Strong G1245διακαθαρίζω

to clear out

Transliteration
diakatharizō
Pronunciation
dee-ak-ath-ar-id'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1223 and G2511; to cleanse perfectly that is (specifically) winnow: - throughly purge.

Detailed definition

δια-καθαρίζω
= θαίρω: Mat.3:12.†
δια-καθαίρω,
to cleanse thoroughly: Luk.3:17.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1245 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • purge2

First verses

  1. Matthew 3:12
    Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
  2. Luke 3:17
    Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διακᾰθ-αίρω,
aorist participle -άρας[Refs (“IG” 11(2).287 A 79)]:—purge thoroughly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 847, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399e, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.6.7)]; κρουνούς [NT+4th c.AD+ (“IG” [same place]; ἅλωνα NT.Luke.3.17: _metaphorically_, [φιλοσοφία] τέχνας δ. 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 16; τινὰ τοῦ αἰσχροῦ ὀνόματος 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 1.4)]:—middle, of one's own stock, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 735c.)]
II prune, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.7.2 (_passive_))]; δένδρα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.207.)]