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:3 - And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. G2511 And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. G2511
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:8 - Heal the sick, cleanse G2511 the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, G2511 and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean G2511 the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:26 - Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse G2511 first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:40 - And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make G2511  me clean. G2511
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:41 - And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. G2511
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:42 - And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. G2511
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:19 - Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging G2511 all meats?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:27 - And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, G2511 saving Naaman the Syrian.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:12 - And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make G2511  me clean. G2511
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:13 - And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. G2511 And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, G2511 the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:39 - And the Lord said unto him, Now do G2511  ye Pharisees make clean G2511 the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:14 - And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. G2511
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:17 - And Jesus answering said, Were there G2511  not ten cleansed? G2511 but where are the nine?
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:15 - And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, G2511 that call not thou common.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, G2511 that call not thou common.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:9 - And put no difference between us and them, purifying G2511 their hearts by faith.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:1 - Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse G2511 ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:26 - That he might sanctify and cleanse it G2511 with the washing of water by the word,
Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:14 - Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify G2511 unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:14 - How much more shall G2511  the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge G2511 your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:22 - And almost all things are G2511  by the law purged G2511 with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:23 - It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified G2511 with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:8 - Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse G2511 your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:7 - But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth G2511 us from all sin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse G2511 us from all unrighteousness.
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