katharismos · purification

What it means

katharismos (καθαρισμός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “purification”.

Ritual washing.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Washing away what is unclean; removing sins.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• purification ×4
• cleansing ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• John×2
• Hebrews×1
• 2 Peter×1

• Mark 1:44

  and says to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Luke 2:22

  And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

• Luke 5:14

  And he ordered him to tell no one: “But go, show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• John 2:6

  Now there were six stone water jars standing there for the purification of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.

• John 3:25

  So a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.

• Hebrews 1:3

  He, being the radiance of his glory and the exact imprint of his being, and sustaining all things by the word of his power, having made purification for sins by himself, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

• 2 Peter 1:9

  For whoever lacks these things is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his former sins.