Words the Bible translates as clear
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 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
- naqahנָקָהto be clear in a legal sense: free, innocent, or unpunished, and (when someone declares it) to acquit or leave unpunished
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- to be emptied out or swept clean: stripped bare of inhabitants or contents
- naqiנָקִיinnocent: free from guilt or from a claim against you, and so not liable to be punished or held responsible.
- phanerosφανερόςout in the open: visible, evident, and publicly known, as opposed to hidden or secret
- barבַּרsifted clean: someone or something so refined of all that does not belong that it stands out as pure, sincere, choice, or shining
- haplousἁπλοῦςsingle, one-fold: of the eye, sound and clear because it is undivided in what it looks at
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