καθαρός

καθαρός, -ά, -όν

[in LXX chiefly for טָהוֹר ;]

pure, clean.

1. Physically: Matt 23,26; 27,59, Joh 13,10-11 (fig.), Joh 15,3 (figuratively, as of a vine cleansed by pruning), Hebr 10,22, Åb 15,6; 19,8, 14; 21,18, 21.

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

3. Ethically;

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

(b) of things: καρδία, 1 Tim 1,6, 2 Tim 2,22; συνείδησις, 1 Tim 3,9, 2 Tim 1,3; θρησκεία, Jak 1,27,†

SYN.: see: ἁγνός.