Strong G2508καθαίρω
to prune
- Transliteration
- kathairō
- Pronunciation
- kath-ah'ee-ro
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2513; to cleanse that is (specifically) to prune; figuratively to expiate: - purge.
Detailed definition
καθαίρω
(καθαρός), [in LXX: Isa.28:27 (דּוּשׁ ho.), 2Ki.4:6, Jer.51:39 א*;]
to cleanse: of pruning, Jhn.15:2 (cf. καθαρίζω).†
(AS)
(καθαρός), [in LXX: Isa.28:27 (דּוּשׁ ho.), 2Ki.4:6, Jer.51:39 א*;]
to cleanse: of pruning, Jhn.15:2 (cf. καθαρίζω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2508 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- purge1
- purgeth1
First verses
- John 15:2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
- Hebrews 10:2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κᾰθαίρω,
future κᾰθᾰρῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.6, probably in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 735b, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἐκάθηρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.152, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.47, “IG” 22.1672.47 (ἀνα-), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.119, etc.)]; ἐκάθᾱρα is found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.37, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.35, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.” (“Sp.”) 11)], and commonly in later Gr., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 16.7, “BCH” 6.23 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), (ἀνα-) “PPetr.” 3p.141 (3rd c.BC), (συνανα-) “IG” 11(2).163 A 56 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), compare διακαθαίρω, ἐκκαθαίρω, etc., and 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 16)]; see below middle: perfect κεκάθαρκα (ἐκ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 752)]:— middle, future καθαροῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 396e, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.38 (in _passive_ sense, [prev. work] 2.13, “Nat.Mul.” 13, “Mul.” 2.160))]: aorist ἐκαθηράμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 354, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.43, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 868a, “IG” 11(2).146 A 78 (Delos, 4th c.BC), 153.9, 154 A 37 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.BC))]; later ἐκαθᾱράμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work]146 A 80 (4th c.BC), “Inscription Délos” 290.79, +others (3rd c.BC), etc., (ἀνα-) “IG” 22.1668.8(4th c.BC))]: passive, future καθαρθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.26.64, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.222)]: aorist ἐκαθάρθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.43, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.2, etc. (_aorist 2_ ἀποκαθαρῇ)] is falsa lectio in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Cynegeticus” 27.1))]: perfect κεκάθαρμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 69c, etc.)]: (καθαρός):
I cleanse, of things, καθήρατε δὲ κρητῆρας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.152; τραπέζας ὕδατι.. καθαίρειν 22.439; καθήραντες χρόα καλὸν ὕδατι 24.44; κ. οἰκίαν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator [same place], 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus)] [prev. cited]; of wounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑλκῶν” 6, +others (compare καθαιρέω 11.6): with _genitive_, ἵππον αὐχμηρᾶς τριχός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 475; κ. σῖτον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.6)]; γῆν clear of weeds,[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 20.11, compare “PLille” 5.24 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; χρυσόν purify, refine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 303d)]: metaphorically, purge, clear a land of monsters and robbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1012 (hexameters), 1061, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 7; κ.λῃστηρίων τὴν ἐπαρχίαν [prev. author] “Mar.” 6: c._accusative_ _cognate_, καθαρμὸν κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 735b)]:—passive, τὴν νηδὺν ἀνασχισθεῖσαν καὶ καθαρθεῖσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.71.)]
I.2 in religious sense, purify, [δέπας] ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ by fumigating with sulphur, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.228)]; κ. τινὰ φόνου purify him from blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.44, compare “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.160 (from Cyrene))]; Δῆλον κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.64, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8)]; στόλον κ., Latin classem lustrare, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.96: _absolutely_, “IG” 5(1).1390.68 (Andania, 1st c.BC))]:— middle, purify oneself, get purified, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.73; οἱ φιλοσοφίᾳ καθηράμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 114c, compare “Phdr.” 243a, “Cra.” 396e; καθαίρεσθαι καθαρμούς [prev. author] “Lg.” 868e)]; καθήρασθαι στόμα keep one's tongue pure, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 354)]:—passive, κεκαθαρμένος καὶ τετελεσμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 69c.)]
I.3 in Medicine texts, purge, evacuate, either by purgatives or emetics, κ. κάτω ἢ ἄνω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.64 (_passive_),compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.11, etc.)]:—middle, κατὰ κύστιν ἐκαθήρατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.15:)] —passive [Refs (, [prev. work] 5.2)], etc.; also of menstruation, [Refs ([prev. author] “Superf.” 33)]; of the after-birth, τὰ λοχεῖα κ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Mul.” 1.78)]; καθαίρων, ὁ, name for ἶρις, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.1.)]
I.4 prune a tree,i.e.clear it of superfluous wood, [NT (NT.John.15.2.)]
I.5 sift, winnow grain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 373.10 (2nd c.AD).)]
I.6 metaphorically, ={μαστιγόω}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.119.)]
II of the thing removed by purification, purge away, wash off, λύματα πάντα κάθηρεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.171; ἐπεὶ πλῦνάν τε κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάντα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.93)]; clear away, τὰ λῃστικά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.52: _metaphorically_, φόνον κ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 74 (Lyric poetry))]; also perhaps, clear up, explain an action, τὴν σύστασιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 66G., compare 73G.)]
III with double accusative, αἷμα κάθηρον.. Σαρπηδόνα cleanse him of blood, wash the blood off him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.667:)] —passive, καθαίρομαι γῆρας I am purged of old age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 45; ὁ καθαρθεὶς τὸν φόνον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.43.)]
future κᾰθᾰρῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.6, probably in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 735b, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἐκάθηρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.152, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.47, “IG” 22.1672.47 (ἀνα-), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.119, etc.)]; ἐκάθᾱρα is found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.37, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.35, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.” (“Sp.”) 11)], and commonly in later Gr., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 16.7, “BCH” 6.23 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), (ἀνα-) “PPetr.” 3p.141 (3rd c.BC), (συνανα-) “IG” 11(2).163 A 56 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), compare διακαθαίρω, ἐκκαθαίρω, etc., and 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 16)]; see below middle: perfect κεκάθαρκα (ἐκ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 752)]:— middle, future καθαροῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 396e, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.38 (in _passive_ sense, [prev. work] 2.13, “Nat.Mul.” 13, “Mul.” 2.160))]: aorist ἐκαθηράμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 354, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.43, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 868a, “IG” 11(2).146 A 78 (Delos, 4th c.BC), 153.9, 154 A 37 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.BC))]; later ἐκαθᾱράμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work]146 A 80 (4th c.BC), “Inscription Délos” 290.79, +others (3rd c.BC), etc., (ἀνα-) “IG” 22.1668.8(4th c.BC))]: passive, future καθαρθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.26.64, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.222)]: aorist ἐκαθάρθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.43, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.2, etc. (_aorist 2_ ἀποκαθαρῇ)] is falsa lectio in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Cynegeticus” 27.1))]: perfect κεκάθαρμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 69c, etc.)]: (καθαρός):
I cleanse, of things, καθήρατε δὲ κρητῆρας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.152; τραπέζας ὕδατι.. καθαίρειν 22.439; καθήραντες χρόα καλὸν ὕδατι 24.44; κ. οἰκίαν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator [same place], 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus)] [prev. cited]; of wounds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑλκῶν” 6, +others (compare καθαιρέω 11.6): with _genitive_, ἵππον αὐχμηρᾶς τριχός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 475; κ. σῖτον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.6)]; γῆν clear of weeds,[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 20.11, compare “PLille” 5.24 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; χρυσόν purify, refine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 303d)]: metaphorically, purge, clear a land of monsters and robbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1012 (hexameters), 1061, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 7; κ.λῃστηρίων τὴν ἐπαρχίαν [prev. author] “Mar.” 6: c._accusative_ _cognate_, καθαρμὸν κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 735b)]:—passive, τὴν νηδὺν ἀνασχισθεῖσαν καὶ καθαρθεῖσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.71.)]
I.2 in religious sense, purify, [δέπας] ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ by fumigating with sulphur, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.228)]; κ. τινὰ φόνου purify him from blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.44, compare “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.160 (from Cyrene))]; Δῆλον κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.64, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8)]; στόλον κ., Latin classem lustrare, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.96: _absolutely_, “IG” 5(1).1390.68 (Andania, 1st c.BC))]:— middle, purify oneself, get purified, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.73; οἱ φιλοσοφίᾳ καθηράμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 114c, compare “Phdr.” 243a, “Cra.” 396e; καθαίρεσθαι καθαρμούς [prev. author] “Lg.” 868e)]; καθήρασθαι στόμα keep one's tongue pure, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 354)]:—passive, κεκαθαρμένος καὶ τετελεσμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 69c.)]
I.3 in Medicine texts, purge, evacuate, either by purgatives or emetics, κ. κάτω ἢ ἄνω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.64 (_passive_),compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.11, etc.)]:—middle, κατὰ κύστιν ἐκαθήρατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.15:)] —passive [Refs (, [prev. work] 5.2)], etc.; also of menstruation, [Refs ([prev. author] “Superf.” 33)]; of the after-birth, τὰ λοχεῖα κ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Mul.” 1.78)]; καθαίρων, ὁ, name for ἶρις, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.1.)]
I.4 prune a tree,i.e.clear it of superfluous wood, [NT (NT.John.15.2.)]
I.5 sift, winnow grain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 373.10 (2nd c.AD).)]
I.6 metaphorically, ={μαστιγόω}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.119.)]
II of the thing removed by purification, purge away, wash off, λύματα πάντα κάθηρεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.171; ἐπεὶ πλῦνάν τε κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάντα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.93)]; clear away, τὰ λῃστικά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.52: _metaphorically_, φόνον κ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 74 (Lyric poetry))]; also perhaps, clear up, explain an action, τὴν σύστασιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 66G., compare 73G.)]
III with double accusative, αἷμα κάθηρον.. Σαρπηδόνα cleanse him of blood, wash the blood off him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.667:)] —passive, καθαίρομαι γῆρας I am purged of old age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 45; ὁ καθαρθεὶς τὸν φόνον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.43.)]