καθαίρω; pf. pass. ptep. κεκαθαρμένος ; (καθαρός) ; to cleanse, prop. from filth, impurity, οἴου; trees and vines (from useless shoots), fo prune, Jn. xv. 2 (δένδρα. . . ὑποτεμνόμενα καθαίρεται, Philo de agric. ὃ 2 [cf. de somniis ii. § 9 mid.]); metaph. from guilt, to expiate: pass. Heb. x. 2 RG [see καθαρίζω, init.], (Jer. xiii. 27; and so in Grk. writ. fr. Hdt. down). [Comp.: δια-, ἐκ-καθαίρω.}

καθαίρω kathairō 1x

to cleanse from filth; to clear by pruning, prune, Jn. 15:2; met. to cleanse from sin, make expiation

καθαίρω

(< καθαρός), [in LXX: Is 28:27 (דּוּשׁ ho.), II Ki 4:6, Je 51:39 א* ;]

to cleanse: of pruning, Jo 15:2 (cf. καθαρίζω).†

καθαίρω. With the use of this verb in Jn 155 we may compare P Lille I. 524 (B.c. 260-59) ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου ξυλοκοπήσει Kal τὴγ γῆν καθαρεῖ. Cf. P Tebt II. 373!° (A.p. 110-1) ἐφ᾽ ᾧ ὃ “Ἥρων μετρήσι kal καθαρεῖ καθ᾽ ἔτος εἰς τὸ δημόσιον .. . [τ]ὰ . . . ἐκφόρια, “fon condition that Heron shall measure out and winnow the produee (cf. 2 Kings 45) annually for the State.” The verb is common in the inscrr. of ceremonial cleansing, e.g. Jichel 694°% (B.C. 91) ἔστι δὲ ἃ δεῖ παρέχειν πρὸ τοῦ ἄρχεσθαι τῶν μυστηρίων: ἄρνας δύο λευκούς, . . . καὶ ὅταν ἐν τῶι θεάτρωι καθαίρει, χοιρίσκους τρεῖς : οἵ. Kazbel το 4} ἴ---*Hv0aSe Διάλογος καθαρῶι πυρὶ γυῖα καθήρας ἀσκητὴς σοφίης dyer’ ἐς ἀθανάτους. The compound ἀνακαθαίρω is found in P Lond 1177 (a.D, 113) (=III. p. 190).

καθαίρω (kathairō) — to prune. κᾰθαίρω, future κᾰθᾰρῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐκάθηρα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκάθᾱρα is found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+], and commonly in later Gr., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; see below middle: perfect κεκάθαρκα (ἐκ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, future καθαροῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκαθηράμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later ἐκαθᾱράμην [Refs 4th c.BC+]: passive, future καθαρθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐκαθάρθην [Refs 5th c.BC+] is falsa lectio in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect κεκάθαρμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (καθαρός):

I. cleanse, of things, καθήρατε δὲ κρητῆρας [Refs 8th c.BC+] [prev. cited]; of wounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῆν clear of weeds,[Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; χρυσόν purify, refine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, purge, clear a land of monsters and robbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὴν νηδὺν ἀνασχισθεῖσαν καὶ καθαρθεῖσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. in religious sense, purify, [δέπας] ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ by fumigating with sulphur, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. τινὰ φόνου purify him from blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Δῆλον κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στόλον κ., Latin classem lustrare, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:— middle, purify oneself, get purified, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθήρασθαι στόμα keep one's tongue pure, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, κεκαθαρμένος καὶ τετελεσμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.3. in Medicine texts, purge, evacuate, either by purgatives or emetics, κ. κάτω ἢ ἄνω [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, κατὰ κύστιν ἐκαθήρατο [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive [Refs], etc.; also of menstruation, [Refs]; of the after-birth, τὰ λοχεῖα κ. [Refs]; καθαίρων, ὁ, name for ἶρις, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]

I.4. prune a tree,i.e.clear it of superfluous wood, [NT]

I.5. sift, winnow grain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

I.6. metaphorically, ={μαστιγόω}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II. of the thing removed by purification, purge away, wash off, λύματα πάντα κάθηρεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; clear away, τὰ λῃστικά [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also perhaps, clear up, explain an action, τὴν σύστασιν [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. with double accusative, αἷμα κάθηρον.. Σαρπηδόνα cleanse him of blood, wash the blood off him, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, καθαίρομαι γῆρας I am purged of old age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]