◄ 2508. kathairó ►
Strong's Concordance kathairó: to cleanse Original Word: καθαίρω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kathairó Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ah'-ee-ro) Short Definition: I cleanse, purify, prune Definition: I cleanse, purify, prune. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2508 kathaírō – make clean by purging (removing undesirable elements); hence, "pruned (purged)"; eliminating what is fruitless by purifying (making unmixed). See 2513 (katharos). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2508: καθαίρω καθαίρω; perfect passive participle κεκαθαρμενος; (καθαρός); to cleanse, properly, from filth, impurity, etc.; trees and vines (from useless shoots), to prune, John 15:2 (δένδρα ... ὑποτεμνομενα καθαίρεται, Philo de agric. § 2 (cf. de somniis ii. § 9 middle)); metaphorically, from guilt, to expiate: passive Hebrews 10:2 R G (see καθαρίζω, at the beginning) (Jeremiah 13:27; and so in Greek writings from Herodotus down). (Compare: διακαθαίρω, ἐκκαθαίρω.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance purge. From katharos; to cleanse, i.e. (specially) to prune; figuratively, to expiate -- purge. see GREEK katharos Forms and Transliterations εκάθαιρε καθαιρει καθαίρει καθαιρείται κεκαθαρμένους kathairei kathaírei Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 2508 1 Occurrence καθαίρει — 1 Occ. John 15:2 V-PIA-3S GRK: καρπὸν φέρον καθαίρει αὐτὸ ἵνα NAS: fruit, He prunes it so KJV: fruit, he purgeth it, INT: fruit bears he prunes it that 1 Occurrence