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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #48 - ἁγνίζω

Transliteration

hagnízō

Phonetics

hag-nid'-zo

Origin

from (G53)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

1:123,19

Definition

Thayer's

ceremonially
1. to make pure, purify, cleanse
morally

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2398 ‑ חָטָא (khaw‑taw'); 2891 ‑ טָהֵר (taw‑hare'); 5144 ‑ נָזַר (naw‑zar'); 6942 ‑ קָדַשׁ (kaw‑dash'); 6944 ‑ קֹדֶשׁ (ko'‑desh);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (7)

John

Acts

James

1 Peter

1 John

NAS (7)

John

Acts

James

1 Peter

1 John

HCS (7)

John

Acts

James

1 Peter

1 John

BSB (7)

John

Acts

James

1 Peter

1 John

ESV (7)

John

Acts

James

1 Peter

1 John

WEB (7)

John

Acts

James

1 Peter

1 John

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

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).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

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.

List of Word Forms

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