Cleansing
καθαρισμόςStrong’s G2512katharismos
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Katharismos is the Greek word usually translated “purification” and “cleansing”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.”
Meaning
Usually translated “purification” and “cleansing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- purification 5
- cleansing 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- John 2
- Mark 1
- Hebrews 1
- 2 Peter 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 1:44And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
- Luke 2:22And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
- Luke 5:14And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
- John 2:6And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
- John 3:25Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
- Hebrews 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Greek dictionary
καθαρισμός katharismos · cleansing
καθαρισμός, -oῦ, τό (καθαρίζω). [in LXX for טָהֵר, טׇהֳרָה, etc. ;] cleansing, purification: Jhn.3:25; with genitive subjc., τ. Ἰουδαίων, Jhn.2:6; with genitive obj., of women after childbirth, Luk.2:22; of lepers, Mrk.1:44, Luk.5:14; with genitive of thing(s), τ. ἁμαρτιῶν, Heb.1:3, 2Pe.1:9 (Cremer, 319).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cleansing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CLEANSING, participle passive
Purifying; making clean; purging; removing foul or noxious matter from; freeing from guilt.
All definitions and other forms of “cleansing”
CLEANSING, noun
The act of purifying, or purging.;
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.