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Strong's #48 - ἁγνίζω
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- to make pure, purify, cleanse
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ἁγνίζω, fut. ῐῶ (ἀφ-) LXX Numbers 8:6 : pf. ἥγνικα 1 Peter 1:22 : (ἁγνός): —
1. wash off, cleanse away, esp. by water (τὸ πῦρ καθαίρει.. τὸ ὕδωρ ἁγνίζει Plu. 2.263e), λύμαθ' ἁγνίσας ἐμά S. Aj. 655; τινὰ πηγαῖς E. IT 1039.
2. cleanse, purify, χέρας σὰς ἁγνίσας μιάσματος E. HF 1324, cf. Diph. 126.1, LXX Exodus 19:10 : — Med., purify oneself, i[*]. John 3:5, Plu. 2.1105b: — Pass., ἁγνίσθητι Acts 21:24; ἀπὸ οἴνου LXX Numbers 6:3 (Pass.).
3. esp. ἁ. τὸν θανόντα purify the dead by fire, S. Ant. 545: — Pass., σώμαθ' ἡγνίσθη πυρί E. Supp. 1211.
4. sacrifice, E. Fr. 314, IT 705 (Pass.).
5. hallow, consecrate, Aristonous 1.17 (Pass.).
6. burn up, consume, S. Fr. 116; ἐπαστράψας αἰθὴρ ἥγνισε.. ἱστορίαν AP 7.49 (Bianor).
ἁγνίζω; 1 aorist ἥγνισα; perfect participle active ἠγνικώς; passive ἡγνισμένος; 1 aorist passive ἡγνίσθην (Winer's Grammar, 252 (237)); (ἁγνός); to purify;
1. ceremonially: ἐμαυτόν, John 11:55 (to cleanse themselves from levitical pollution by means of prayers, abstinence, washings, sacrifices); the passive has a reflexive force, to take upon oneself a purification, Acts 21:24, 26; Acts 24:18 (הזּיר, Numbers 6:3), and is used of Nazarites or those who had taken upon themselves a temporary or a life-long vow to abstain from wine and all kinds of intoxicating drink, from every defilement and from shaving the head (cf. BB. DD. under the word
2. morally: τάς καρδίας, James 4:8; τάς ψυχάς, 1 Peter 1:22; ἑαυτόν, 1 John 3:3. (Sophocles, Euripides, Plutarch, others.)
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ἁγνίζω
(<ἁγνός ),
[in LXX always ceremonially, chiefly for H6942;]
to purify, cleanse from defilement;
(a) ceremonially: John 11:55, Acts 21:24; Acts 21:26; Acts 24:18;
(b) morally: James 4:8, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 John 3:3.†
SYN.: καθαρίζω G2511, q.v. (and see ἁγνός G53).
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The verb occurs in the Leyden Papyrus magica (ed. Dieterich) VI. 36 ποιήσας βόθρον ἐπὶ ἡγνισμένῳ τόπῳ. For the subst. see Syll 879.18 f. (end of iii/B.C.) τὸν δὲ γυναικονόμον τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου αἱρούμενον τοῖς ἁγνισμοῖς κτλ. Cf. Anz Subsidia, p. 283.
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