Words the Bible translates as purge
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kipherכִּפֶּרto make atonement: to set right the damage that sin or impurity has done, by a ritual, a payment, or an equivalent life, so that the offender and the holy place are cleared and God's anger turned away.
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- to coat with pitch, to smear something over with tar to make it watertight.
- ba'arבָּעַרto burn: to be on fire, to set alight, and so to consume, eat down, or sweep something completely away
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- to be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
- bararבָּרַרto sift out the good from the bad, leaving what is pure, clean, or choice
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