noun · masculine
hagnismos
Greekἁγνισμός (hagnismos)
Strong’sG49
purification
stem hagnism-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† ἁγνισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (> ἁγνίζω),
[in LXX: Nu 6:5 (נֵזֶר) 8:7 19:17 (חַטּאת), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G49 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhag-nis-mos'
a cleansing (the act), i.e. (ceremonially) lustration
Fromfrom G48;
King Jamespurification.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hagnismos | hagnismois |
| object accusative | hagnismon | hagnismoin |
| direct address vocative | hagnismor | hagnismoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | hagnismou1×ἁγνισμοῦ | hagnismoiu |
| to, for dative | hagnismo | hagnismoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hagnismo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
hagnismou“purification”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 21:26“purification”tote tos Paulos paralambaratos toin anēroin ta echerōta hēmera sun autoi hagniziratos eiseiate eis tem hierem, diangellarōtos tan ekplērōsian taiu hēmeraiu tou hagnismou heōs hou prosferita huper henou hekastou autoiu tas prosforas.So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.