Bible Dictionaries
Purge

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

PURGE . To ‘purge’ in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] is simply to ‘cleanse or purify,’ as Psalms 51:7 ‘Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean’; Mark 7:19 ‘purging all meats,’ i.e. making all food ceremonially clean.

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Purge'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​p/purge.html. 1909.