Strong's Lexicon hagnizó: To purify, to cleanse, to sanctify Original Word: ἁγνίζω 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 |



