Lexical Summary kathairō: to cleanse Original Word: καθαίρωTransliteration: kathairō Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ah'-ee-ro) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to cleanse Meaning: to cleanse Strong's Concordance purge. From katharos; to cleanse, i.e. (specially) to prune; figuratively, to expiate -- purge. see GREEK katharos Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
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