Quick Definition
cleanness, purity
Strong's Definition
cleanness (ceremonially)
Derivation: from G2513 (καθαρός);
KJV Usage: purification
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καθαρότης, καθαροτητος, ἡ (καθαρός), cleanness, purity; in a levitical sense, τίνος, Heb_9:13. (Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 22; Plato, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καθαρότης katharotēs 1x
cleanness; ceremonial purity, Heb_9:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καθαρότης , -ητος , ἡ
( < καθαρός ),
[in LXX : Exo_24:10 ( H2892 ), Wis_7:24 * ;]
purity, cleanness: c . gen ., Heb_9:13 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καθαρότης [page 311]
A v/A.D. petition, addressed to an unknown preses, P Oxy VI. 904 .2 , begins ἡ τῆς ὑμετέρας δικαιοκρισ [ί ]ας καθαρότης κἀμὲ ἐλεήσει τὸν γεγηρακότα , the purity of your righteous judgement will surely pity me, an old man (Edd.). In ib . I. 67 .6 (A.D. 338) the word is used in a complimentary periphrasis ἅπερ ἀντέγραψεν πρὸς τὴν σὴν ἐπιείκιάν τε καὶ καθαρότητα , which in reply he wrote to your clemency and impartiality (Edd.). See also Michel 545 .18 (ii/B.C.) τὴν . . πίστιν τε καὶ καθα [ρότητα , and cf. Aristeas 234 where it is shown that God is truly honoured οὐ δώροις οὐδὲ θυσίαις , ἀλλὰ , ψυχῆς καθαρότητι καὶ διαλήψεως ὁσίας . For the form καθαρειότης cf. OGIS 339 .14 ( c. B.C. 120) διὰ τὴν ἐν τοῖς πιστευομένοις καθαρειότητα .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
καθαρότης [Etym: from κα^θα^ρός] κα^θα^ρότης, ητος, "cleanness, purity", in moral sense, Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
καθαρότης, -ητος, ἡ
(καθαρός), [in LXX: Exo.24:10 (טֹהַר), Wis.7:24 * ;]
purity, cleanness: with genitive, Heb.9:13.†
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