καθαρός katharos

Greek word for “clean” · Strong’s G2513 · used 27 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

καθαρός, -ά, -όν; pure, clean.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for katharos in context, with how often each is used:

• pure 14
• clean 9
• clear 2
• innocent 1
• purity 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 13 (2), Revelation 19 (2), Revelation 21 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 23 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Luke 11 (1), John 15 (1), Acts 18 (1), Acts 20 (1)

Forms

• καθαρόν 4
• καθαρὰ 4
• καθαρᾷ 3
• καθαροί 3
• καθαρᾶς 3
• καθαρὸν 3
• καθαρὸς 2
• καθαρῷ 2
• καθαροὶ 1
• καθαρός 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with katharos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• συνείδησις suneidēsis “conscience” 5
• καρδία kardia “heart” 5
• ὕαλος hualos “glass” 2
• βύσσινος bussinos “fine linen” 2
• λούω louō “to wash” 2
• ἀνυπόκριτος anupokritos “genuine” 2
• πίστις pistis “faith” 4
• λαμπρός lampros “shining” 2
• χρυσίον chrusion “gold” 2
• ἐνδύω enduō “to put on” 2
• οὐχί ouchi “not!” 2
• αἷμα ahima “blood” 2

Key verses

The verses using katharos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:8 — Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
• Luke 11:41 — But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
• Acts 18:6 — And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I…
• Acts 20:26 — Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
• 1 Timothy 1:5 — Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
• 2 Timothy 1:3 — I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
• 2 Timothy 2:22 — Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Titus 1:15 — Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
• Hebrews 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• James 1:27 — Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the…
• 1 Peter 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart…
• Revelation 19:8 — And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.