◄ 2511. katharizó ►
Strong's Lexicon katharizó: To cleanse, purify Original Word: καθαρίζω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katharizó Pronunciation: kath-ar-id'-zo Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ar-id'-zo) Definition: I cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. Meaning: To cleanse, purify, or make clean. This term can refer to physical, ceremonial, or spiritual cleansing. Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word καθαρός (katharos), meaning "clean" or "pure." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • H2891 טָהֵר (taher): To be clean, to cleanse, purify. • H2135 זָכָה (zakah): To be clear, clean, or pure. These Hebrew terms reflect similar concepts of physical and spiritual purification found in the Old Testament, often in the context of ritual cleanliness and moral purity. Usage: The verb καθαρίζω is used in various contexts within the New Testament, including the cleansing of physical impurities, the purification of individuals according to Jewish ceremonial law, and the spiritual cleansing from sin. Context: καθαρίζω appears frequently in the New Testament, illustrating both physical and spiritual dimensions of cleansing. In the Gospels, Jesus often uses this term in the context of healing and restoring individuals to a state of ritual purity. For example, in Matthew 8:2-3 (BSB), a leper approaches Jesus, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean." Jesus responds, "I am willing," and immediately the leprosy is cleansed. This demonstrates the power of Jesus to purify and restore. In the Acts of the Apostles, καθαρίζω is used to describe the purification rites observed by Paul (Acts 21:24, BSB), highlighting the continued importance of ceremonial purity in the early church. However, the New Testament also expands the concept of καθαρίζω to include spiritual purification. In 1 John 1:7 (BSB), it is written, "But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin." This passage emphasizes the transformative power of Christ's sacrifice, which purifies believers from sin and enables them to live in fellowship with God. The term also appears in discussions about dietary laws and the inclusion of Gentiles in the early Christian community. In Acts 10:15 (BSB), Peter is told in a vision, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean," signifying the removal of traditional barriers and the universal scope of the Gospel. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2511 katharízō – make pure ("clean"), removing all admixture (intermingling of filth). See 2513 (katharos). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from katharos Definition to cleanse NASB Translation clean (3), cleanse (5), cleansed (16), cleanses (1), cleansing (1), declared...clean (1), make...clean (3), purify (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2511: καθαρίζω καθαρίζω (Hellenistic for καθαίρω, which classic writings use); Attic future (cf. Buttmann, 37 (32); Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 c.; WH's Appendix, p. 163) καθαριῶ (Hebrews 9:14); 1 aorist ἐκαθάρισα (see below); present passive καθαρίζομαι; 1 aorist passive ἐκαθαρίσθην; perfect passive participle κεκαθαρισμενος (Hebrews 10:2 T Tr WH; on the forms ἐκαθερισθη, T WH in Matthew 8:3; Mark 1:42 (ἐκαθερισεν, Tr in Acts 10:15; Acts 11:9) and κεκαθερισμενος Lachmann in Hebrews 10:2, cf. (Tdf. Proleg., p. 82; WH's Appendix, p. 150); Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 118; Delitzsch on Hebrews 10:2; Krüger, Part ii. § 2, 2, 6, p. 4; (Buttmann, 29 (25f); Winer's Grammar, 43)); (καθαρός; the Sept. mostly for טִהַר; 1. to make clean, to cleanse; a. from physical stains and dirt: e. g. utensils, Matthew 23:25 (figuratively, Matthew 23:26); Luke 11:39; food, Mark 7:19; τινα, a leper, to cleanse by curing, Matthew 8:2; Matthew 10:8; Matthew 11:5; Mark 1:40-42; Luke 4:27; Luke 5:12; Luke 7:22; Luke 17:14, 17 (Leviticus 14:8); to remove by cleansing: ἡ λέπρα ἐκαθαρίσθη, Matthew 8:3 (καθαριεῖς τό αἷμα τό ἀναίτιον ἐξ Ἰσραήλ, Deuteronomy 19:13; ἐκαθαριζε τήν περί ταῦτα συνήθειαν, the custom of marrying heathen women, Josephus, Antiquities 11, 5, 4; καθαιρεῖν αἷμα, Homer, Iliad 16, 667; cf. ἐκκαθαίρω). b. in a moral sense; α. to free from the defilement of sin and from faults; to purify from wickedness: ἑαυτόν ἀπό μολυσμοῦ σαρκός, 2 Corinthians 7:1; τῇ πίστει τάς καρδίας, Acts 15:9 (καρδίαν ἀπό ἁμαρτίας, Sir. 38:10); τάς χεῖρας, to abstain in future from wrong-doing, James 4:8. β. to free from the guilt of sin, to purify: τινα ἀπό πάσης ἁμαρτίας, 1 John 1:7; (τινα ἀπό πάσης ἀδικίας, 1 John 1:9); τήν συνείδησιν ἀπό νεκρῶν ἔργων, Hebrews 9:14; τήν ἐκκλησίαν τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος (instrumental dative), Ephesians 5:26; λαόν ἑαυτῷ, Titus 2:14. γ. to consecrate by cleansing or purifying: τί ἐν τίνι, dative of instrumentality (Winer's Grammar, 388 (363)), Hebrews 9:22; equivalent to to consecrate, dedicate, τί τίνι (dative of instrumentality), ibid. 23. 2. to pronounce clean in a levitical sense: Acts 10:15; Acts 11:9 (Leviticus 13:13, 17, 23, 28). (Compare: διακαθαρίζω.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance cleanse, purge, purify. From katharos; to cleanse (literally or figuratively) -- (make) clean(-se), purge, purify. see GREEK katharos Forms and Transliterations εκαθάριζεν εκαθάρισα εκαθάρισαν εκαθάρισε εκαθαρισεν εκαθάρισεν ἐκαθάρισεν εκαθαρίσθη ἐκαθαρίσθη εκαθαρίσθημεν εκαθαρισθησαν εκαθαρίσθησαν ἐκαθαρίσθησαν εκαθερισθη ἐκαθερίσθη καθαριει καθαριεί καθαριεῖ καθαριείς καθαριζει καθαρίζει καθαριζεσθαι καθαρίζεσθαι καθαριζεται καθαρίζεται καθαριζετε καθαρίζετε καθαριζόμενοι καθαριζόμενον καθαριζομένου καθαρίζον καθαριζονται καθαρίζονται καθαριζων καθαρίζων καθαριότητα καθαριότητι καθαριούσιν καθαρισαι καθαρίσαι καθαρισας καθαρίσας καθαρισατε καθαρίσατε καθαρισεί καθαρίσει καθαριση καθαρίση καθαρίσῃ καθαρισθείς καθαρισθέντα καθαρισθέντος καθαρισθή καθαρισθήναι καθαρισθής καθαρισθήσεσθε καθαρισθήσεται καθαρίσθήσεται καθαρισθήση καθαρισθήσομαι καθαρισθήτε καθαρίσθητε καθαρισθητι καθαρίσθητι καθαρισον καθάρισον καθάρισόν κάθαρισόν καθαρίσουσι καθαρισωμεν καθαρίσωμεν καθαριώ κεκαθαρισμένον κεκαθαρισμενους κεκαθαρισμένους κεκαθαρισμένω κεκάθαρισται ekatharisen ekathárisen ekatharisthe ekatharisthē ekatharísthe ekatharísthē ekatharisthesan ekatharisthēsan ekatharísthesan ekatharísthēsan kathariei katharieî katharisai katharísai katharisas katharísas katharisate katharísate katharise katharisē katharísei katharísēi katharisomen katharisōmen katharísomen katharísōmen katharison kathárison katharistheti katharisthēti katharístheti katharísthēti katharizei katharízei katharizesthai katharízesthai katharizetai katharízetai katharizete katharízete katharizon katharizōn katharízon katharízōn katharizontai katharízontai kekatharismenous kekatharisménous Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 8:2 V-ANA GRK: δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι NAS: You can make me clean. KJV: make me clean. INT: you are able me to cleanse Matthew 8:3 V-AMP-2S GRK: λέγων Θέλω καθαρίσθητι καὶ εὐθέως NAS: I am willing; be cleansed. And immediately KJV: I will; be thou clean. And INT: saying I am willing be you cleansed And immediately Matthew 8:3 V-AIP-3S GRK: καὶ εὐθέως ἐκαθαρίσθη αὐτοῦ ἡ NAS: his leprosy was cleansed. KJV: his leprosy was cleansed. INT: And immediately was cleansed his Matthew 10:8 V-PMA-2P GRK: ἐγείρετε λεπροὺς καθαρίζετε δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλετε NAS: [the] dead, cleanse [the] lepers, KJV: the sick, cleanse the lepers, INT: raise lepers cleanse demons cast out Matthew 11:5 V-PIM/P-3P GRK: περιπατοῦσιν λεπροὶ καθαρίζονται καὶ κωφοὶ NAS: [the] lepers are cleansed and [the] deaf KJV: the lepers are cleansed, and INT: walk lepers are cleansed and deaf Matthew 23:25 V-PIA-2P GRK: ὑποκριταί ὅτι καθαρίζετε τὸ ἔξωθεν NAS: hypocrites! For you clean the outside KJV: for ye make clean the outside INT: hypocrites for you cleanse the outside Matthew 23:26 V-AMA-2S GRK: Φαρισαῖε τυφλέ καθάρισον πρῶτον τὸ NAS: first clean the inside KJV: Pharisee, cleanse first INT: Pharisee blind cleanse first the Mark 1:40 V-ANA GRK: δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι NAS: You can make me clean. KJV: make me clean. INT: you are able me to cleanse Mark 1:41 V-AMP-2S GRK: αὐτῷ Θέλω καθαρίσθητι NAS: to him, I am willing; be cleansed. KJV: unto him, I will; be thou clean. INT: to him I will be you cleansed Mark 1:42 V-AIP-3S GRK: λέπρα καὶ ἐκαθαρίσθη NAS: left him and he was cleansed. KJV: him, and he was cleansed. INT: leprosy and he was cleansed Mark 7:19 V-PPA-NMS GRK: ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκπορεύεται καθαρίζων πάντα τὰ NAS: and is eliminated? ([Thus He] declared all KJV: into the draught, purging all meats? INT: draught goes out purifying all the Luke 4:27 V-AIP-3S GRK: οὐδεὶς αὐτῶν ἐκαθαρίσθη εἰ μὴ NAS: and none of them was cleansed, but only KJV: of them was cleansed, saving INT: none of them was cleansed if not Luke 5:12 V-ANA GRK: δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι NAS: You can make me clean. KJV: make me clean. INT: you are able me to cleanse Luke 5:13 V-AMP-2S GRK: λέγων Θέλω καθαρίσθητι καὶ εὐθέως NAS: I am willing; be cleansed. And immediately KJV: I will: be thou clean. And INT: saying I will be you cleansed And immediately Luke 7:22 V-PIM/P-3P GRK: περιπατοῦσιν λεπροὶ καθαρίζονται καὶ κωφοὶ NAS: [the] lepers are cleansed, and [the] deaf KJV: the lepers are cleansed, the deaf INT: walk lepers are cleansed and deaf Luke 11:39 V-PIA-2P GRK: τοῦ πίνακος καθαρίζετε τὸ δὲ NAS: you Pharisees clean the outside KJV: Pharisees make clean the outside INT: of the dish you cleanse and Luke 17:14 V-AIP-3P GRK: ὑπάγειν αὐτοὺς ἐκαθαρίσθησαν NAS: And as they were going, they were cleansed. KJV: went, they were cleansed. INT: going to them they were cleansed Luke 17:17 V-AIP-3P GRK: οἱ δέκα ἐκαθαρίσθησαν οἱ δὲ NAS: Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine-- KJV: not ten cleansed? but where INT: the ten were cleansed but Acts 10:15 V-AIA-3S GRK: ὁ θεὸς ἐκαθάρισεν σὺ μὴ NAS: God has cleansed, no KJV: God hath cleansed, [that] call INT: God cleansed you not Acts 11:9 V-AIA-3S GRK: ὁ θεὸς ἐκαθάρισεν σὺ μὴ NAS: God has cleansed, no KJV: God hath cleansed, [that] call INT: God cleansed you not Acts 15:9 V-APA-NMS GRK: τῇ πίστει καθαρίσας τὰς καρδίας NAS: between us and them, cleansing their hearts KJV: and them, purifying their hearts INT: by the faith having purified the hearts 2 Corinthians 7:1 V-ASA-1P GRK: ἐπαγγελίας ἀγαπητοί καθαρίσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ NAS: beloved, let us cleanse ourselves KJV: dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves INT: promises beloved we should cleanse ourselves from Ephesians 5:26 V-APA-NMS GRK: αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ NAS: that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing KJV: he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing INT: her he might sanctify having cleansed by the washing Titus 2:14 V-ASA-3S GRK: ἀνομίας καὶ καθαρίσῃ ἑαυτῷ λαὸν NAS: lawless deed, and to purify for Himself KJV: and purify unto himself INT: lawlessness and might purify to himself a people Hebrews 9:14 V-FIA-3S GRK: τῷ θεῷ καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν NAS: to God, cleanse your conscience KJV: to God, purge your INT: to God will purify the conscience Strong's Greek 2511 31 Occurrences ἐκαθάρισεν — 2 Occ. ἐκαθαρίσθη — 3 Occ. ἐκαθαρίσθησαν — 2 Occ. καθαριεῖ — 1 Occ. καθαρίσαι — 3 Occ. καθαρίσας — 2 Occ. καθαρίσατε — 1 Occ. καθαρίσῃ — 2 Occ. καθαρίσωμεν — 1 Occ. καθάρισον — 1 Occ. καθαρίσθητι — 3 Occ. καθαρίζει — 1 Occ. καθαρίζεσθαι — 1 Occ. καθαρίζεται — 1 Occ. καθαρίζετε — 3 Occ. καθαρίζων — 1 Occ. καθαρίζονται — 2 Occ. κεκαθαρισμένους — 1 Occ.