noun · masculine
katharismos
Strong’sG2512
cleansing, purifying, purification
stem katharism-7 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† καθαρισμός, -οῦ, τό
(< καθαρίζω), [in LXX for טֳהָר, טׇהֳרָה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2512 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkath-ar-is-mos'
a washing off, i.e. (ceremonially) ablution, (morally) expiation
Fromfrom G2511;
King Jamescleansing, + purge, purification(-fying).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
later form for καθαρμός, LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | katharismos | katharismois |
| object accusative | katharismon2×καθαρισμὸν | katharismoin |
| direct address vocative | katharismor | katharismoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | katharismou5×καθαρισμοῦ | katharismoiu |
| to, for dative | katharismo | katharismoi |
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
katharismo 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
katharismon“purification”objectaccusative singular2×
John 2:6… ekei lithinais hudriais hex kata ton katharismon toiu Ioudaioiu keiorōntais, chōrarōntais ana metrētoin …… been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to …
Hebrews 1:3… te rēme tau dunamiau, dia heautou katharismon taiu hamartaiu poierantos kathizata en dexa …… powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at …
katharismou“cleansing”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
Mark 1:44… to hierevo kai prosferasar peri tou katharismou su heim prostassata Mōusos eis marturiem …… the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
Luke 2:22Kai hote pimplēila tais hēmerais tou katharismou autoiu kata ton nomon Mōusou, anagala …And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses …
Luke 5:14… to hierevo, kai prosferasar peri tou katharismou su kathōs prostassata Mōusos eis marturiem …… the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
John 3:25“purification”… toiu mathētoiu Iōannou meta Ioudaiou peri katharismou.… arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of …
2 Peter 1:9“cleansing”… tuflos atō muōpazarōntos, lēthan labarantos tou katharismou taiu palai autou hamartēmeiu.… these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.