G169 – akathartos – ἀκάθαρτος – to be unclean
- Strong’s ID:
- G169
- Greek Word:
- ἀκάθαρτος
- Transliteration:
- akathartos
- Pronunciation:
- ak-ath’-ar-tos
- Part of Speech:
- adjective
- Etymology:
- from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2508 (meaning cleansed)
- Equivalents:
- H2931
- Usage Count:
- 30
- Search:
- Find “akathartos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
to be unclean
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2508 (meaning cleansed); impure (ceremonially, morally [lewd] or specially, [demonic]):—foul, unclean.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) not cleansed, unclean
1a) in a ceremonial sense: that which must be abstained from according to the levitical law
1b) in a moral sense: unclean in thought and life
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.