Word study · Greek
katharizō
to cleanse, to make clean
Say it: kath-ar-ID-zo (approximate)
καθαρίζω
What it means
To make clean, in the ritual or the moral sense. In the vision Peter hears, "What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean" (10:15, 11:9). The same word is used for cleansing lepers in the Gospels.
Range of meaning
- CleanseMake clean.
- PurifyRemove defilement.
In Acts
- Chapter 10
"What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean" (10:15, 10:28).
Every verse (3)
Verses where G2511 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources