◄ 2508. kathairó ►
Strong's Lexicon kathairó: To cleanse, to purify, to prune Original Word: καθαίρω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kathairó Pronunciation: kath-ah-ee'-ro Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ah'-ee-ro) Definition: To cleanse, to purify, to prune Meaning: I cleanse, purify, prune. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2508 kathaírō – make clean by purging (removing undesirable elements); hence, "pruned (purged)"; eliminating what is fruitless by purifying (making unmixed). See 2513 (katharos). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from katharos Definition to cleanse NASB Translation prunes (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2508: καθαίρω καθαίρω; perfect passive participle κεκαθαρμενος; (καθαρός); to cleanse, properly, from filth, impurity, etc.; trees and vines (from useless shoots), to prune, John 15:2 (δένδρα ... ὑποτεμνομενα καθαίρεται, Philo de agric. § 2 (cf. de somniis ii. § 9 middle)); metaphorically, from guilt, to expiate: passive Hebrews 10:2 R G (see καθαρίζω, at the beginning) (Jeremiah 13:27; and so in Greek writings from Herodotus down). (Compare: διακαθαίρω, ἐκκαθαίρω.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance purge. From katharos; to cleanse, i.e. (specially) to prune; figuratively, to expiate -- purge. see GREEK katharos Forms and Transliterations εκάθαιρε καθαιρει καθαίρει καθαιρείται κεκαθαρμένους kathairei kathaírei Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance John 15:2 V-PIA-3S GRK: καρπὸν φέρον καθαίρει αὐτὸ ἵνα NAS: fruit, He prunes it so KJV: fruit, he purgeth it, INT: fruit bears he prunes it that Strong's Greek 2508 1 Occurrence καθαίρει — 1 Occ.