Dictionaries :: Purification, Purify, Purifying

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Purification, Purify, Purifying:

is rendered "a cleansing" (akin to No. 4, above), Mar 1:44; Luk 5:14; in Hbr 1:3, RV, "purification."

Purification, Purify, Purifying:

"cleansing," Hbr 9:13.
See CLEAN, C, No. 2.

Purification, Purify, Purifying:

denotes "a ceremonial purification," Act 21:26, for the circumstances of which with reference to the vow of a Nazirite (RV), see Num 6:9-13.

Purification, Purify, Purifying:

akin to hagnos, "pure" (see CHASTE), "to purify, cleanse from defilement," is used of "purifying"

(a) ceremonially, Jhn 11:55; Act 21:24, 26 (cp. No. 3 above); 24:18;

(b) morally, the heart, Jam 4:8; the soul, 1Pe 1:22; oneself, 1Jo 3:3.

Purification, Purify, Purifying:

"to cleanse, make free from admixture," is translated "to purify" in Act 15:9, AV (RV, "cleansing"); Tts 2:14; Hbr 9:23, AV (RV, "cleansed").
See CLEAN, B, No. 1.