CATHARTIC: G2511, PURGE; PURE; CLEANSE

Illustrations of English words
derived from the Greek in the New Testament.

By Gaylon West.

“And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.G2511 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean.G2511 And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.”G2511 (Matthew 8:2-3).    Who shall see God? " Blessed are the pure G2513* in heart: for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8).     The answer in the Bible is "those that have a heart that is pure."    How can a sinner have a pure heart? The apostle Peter tells us. It is by our obeying the Truth which Jesus declares is the Word of God (John 17:17).    "Seeing ye have purified [hagnizo¯G48**] your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure [catharosG2513*] heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever" (1 Peter 1:22,23). "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land" (Isaiah 1:18, 19). IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO "PURE'S"?     **"Purified" G48 hagnizo¯ hag-nid'-zo.     Strong's definition: From holy (hagnosG53); "to make clean, that is, (figuratively) sanctify (ceremonially or morally)"    Mounce's Concise Greek: "to purify; to purify morally, reform, to live like one under a vow of abstinence, as the Nazarites ::definition--purify."     Thayer's definitions: "1) exciting reverence, venerable, sacred 2) pure 2a) pure from carnality, chaste, modest 2b) pure from every fault, immaculate 2c) clean"    Pure G48 is therefore a sacred purity; i.e., " it denotes the chastity which excludes all impurity of spirit, manner, or act." Obeying the Truth is a intended sacred action.     *"pure" G2513 katharos - Transliteration: Katharos - Phonetic: kath-ar-os'     Strong's definition: clean (literally or figuratively): - clean, clear, pure. Total KJV occurrences: 28     G2513 is according to Mounce's Concise Greek-English: "clean, pure, unsoiled, Matthew. 23:26; 27:59; met. clean from guilt, guiltless, innocent, Acts 18:6; 20:26; sincere, upright, virtuous, void of evil, Matthew 5:8; John 15:3; clean ceremonially and morally, Luke 11:41 -- clean."     Thayer's definitions: "1. clean, pure     a. physically         1. purified by fire         2. in a similitude, like a vine cleansed by pruning and so fitted to bear fruit     b. in a levitical sense         1. clean, the use of which is not forbidden, imparts no uncleanness     c. ethically         1. free from corrupt desire, from sin and guilt         2. free from every admixture of what is false, sincere genuine         3. blameless, innocent         4. unstained with the guilt of anything    ARE THEY THE SAME? They are in the sacred sense. Hence, they are a synonym in that respect. Synonym definition is - "one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses." Anglicized English: catharsis (n.)    The word with which we are familiar was first used in 1803, "bodily purging," from Latinized form of Greek katharsis "purging, cleansing," from stem of kathairein "to purify, purge," from katharos "pure, clear of dirt, clean, spotless; open, free; clear of shame or guilt; purified" (with most of the extended senses now found in Modern English clear, clean, pure). - etymonline.com Root word for the katharsis family in Greek: G2513; to cleanse, that is, (specifically) to prune; figuratively to expiate: - purge. See also the opposite word [a= in English, "un" or "not"]-- a-kathartos spirits. [UNCLEAN SPIRITS] catharsis (n.) cathartic (adj.) G2513 IS root word for G2508 family: G2513 καθαρός katharos kath-ar-os' G2513 Of uncertain affinity; clean (literally or figuratively): - clean, clear, pure. G2511 καθαρίζω katharizō kath-ar-id'-zo G2511 From G2513; to cleanse (literally or figuratively): - (make) clean (-se), purge, purify. Total KJV occurrences: 30 G2512 καθαρισμός katharismos kath-ar-is-mos' From G2511; a washing off, that is, (ceremonially) ablution, (morally) expiation: - cleansing, + purge, purification, (-fying). Total KJV occurrences: 7 G2514 καθαρότης katharotēs kath-ar-ot'-ace From G2513; cleanness (ceremonially): - purification. Total KJV occurrences: 1 G2508 καθαίρω kathairō kath-ah'ee-ro From G2513; to cleanse, that is, (specifically) to prune; figuratively to expiate: - purge. Total KJV occurrences: 2 ADDED/RELATIVE INFORMATION: UNCLEAN SPIRITS G169 ἀκάθαρτος akathartos ak-ath'-ar-tos From G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2508 (means cleansed); impure (ceremonially, morally (lewd) or specifically (demonic)): - foul, unclean. unclean is from "a "combined with "katharos" = akatharos Matthew 10:1  "And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against uncleanG169 [akathartos] spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease."