Word

ἐκκαθαίρω

ekkathaírō · G1571 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to clean out, to clean away

To make clean by removing that which is unclean

Examples
1 Corinthians 5:7 Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed.
2 Timothy 2:21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be an implement for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

τὶςsomeone 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
ζύμηleaven, yeast 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀπόfrom+ οὗτοςthis 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To clean out, to clean away79.50: Used in 1 Corinthians 5:7, where believers are told to clean out the old leaven so that they may be a new lump, and in 2 Timothy 2:21, of one who cleanses himself from the things dishonorable to become a vessel for honorable use.

Word family 11 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

καθαρός katharós · G2513 · clean, clear, pure · 26×ἀκάθαρτος akáthartos · G169 · defiled, ritually unclean · 31×καθαρίζω katharízō · G2511 · to make clean, to cleanse, to clean · 31×ἀκαθαρσία akatharsía · G167 · impurity, immorality, filthiness · 10×καθαρισμός katharismós · G2512 · cleansing, purification · 7×διακαθαρίζω diakatharízō · G1245 · to clean, to clean off, to clean thoroughly · 2×ἐκκαθαίρωekkathaírō · G1571καθαίρω kathaírō · G2508 · to make clean, to cleanse, to clean · 1×καθαρότης katharótēs · G2514 · cleansing, purification · 1×περικάθαρμα perikátharma · G4027 · offscourings, garbage, scum · 1×ἀκαθάρτης akathártēs · G168 · impurity, morally · 0×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist ἐξεκάθαρα (on the ἆ cf. Buttmann, 41 (35)); (ἐκ either equivalent to utterly…

: 1 aorist ἐξεκάθαρα (on the ἆ cf. Buttmann, 41 (35)); (ἐκ either equivalent to utterly or for ἐκ τίνος); in Greek writings from Homer, Iliad 2, 153 down; to cleanse out, clean thoroughly: ἐμαυτόν ἀπό τίνος, to avoid defilement from one and so keep oneself pure, 2 Tim 2:21; with the accusative of the thing by the removal of which something is made clean (A. V. purge out), 1 Cor 5:7. (For צָרַף equivalent to to cleanse, Judg 7:4 variant; for בִּעֵר equivalent to to take away, Deut 26:13.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Clean, Dirty2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0