Lexicon diakatharizo: I cleanse thoroughly Original Word: διακαθαρίζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diakatharizo Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ak-ath-ar-id'-zo) Short Definition: I cleanse thoroughly Definition: I cleanse thoroughly. HELPS word-Studies 1245 diakatharízō (from 1223 /diá, "thoroughly," which intensifies 2511 /katharízō, "cleanse") – properly, thoroughly cleanse (literally, "purge back-and-forth, all the way across"). Thayer's STRONGS NT 1245: διακαθαίρω [διακαθαίρω: 1 aorist διεκαθαρα (un-Attic and later form; cf. Moeris, edition Piers., p. 137; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 25; Veitch, under the word καθαίρω), infinitive διακαθᾶραι; to cleanse (thoroughly, cf. διά, C. 2 i. e.) thoroughly: Luke 3:17 T WH L marginal reading Tr marginal reading; for R G διακαθαρίζω. (From Aristophanes and Plato down.)] STRONGS NT 1245: διακαθαρίζωδιακαθαρίζω: future διακαθαριω (Buttmann, 37 (32); Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 c.; WHs Appendix, p. 163); to cleanse thoroughly, (Vulg.permundo): τήν ἅλωνα, Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17 (T WH etc. διακαθᾶραι, which see). (Not found in secular authors, who use διακαθαίρω, as τήν ἅλω, Alciphron, epistles 3, 26.)
Strong's thoroughly purge. From dia and katharizo; to cleanse perfectly, i.e. (specially) winnow -- thoroughly purge. see GREEK dia see GREEK katharizo |
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