Define

• Ritually and morally pure; permitted to approach God’s presence or be used in sacred service.

• Hebrew: ṭāhôr (טָהוֹר) - clean, pure

• Greek: katharós (καθαρός) - clean, pure” (both ritual and moral)

Related words

• Common
• Holy
• Unclean

Additional Info

• Unclean, Common, Clean, Holy
• Clean animals (Gen 7:2; Lev 11; Deut 14)
• Clean people may eat from sacrifices (Lev 7:19–20)
• Cleansing rituals (water of purification, time, washing, sacrifice)
• Jesus “cleanses” lepers (Mark 1:40–42); moral cleansing by the word/blood (John 15:3; 1 John 1:7–9)

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