ἈΠΟΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΙ, ἀποκαθαιρει
APOKATHAIREI, apokathairei
Sounds Like: ah-po-ka-THAI-rei
Translations: cleanses, purifies, purges, washes away
From the root: ΑΠΟΚΑΘΑΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to cleanse thoroughly, purify, or purge. It is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἀπό (apo), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and the verb καθαίρω (kathairō), meaning 'to cleanse' or 'to purify'. It implies a complete removal of impurity or defilement, often in a moral or spiritual sense. It is used to describe the act of making something entirely clean or free from sin.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present, Indicative, Active
Strong’s number: G0684 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Tobit — 12:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΚΑΘΑΙΡΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΕΚΑΘΗΡΕΝ — cleansed, purified, removed impurities
- ἈΠΟΚΑΘΑΙΡΟΝΤΑΙ — are cleansed, are purified, are purged
- ἈΠΟΚΑΘΑΡΙΕΙ — will cleanse, will purify, will purge
- ΑΠΟΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΙ — cleanses, purifies, removes, takes away
- ΑΠΟΚΑΘΑΙΡΟΝΤΑΙ — they are cleansed, they are purified, they are purged
- ΑΠΟΚΑΘΑΙΡΩ — to cleanse, to purify, to purge, to make clean
- ΑΠΟΚΑΘΑΡΘΕΝ — purified, cleansed, purged, made clean
- ΑΠΟΚΑΘΑΡΩΜΑΙ — I cleanse myself, I purify myself, I wash myself clean
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