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Lexicon :: Strong's G169 - akathartos

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ἀκάθαρτος
Transliteration
akathartos (Key)
Pronunciation
ak-ath'-ar-tos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of καθαίρω (G2508) (meaning cleansed)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:427,381

Strong’s Definitions

ἀκάθαρτος akáthartos, ak-ath'-ar-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2508 (meaning cleansed); impure (ceremonially, morally (lewd) or specially, (demonic)):—foul, unclean.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G169 in the following manner: unclean (28x), foul (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G169 in the following manner: unclean (28x), foul (2x).

  1. not cleansed, unclean

    1. in a ceremonial sense: that which must be abstained from according to the levitical law

    2. in a moral sense: unclean in thought and life

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκάθαρτος akáthartos, ak-ath'-ar-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2508 (meaning cleansed); impure (ceremonially, morally (lewd) or specially, (demonic)):—foul, unclean.
STRONGS G169:
ἀκάθαρτος, -όν, (καθαίρω) [from Sophocles down], in the Sept. equivalent to טָמֶא, not cleansed, unclean;
a. in a ceremonial sense, that which must be abstained from according to the levitical law, lest impurity be contracted: Acts 10:14; Acts 11:8 (of food); Acts 10:28; 1 Corinthians 7:14 (of men); 2 Corinthians 6:17 (from Isaiah 52:11, of things pertaining to idolatry); Revelation 18:2 (of birds),
b. in a moral sense, unclean in thought and life (frequent in Plato): Ephesians 5:5; τὰ ἀκάθαρτα τῆς πορνείας, Revelation 17:4 (according to the true reading); πνεύματα, demons, bad angels [in twenty-three passages of the Gospels, Acts, and Revelation]: Matthew 10:1; Matthew 12:43; Mark 1:23, 26; Mark 3:11, etc.; Luke 4:33, 36; Luke 6:18, etc.; Acts 5:16; Acts 8:7; Revelation 16:13; Revelation 18:2 (πνεύματα πονηρά in Matthew 12:45; Luke 7:21; Luke 8:2; Luke 11:26; Acts 19:12f, 15f).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
52:11
Matthew
10:1; 12:43; 12:45
Mark
1:23; 1:26; 3:11
Luke
4:33; 4:36; 6:18; 7:21; 8:2; 11:26
Acts
5:16; 8:7; 10:14; 10:28; 11:8; 19:12; 19:15
1 Corinthians
7:14
2 Corinthians
6:17
Ephesians
5:5
Revelation
16:13; 17:4; 18:2; 18:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G169 matches the Greek ἀκάθαρτος (akathartos),
which occurs 30 times in 29 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:1 - And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:43 - 'And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:23 - And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:26 - and the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came forth out of him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:27 - and they were all amazed, so as to reason among themselves, saying, 'What is this? what new teaching is this? that with authority also the unclean spirits he commandeth, and they obey him!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:11 - and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing him, were falling down before him, and were crying, saying -- 'Thou art the Son of God;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:30 - because they said, 'He hath an unclean spirit.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:2 - and he having come forth out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:8 - (for he said to him, 'Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,')

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:13 - and immediately Jesus gave them leave, and having come forth, the unclean spirits did enter into the swine, and the herd did rush down the steep place to the sea -- and they were about two thousand -- and they were choked in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:7 - and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:25 - for a woman having heard about him, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell at his feet, --

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:25 - Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, 'Spirit -- dumb and deaf -- I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:33 - And in the synagogue was a man, having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:36 - and amazement came upon all, and they were speaking together, with one another, saying, 'What is this word, that with authority and power he doth command the unclean spirits, and they come forth?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:18 - and those harassed by unclean spirits, and they were healed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For he commanded the unclean spirit to come forth from the man, for many times it had caught him, and he was being bound with chains and fetters -- guarded, and breaking asunder the bonds he was driven by the demons to the deserts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:42 - and as he is yet coming near, the demon rent him, and tore him sore, and Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the youth, and gave him back to his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:24 - 'When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - and there were coming together also the people of the cities round about to Jerusalem, bearing ailing persons, and those harassed by unclean spirits -- who were all healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:7 - for unclean spirits came forth from many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice, and many who have been paralytic and lame were healed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:14 - And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:28 - And he said unto them, 'Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:8 - and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:14 - for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:17 - wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I -- I will receive you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5 - for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:13 - and I saw come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs --

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - and he did cry in might -- a great voice, saying, 'Fall, fall did Babylon the great, and she became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird,
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