Strong's Number 2511

The Linked Word Project

Transliteration:

katharizo {kath-ar-id'-zo}

Word Origin:

from 2513

TDNT:

3:413,381

Part of Speech:

verb

Usage in the KJV:

cleanse 16, make clean 5, be clean 3, purge 3, purify 3

Total: 30

Definition:

to make clean, cleanse
1. from physical stains and dirt
  1. utensils, food
  2. a leper, to cleanse by curing
  3. to remove by cleansing
2. in a moral sense
  1. to free from defilement of sin and from faults
  2. to purify from wickedness
  3. to free from guilt of sin, to purify
  4. to consecrate by cleansing or purifying
  5. to consecrate, dedicate
to pronounce clean in a levitical sense