Numbers 19:12
He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
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Purify
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James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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6 occurrences in 5 verses.
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חָטָא
châṭâʼ · khaw-taw'
7 times translated as this KJV form238 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
Strong's KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 19:12Strong's last: Job 41:25
Open full H2398 profile →טָהֵר
ṭâhêr · taw-hare'
3 times translated as this KJV form94 total Strong's occurrences
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
Strong's KJV usage: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 66:17Strong's last: Malachi 3:3
Open full H2891 profile →ἁγνίζω
hagnízō · hag-nid'-zo
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to make clean, i.e. (figuratively) sanctify (ceremonially or morally)
Strong's KJV usage: :--purify (self).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 11:55Strong's last: James 4:8
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katharízō · kath-ar-id'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
to cleanse (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(make) clean(-se), purge, purify.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Titus 2:14Strong's last: Titus 2:14
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H2398
He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
H2398
He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
H2398
And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
H2398
But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
H2398
And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
H2398
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
H2398
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
H2891
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
H2891
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
H2891
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
G48
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
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Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
G2511
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
G48
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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purify
PU'RIFY, verb transitive [Latin purifico; purus, pure, and facio, to make.]
1. To make pure or clear; to free from extraneous admixture; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.
2. To free from pollution ceremonially; to remove whatever renders unclean and unfit for sacred services.
Purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day purify all your raiment. Numbers 31:19.
3. To free from guilt or the defilement of sin; as, to purify the heart.
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Titus 2:14.
4. To clear form improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.
PU'RIFY, verb intransitive To grow or become pure or clear. Liquors will gradually purify
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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