To purify
ἁγνίζωStrong’s G0048hagnizō
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hagnizō is the Greek word usually translated “may purify”, “do be purified” and “having been purified”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.”
Meaning
Usually translated “may purify”, “do be purified” and “having been purified”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they may purify 1
- do be purified 1
- having been purified 1
- purified 1
- do purify 1
- having purified 1
- purifies 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- John 1
- James 1
- 1 Peter 1
- 1 John 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 21:24Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
- Acts 21:26Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
- Acts 24:18Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
- James 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
- 1 Peter 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
- 1 John 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Greek dictionary
ἁγνίζω hagnizō · to purify
ἁγνίζω (> ἁγνός), [in LXX always ceremonially, chiefly for קָדַשׁ ;] to purify, cleanse from defilement; (a) ceremonially: Jhn.11:55, Act.21:24, 26 24:18; (b) morally: Jas.4:8, 1Pe.1:22, 1Jn.3:3. † SYN.: καθαρίζω, which see (and see: ἁγνός). (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “purify” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PU'RIFY, verb transitive
[Latin purifico; purus, pure, and facio, to make.]
- To make pure or clear; to free from extraneous admixture; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.
- To free from pollution ceremonially; to remove whatever renders unclean and unfit for sacred services.“Purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day purify all your raiment” Numbers 31:19
- To free from guilt or the defilement of sin; as, to purify the heart.“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works” Titus 2:14
- To clear form improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.
All definitions and other forms of “purify”
PU'RIFY, verb intransitive
To grow or become pure or clear. Liquors will gradually purify
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.