Strong's Concordance hagnizó: to purify, cleanse from defilement Original Word: ἁγνίζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hagnizó Phonetic Spelling: (hag-nid'-zo) Definition: to purify, cleanse from defilement Usage: I cleanse, purify, either ceremonially, actually, or morally. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hagnos Definition to purify, cleanse from defilement NASB Translation purified (2), purifies (1), purify (3), purifying (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 48: ἁγνίζωἁγνίζω; 1 aorist ἥγνισα; perfect participle active ἠγνικώς; passive ἡγνισμένος; 1 aorist passive ἡγνίσθην (Winer's Grammar, 252 (237)); (ἁγνός); to purify; 1. ceremonially: ἐμαυτόν, John 11:55 (to cleanse themselves from levitical pollution by means of prayers, abstinence, washings, sacrifices); the passive has a reflexive force, to take upon oneself a purification, Acts 21:24, 26; Acts 24:18 (הזּיר, Numbers 6:3), and is used of Nazarites or those who had taken upon themselves a temporary or a life-long vow to abstain from wine and all kinds of intoxicating drink, from every defilement and from shaving the head (cf. BB. DD. under the word 2. morally: τάς καρδίας, James 4:8; τάς ψυχάς, 1 Peter 1:22; ἑαυτόν, 1 John 3:3. (Sophocles, Euripides, Plutarch, others.) From hagnos; to make clean, i.e. (figuratively) sanctify (ceremonially or morally) -- purify (self). see GREEK hagnos Englishman's Concordance John 11:55 V-ASA-3PGRK: πάσχα ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυτούς NAS: the Passover to purify themselves. KJV: the passover, to purify themselves. INT: passover that they might purify themselves Acts 21:24 V-AMP-2S Acts 21:26 V-APP-NMS Acts 24:18 V-RPM/P-AMS James 4:8 V-AMA-2P 1 Peter 1:22 V-RPA-NMP 1 John 3:3 V-PIA-3S Strong's Greek 48 |