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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1245. διακαθαρίζω (diakatharizo) -- To thoroughly cleanse, to purify completely</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1245.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/mark/5-20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1245.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1245</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1244.htm" title="1244">◄</a> 1245. diakatharizo <a href="../greek/1245a.htm" title="1245a">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">diakatharizo: To thoroughly cleanse, to purify completely</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">διακαθαρίζω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>diakatharizo<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>dee-ah-kath-ar-ID-zo<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(dee-ak-ath-ar-id'-zo)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To thoroughly cleanse, to purify completely<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I cleanse thoroughly.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek preposition "διά" (dia, meaning "through" or "thoroughly") and "καθαρίζω" (katharizō, meaning "to cleanse" or "to purify").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent concepts can be found in words like טָהֵר (taher, Strong's H2891), meaning "to be clean" or "to purify," and זָכָה (zakah, Strong's H2135), meaning "to be clear" or "to be pure."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb διακαθαρίζω (diakatharizō) conveys the action of cleansing or purifying something thoroughly. It implies a complete and comprehensive purification process, often used in a spiritual or moral context. This term is used to describe the act of making something entirely clean, free from impurities or defilement.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Greek world, purification was a significant concept, both in religious and secular contexts. Ritual cleansing was a common practice in Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures, often associated with preparing oneself or objects for worship or sacred activities. The idea of thorough cleansing would resonate with early Christian audiences familiar with Jewish purification rites and the moral emphasis on holiness and purity.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>1245</b> <i>diakatharízō</i> (from <a href="/greek/1223.htm">1223</a> <i>/diá</i>, "thoroughly," which intensifies <a href="/greek/2511.htm">2511</a> <i>/katharízō</i>, "cleanse") – properly, <i>thoroughly</i> cleanse (literally, "purge back-and-forth, all the way across"). </p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1245: διακαθαίρω</span><br><br> <p>[<span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">διακαθαίρω</span></span>: 1 aorist <span class="greek2">διεκαθαρα</span> (un-Attic and later form; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Moeris</span>, edition Piers., p. 137; <span class="abbreviation">Lob. ad Phryn.</span>, p. 25; <span class="abbreviation">Veitch</span>, under the word <span class="greek2">καθαίρω</span>), infinitive <span class="greek2">διακαθᾶραι</span>; <span class="accented">to cleanse</span> (thoroughly, cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">διά</span></span>, C. 2 i. e.) <span class="accented">thoroughly</span>: <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-17.htm">Luke 3:17</a> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> marginal reading <span class="manuref">Tr</span> marginal reading; for <span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="greek2">διακαθαρίζω</span>. (From <span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span> and <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span> down.)<FOOTNOTE:1>] <p><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1245: διακαθαρίζω</span><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">διακαθαρίζω</span></span>: future <span class="greek2">διακαθαριω</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 37 (32); <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 13, 1 c.; <span class="manuref">WH</span>s Appendix, p. 163); <span class="accented">to cleanse thoroughly,</span> (<span class="manuref">Vulg.</span><span class="latin">permundo</span>): <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ἅλωνα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-17.htm">Luke 3:17</a> (<span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> etc. <span class="greek2">διακαθᾶραι</span>, which see). (Not found in secular authors, who use <span class="greek2">διακαθαίρω</span>, as <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ἅλω</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Alciphron</span>, epistles 3, 26.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>thoroughly purge. <p>From <a href="/greek/1223.htm">dia</a> and <a href="/greek/2511.htm">katharizo</a>; to cleanse perfectly, i.e. (specially) winnow -- thoroughly purge. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1223.htm">dia</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2511.htm">katharizo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>διακαθαραι διακαθᾶραι διακαθαριει διακαθαριεί διακαθαριεῖ διακαθιζάνης διέκαμψεν diakatharai diakathârai diakathariei diakatharieî<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 3:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-FIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτοῦ καὶ <b>διακαθαριεῖ</b> τὴν ἅλωνα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is in His hand, <span class="itali">and He will thoroughly clear</span> His threshing floor;<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">he will throughly purge</span> his<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of him and <span class="itali">he will clear</span> the threshing floor<p><b><a href="/text/luke/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 3:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active">V-ANA</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">χειρὶ αὐτοῦ <b>διακαθᾶραι</b> τὴν ἅλωνα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is in His hand <span class="itali">to thoroughly clear</span> His threshing floor,<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">he will throughly purge</span> his<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> hand of him <span class="itali">he will clear</span> the threshing floor<p><b><a href="/greek/1245.htm">Strong's Greek 1245</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1245.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/diakatharai_1245.htm">διακαθᾶραι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/diakathariei_1245.htm">διακαθαριεῖ — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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