ΚΑΘΑΡΕΥΕΙΝ, καθαρευειν
KATHAREUEIN, kathareuein
Sounds Like: ka-thar-YOO-eh-in
Translations: to be clean, to be pure, to keep oneself pure, to abstain from, to be free from
From the root: ΚΑΘΑΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to be clean or pure, often in a moral or ritual sense. It can also mean to keep oneself pure or to abstain from something, implying a state of being free from defilement or guilt. It is used to describe a state of purity or the act of maintaining such a state.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2511 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 3:102
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 14:79
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΑΡΕΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΑΘΑΡΕΥΣΕΝ — he cleansed, she cleansed, it cleansed, he purified, she purified, it purified
- ΚΑΘΑΡΕΥΟΝΤΕΣ — being clean, purifying, those who are clean, those who are pure
- ΚΑΘΑΡΕΥΣΑΙ — to be clean, to be pure, to be free from, to be clear of
- ΚΑΘΑΡΕΥΣΑΝΤΑ — having been purified, having cleansed, having become clean
- ΚΑΘΑΡΕΥΣΑΣ — having been purified, having become clean, having been cleansed, having been made pure
- ΚΑΘΑΡΕΥΩ — to be clean, to be pure, to be free from defilement
- ΜΗΚΑΘΑΡΕΥΟΝΤΕΣ — not being clean, not being pure, not purifying themselves, not cleansing themselves
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