G2513 – katharos – καθαρός – to be clean, pure

• Old Testament Hebrew
• New Testament Greek

Strong’s ID:

G2513

Greek Word:

καθαρός

Transliteration:

katharos

Pronunciation:

kath-ar-os’

Part of Speech:

adjective

Etymology:

of uncertain affinity

Usage Count:

28

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Find “katharos” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

to be clean

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of uncertain affinity; clean (literally or figuratively):—clean, clear, pure.

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) clean, pure
1a) physically
1a1) purified by fire
1a2) in a similitude, like a vine cleansed by pruning and so fitted to bear fruit
1b) in a levitical sense
1b1) clean, the use of which is not forbidden, imparts no uncleanness
1c) ethically
1c1) free from corrupt desire, from sin and guilt
1c2) free from every admixture of what is false, sincere genuine
1c3) blameless, innocent
1c4) unstained with the guilt of anything

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.

• G2512 – katharismos – καθαρισμός

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• G2514 – katharotes – καθαρότης