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Strong's Number G2511

καθαρίζω

katharizo · kath-ar-id'-zo

Transliteration:

katharizo{kath-ar-id'-zo}

Word Origin:

from 2513

TDNT:

3:413,381

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to cleanse (literally or figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

cleanse 6, make clean 2, be clean 3, purge 1, purify 1

Total: 30
Occurs 31 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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
to pronounce clean in a levitical sense