ΚΑΘΑΡΑ, καθαρα
KATHARA, kathara
Sounds Like: ka-tha-RAH
Translations: clean, pure, clear, innocent, holy
From the root: ΚΑΘΑΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is clean, pure, or free from defilement, whether physical, moral, or ritual. It can refer to a person who is innocent or blameless, or an object that is ceremonially pure. It is often used to describe a state of being unmixed or uncorrupted. In the provided examples, it describes a person as innocent of sin and a turban as clean or pure.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2513 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:2
Barnabus
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- Tobit — 3:14, 8:15
- Job — 16:17, 25:5, 33:3
- Isaiah — 35:8, 47:11
- Malachi — 1:11
- Matthew — 27:59
- Luke — 11:41
- Romans — 14:20
- 2 Timothy — 1:3
- Titus — 1:15
- James — 1:27
- Epistle of Barnabas — 15:1, 15:6
- Shepherd of Hermas — 17:8, 23:5, 25:7
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 10:46
Justin Martyr
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 11:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 20:5, 20:6
- Leviticus — 14:4, 14:49, 14:53
- Numbers — 5:28
- Judith — 12:9
- Tobit — 3:14, 3:14, 8:15
- Job — 16:18, 25:5, 33:3
- Isaiah — 35:8, 47:11
- Malachi — 1:11
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 27:59
- Luke — 11:41
- Romans — 14:20
- 1 Timothy — 3:9
- 2 Timothy — 1:3
- Titus — 1:15
- James — 1:27
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 14:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΑΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΘΑΡΑ — clean, pure, clear, innocent, a clean, a pure
- ΚΑΘΑΡΑΙ — clean, pure, innocent, holy
- ΚΑΘΑΡΑΙΣ — clean, pure, innocent, holy, unmixed, unadulterated
- ΚΑΘΑΡΑΝ — clean, pure, clear, a clean, a pure, a clear
- ΚΑΘΑΡΑΣ — clean, pure, clear, innocent, unmixed, undefiled
- ΚΑΘΑΡΗ — pure, clean, a pure (one), a clean (one)
- ΚΑΘΑΡΙΟΙ — clean, pure, innocent, the clean, the pure
- ΚΑΘΑΡΙΟΤΗΤΑ — purity, cleanness, a purity, a cleanness
- ΚΑΘΑΡΙΣΜΟΣ — cleansing, purification, a cleansing, a purification
- ΚΑΘΑΡΟ — clean, pure, clear, innocent, holy, unmixed, unadulterated
- ΚΑΘΑΡΟΙ — clean, pure, clear, innocent, a clean, a pure
- ΚΑΘΑΡΟΙΣ — pure, clean, innocent, holy
- ΚΑΘΑΡΟΝ — clean, pure, innocent, a clean thing, a pure thing
- ΚΑΘΑΡΟΣ — clean, pure, clear, innocent, undefiled, guiltless
- ΚΑΘΑΡΟΥ — of pure, of clean, of clear, of innocent, of undefiled
- ΚΑΘΑΡΟΥΣ — clean, pure, clear, innocent, holy, unblemished
- ΚΑΘΑΡΩ — clean, pure, innocent, undefiled, holy
- ΚΑΘΑΡΩΝ — of clean, of pure, of innocent, of undefiled
- ΚΑΘΑΡΩΣ — clearly, purely, cleanly, plainly, distinctly
- ΚΑΘΑΡΩΤΑΤΗΝ — cleanest, purest, the cleanest, the purest
- ΚΑΘΑΡΩΤΑΤΟΝ — cleanest, purest, most pure, most clean, a purest, a cleanest
- ΚΑΘΑΡΩΤΕΡΑΝ — cleaner, purer, more clean, more pure
- ΚΑΘΑΡΩΤΕΡΟΝ — cleaner, purer, more clean, more pure
- ΚΑΘΑΡΩΤΕΡΟΣ — cleaner, purer, more clean, more pure
- ΚΑΘΑΡΩΤΕΡΩΝ — cleaner, purer, more clean, more pure
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