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Strong's Number G2512

Transliteration:
katharismos{kath-ar-is-mos'}
Word Origin:
from 2511
TDNT:
3:429,381
Part of Speech:
noun masculine
Usage in the KJV:
cleansing 2, purifying 2, be purged 1, purge 4060 1, purification 1

Total: 7
Definition:
  1. a cleansing, purification, a ritual purgation or washing
    1. of the washing of the Jews before and after their meals
    2. of levitical purification of women after childbirth
    3. a cleansing from the guilt of sins wrought by the expiatory sacrifice of Christ
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament