καθαρός, -ά, -όν

[in LXX chiefly for טָהוֹר ;]

pure, clean.

__1. Physically: Mat.23:26 27:59, Jhn.13:10-11 (fig.), Jhn.15:3 (figuratively, as of a vine cleansed by pruning), Heb.10:22, Rev.15:6 19:8, 14 21:18, 21.

__2. Ceremonially: Luk.11:41, Rom.14:20, Tit.1:15.

__3. Ethically;

__(a) of persons: Jhn.13:16, Act.18:6, Tit.1:15; ό κ. τῇ καρδίᾳ (καθαρὸς χεῖρας, Hdt. i, 35), Mat.5:8; before ἀπό (cl. with genitive simp.; ΒΙ. § 36, 11; Deiss. BS, 196; MM, Exp. xv), Act.20:26;

__(b) of things: καρδία, 1Ti.1:6, 2Ti.2:22; συνείδησις, 1Ti.3:9, 2Ti.1:3; θρησκεία, Jas.1:27.†

SYN.: see: ἁγνός. (AS)

pure; clean