καθαρισμός, καθαρισμοῦ, ὁ (καθαρίζω), a cleansing, purification; a ritual purgation or washing (Vulg.purgatio, pnrifcatio, emundatio): used with a genitive of the subjunctive, τῶν Ἰουδαίων, of the washings of the Jews before and after their meals, Joh_2:6; without a genitive, of baptism (a symbol of moral cleansing), Joh_3:25; with a genitive of the object, and that a person of the levitical purification of women after childbirth, Luk_2:22; and of lepers, Mar_1:44; Luk_5:14; with a genitive of the thing, ἁμαρτιῶν or ἁμαρτημάτων, a cleansing from the guilt of sins (see καθαρίζω, 1 b. β.): wrought now by baptism, 2Pe_1:9, now by the expiatory sacrifice of Christ, Heb_1:3 on which cf. Kurtz, Commentary, p. 70; (Exo_30:10; τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου, Job_7:21; of an atonement, Lucian, asin. 22).

καθαρισμός katharismos 7x ceremonial cleansing, purification, Luk_2:22 ; Luk_5:14 ; mode of purification, Joh_2:6 ; Joh_3:25 ; cleansing of lepers, Mar_1:44 ; met. expiation, Heb_1:3 ; 2Pe_1:9

† καθαρισμός , -οῦ , τό ( < καθαρίζω ). [in LXX for H2891 , H2893 , etc.;] cleansing, purification: Joh_3:25 ; c . gen . subjc ., τ . Ἰουδαίων , Joh_2:6 ; c . gen . obj ., of women after childbirth, Luk_2:22 ; of lepers, Mar_1:44 , Luk_5:14 ; c . gen . rei , τ . ἁμαρτιῶν , Heb_1:3 , 2Pe_1:9 ( Cremer , 319).†

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καθαρισμός, -oῦ, τό (καθαρίζω). [in LXX for טָהֵר, טׇהֳרָה, etc. ;] cleansing, purification: Jhn.3:25; with genitive subjc., τ. Ἰουδαίων, Jhn.2:6; with genitive obj., of women after childbirth, Luk.2:22; of lepers, Mrk.1:44, Luk.5:14; with genitive of thing(s), τ. ἁμαρτιῶν, Heb.1:3, 2Pe.1:9 (Cremer, 319).† (AS)