ΚΑΘΑΡΣΕΣΙ, καθαρσεσι
KATHARSESI, katharsesi
Sounds Like: kah-THAR-seh-see
Translations: to purification, to cleansing, to purging, to purification rites
From the root: ΚΑΘΑΡΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act or process of purification, cleansing, or purging. It can be used in both a literal sense, such as physical cleaning, and a figurative or religious sense, referring to spiritual purification or ritual cleansing. It is a compound word, formed from the preposition κατά (kata, 'down, according to') and the verb αἴρω (airō, 'to lift, take up'), implying a 'taking down' or 'removing' of impurities.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2512 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΑΡΣΙΣ.
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.
- ΚΑΘΑΡΣΕΙ — purification, cleansing, a cleansing, a purification
- ΚΑΘΑΡΣΕΩΣ — (of) purification, (of) cleansing
- ΚΑΘΑΡΣΙ — purification, cleansing, a cleansing, a purification
- ΚΑΘΑΡΣΙΝ — purification, a purification, cleansing, a cleansing
- ΚΑΘΑΡΣΙΣ — purification, cleansing, purgation, a purification, a cleansing
- ΚΑΘΑΡΣΙΩΝ — of purification, of cleansing, of purging
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