Lexicon kathairó: to cleanse Original Word: καθαίρωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kathairó Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ah'-ee-ro) Short Definition: I cleanse, purify, prune Definition: I cleanse, purify, prune. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 2508 kathaírō – make clean by purging (removing undesirable elements); hence, "pruned (purged)"; eliminating what is fruitless by purifying (making unmixed). See 2513 (katharos). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom katharosDefinitionto cleanse NASB Translationprunes (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2508: καθαίρωκαθαίρω; perfect passive participle κεκαθαρμενος; ( καθαρός); to cleanse, properly, from filth, impurity, etc.; trees and vines (from useless shoots), to prune, John 15:2 ( δένδρα ... ὑποτεμνομενα καθαίρεται, Philo de agric. § 2 (cf. de somniis ii. § 9 middle)); metaphorically, from guilt, to expiate: passive Hebrews 10:2 R G (see καθαρίζω, at the beginning) ( Jeremiah 13:27; and so in Greek writings from Herodotus down). (Compare: διακαθαίρω, ἐκκαθαίρω.)
Strong's purge. From katharos; to cleanse, i.e. (specially) to prune; figuratively, to expiate -- purge. see GREEK katharos |
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