Lexicon ekkathairó: to cleanse thoroughly Original Word: ἐκκαθαίρωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekkathairó Phonetic Spelling: (ek-kath-ah'-ee-ro) Short Definition: I clean out, clean thoroughly Definition: I clean (cleanse) out, clean thoroughly. HELPS word-Studies 1571 ekkathaírō (from 1537 /ek, "completely out" and 2513 /katharós, "purge, cleanse") – "cleanse out, clean thoroughly" (J. Thayer) with the outcome of deeper sanctification. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ek and kathairóDefinitionto cleanse thoroughly NASB Translationclean (1), cleanses (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1571: ἐκκαθαίρωἐκκαθαίρω: 1 aorist ἐξεκάθαρα (on the ἆ cf. Buttmann, 41 (35)); ( ἐκ either equivalent to utterly or for ἐκ τίνος); in Greek writings from Homer, Iliad 2, 153 down; to cleanse out, clean thoroughly: ἐμαυτόν ἀπό τίνος, to avoid defilement from one and so keep oneself pure, 2 Timothy 2:21; with the accusative of the thing by the removal of which something is made clean ( A. V. purge out), 1 Corinthians 5:7. (For צָרַף equivalent to to cleanse, Judges 7:4 variant; for בִּעֵר equivalent to to take away, Deuteronomy 26:13.)
Strong's purge out. From ek and kathairo; to cleanse thoroughly -- purge (out). see GREEK ek see GREEK kathairo |
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