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Lexicon :: Strong's G169 - akathartos

Aa
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 152 times in 123 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:19 - And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:10 - and that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:4 - Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:5 - And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:6 - And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7 - And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:8 - Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 - And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25 - and whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26 - Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28 - And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29 - And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31 - These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33 - And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:34 - All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:35 - And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - Nevertheless a fountain or a pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:38 - But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40 - And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47 - to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 - And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: he shall not shut him up; for he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 - And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:36 - then the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 - And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:46 - All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - and he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service skin is used for; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:55 - and the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its color, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire: it is a fret, whether the bareness be within or without.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19 - And the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - And the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goeth in to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40 - then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place without the city:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41 - and he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scrape off, without the city into an unclean place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:44 - then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:46 - Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:47 - And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:57

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:57 - to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:6 - And he that sitteth on anything whereon he that hath the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:7 - And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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