Impurity
ἀκαθαρσίαStrong’s G0167akatharsia
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Akatharsia is the Greek word usually translated “impurity”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.”
Meaning
Usually translated “impurity”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- impurity 8
- to impurity 1
- of impurity 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- Ephesians 2
- 1 Thessalonians 2
- Matthew 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Galatians 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 1:24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
- Romans 6:19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
- 2 Corinthians 12:21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
- Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
- Ephesians 4:19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
- Ephesians 5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Greek dictionary
ἀκαθαρσία akatharsia · impurity
ἀκαθαρσία, -ας, ἡ (ἀκάθαρτος), [in LXX chiefly for טֻמְאָה, טָמֵא ;] uncleanness, impurity, (a) physical (MM, VGT, see word): Mat.23:27; (b) moral: Rom.1:24 6:19, 2Co.12:21, Gal.5:19, Eph.4:19 5:3, Col.3:5, 1Th.2:3 4:7. † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.