Words the Bible translates as pure
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 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
- tahorטָהוֹרclean: free of whatever would defile it, so that it may be used, approached, or trusted
- hagnosἁγνόςpure and undefiled: morally clean and free from anything that would disqualify a person from coming before God, often with an overtone of chastity or sincerity
- zakhזַךְpure in the sense of unmixed: containing nothing foreign, spoiling, or blameworthy
- amiantosἀμίαντοςpurenot studied yet
- derorדְּרוֹרa proclaimed release: a public announcement that people enslaved for debt go free and that forfeited family land goes back to the households it came from.
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- free-flowing: of myrrh, the resin that seeps out of the tree on its own.
- 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
- eilikrinēsεἰλικρινήςpurenot studied yet
- pistikosπιστικόςpurenot studied yet
- adolosἄδολοςpurenot studied yet
- neqeנְקֵאpurenot studied yet
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