Strong's Number 2511

Transliteration:
katharizo {kath-ar-id'-zo}
Word Origin:
from 2513
TDNT:
3:413,381
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
cleanse 16, make clean 5, be clean 3, purge 3, purify 3

Total: 30
Definition:
  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