ΔΙΑΚΑΘΑΡΑΙ, διακαθαραι
DIAKATHARAI, diakatharai
Sounds Like: dee-ah-ka-THA-rai
Translations: to thoroughly cleanse, to purge, to clear away, to winnow
From the root: ΔΙΑΚΑΘΑΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'thoroughly', and καθαίρω (kathairō), meaning 'to cleanse' or 'to purify'. It signifies the action of completely or thoroughly cleansing, purging, or clearing something away. It is often used in the context of separating impurities from something, like grain from chaff, or metaphorically, evil from good.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1245 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 3:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΚΑΘΑΙΡΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΚΑΘΑΡΕ — to thoroughly cleanse, to purge, to clear away
- ΔΙΑΚΑΘΑΡΕΙΕΙ — he will thoroughly cleanse, he will thoroughly purge, he will thoroughly clear
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