Strong's Concordance hagnizó: to purify, cleanse from defilement Original Word: ἁγνίζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hagnizó Phonetic Spelling: (hag-nid'-zo) Short Definition: I cleanse, purify Definition: I cleanse, purify, either ceremonially, actually, or morally. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 48: ἁγνίζωἁγνίζω; 1 aorist ἥγνισα; perfect participle active ἠγνικώς; passive ἡγνισμένος; 1 aorist passive ἡγνίσθην (Winer's Grammar, 252 (237)); (ἁγνός); to purify; 1. ceremonially: ἐμαυτόν, John 11:55 (to cleanse themselves from levitical pollution by means of prayers, abstinence, washings, sacrifices); the passive has a reflexive force, to take upon oneself a purification, Acts 21:24, 26; Acts 24:18 (הזּיר, Numbers 6:3), and is used of Nazarites or those who had taken upon themselves a temporary or a life-long vow to abstain from wine and all kinds of intoxicating drink, from every defilement and from shaving the head (cf. BB. DD. under the word 2. morally: τάς καρδίας, James 4:8; τάς ψυχάς, 1 Peter 1:22; ἑαυτόν, 1 John 3:3. (Sophocles, Euripides, Plutarch, others.) From hagnos; to make clean, i.e. (figuratively) sanctify (ceremonially or morally) -- purify (self). see GREEK hagnos Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 487 Occurrences ἁγνίσατε — 1 Occ. ἁγνίσωσιν — 1 Occ. ἁγνίσθητι — 1 Occ. ἁγνισθεὶς — 1 Occ. ἁγνίζει — 1 Occ. ἡγνικότες — 1 Occ. ἡγνισμένον — 1 Occ. John 11:55 V-ASA-3P GRK: πάσχα ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυτούς NAS: the Passover to purify themselves. KJV: the passover, to purify themselves. INT: passover that they might purify themselves Acts 21:24 V-AMP-2S Acts 21:26 V-APP-NMS Acts 24:18 V-RPM/P-AMS James 4:8 V-AMA-2P 1 Peter 1:22 V-RPA-NMP 1 John 3:3 V-PIA-3S |