Words the Bible translates as clean
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- katharosκαθαρόςclean or pure: free of anything that stains, defiles, or disqualifies, from literal dirt to inner corruption
- katharizōκαθαρίζωto make clean: to remove what defiles a body, an object, or a person
- tahorטָהוֹרclean: free of whatever would defile it, so that it may be used, approached, or trusted
- zakhזַךְpure in the sense of unmixed: containing nothing foreign, spoiling, or blameworthy
- zakhahזָכָהto be clear of guilt when the question is put, or to keep a heart or a life clear of it
- barבַּרsifted clean: someone or something so refined of all that does not belong that it stands out as pure, sincere, choice, or shining
- ḥaphחַףcleannot studied yet
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