Quick Definition
I cleanse thoroughly
Strong's Definition
to cleanse perfectly, i.e. (specially) winnow
Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G2511 (καθαρίζω);
KJV Usage: thoroughly purge
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
[διακαθαίρω: 1 aorist διεκαθαρα (un-Attic and later form; cf. Moeris, edition Piers., p. 137; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 25; Veitch, under the word καθαίρω), infinitive διακαθᾶραι; to cleanse (thoroughly, cf. διά, C. 2 i. e.) thoroughly: Luk_3:17 T WH L marginal reading Tr marginal reading; for R G διακαθαρίζω. (From Aristophanes and Plato down.)]
STRONGS NT 1245: διακαθαρίζωδιακαθαρίζω: future διακαθαριω (Buttmann, 37 (32); Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 c.; WHs Appendix, p. 163); to cleanse thoroughly, (Vulg.permundo): τήν ἅλωνα, Mat_3:12; Luk_3:17 (T WH etc. διακαθᾶραι, which see). (Not found in secular authors, who use διακαθαίρω, as τήν ἅλω, Alciphron, epistles 3, 26.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διακαθαρίζω diakatharizō 1x
to cleanse thoroughly, Mat_3:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† δια -καθαρίζω
= θαίρω : Mat_3:12 .†
* δια -καθαίρω ,
to cleanse thoroughly: Luk_3:17 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διακαθαίρω (~ διακαθαρίζω ) [page 149]
For this late form, which WH read in Mat_3:12 , Luk_3:17 , cf. BCH xxvii. (1903) p. 73 .79 (B.C. 250) Ὠφελίωνι τούς κρουνοὺς διακαθάραντι τοὺς ἐν τῆι σκηνῆι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
διακαθαρίζω [Etym: from διακα^θαίρω] fut. ιῶ [Etym: διακα^θαίρω., NTest. ]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δια-καθαρίζω
= θαίρω: Mat.3:12.†
δια-καθαίρω,
to cleanse thoroughly: Luk.3:17.†
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