κᾰθαρ-ίζω,
future -ιῶ[[ NT.Heb.9.14 ] NT]:—cleanse, θυσιαστήριον [[ LXX.Exo.29.36, cf. NT.Matt.23.25, NT.Act.10.15 ] LXX+NT]; sift grain, [[ “PStrassb.” 2.11 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; prune away, περισσὰ βλαστήματα [[ “PLond.” 1.131r192 (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; clear ground of weeds, etc., [[ “PLips.” 111.12 (4th c.AD)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; keep a precinct clear, ἀπό τινων [[ “IG” 5(1).1390.37 (Andania, 1st c.BC):] Refs 1st c.BC+] —in middle, future -ιοῦμαι, of the menses, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἐπικυήσιος” 43. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of persons, purify, ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας [[ LXX.Sir.38.10; ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ NT.2Cor.7.1; τὴν συνείδησιν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων NT.Heb.9.14 ] LXX+NT]; cleanse from leprosy, [[ NT.Matt.8.2 (and in _passive_, of the disease, [prev. work] 3):—] NT]passive, -ιζέστω ἀπὸ γυναικός κτλ. [[ “IG” 22.1366.4, compare 1365. ] Refs]