A-1 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g169 | Greek: akathartos |
Unclean:
"unclean, impure" (a, negative, kathairo, "to purify"), is used
(a) of "unclean" spirits, frequently in the Synoptists, not in John's gospel; in Act 5:16; 8:7; Rev 16:13; 18:2 (in the 2nd clause the birds are apparently figurative of destructive Satanic agencies);
(b) ceremonially, Act 10:14, 28; 11:8; 1Cr 7:14;
(c) morally, 2Cr 6:17, including (b), RV; "no unclean thing;" Eph 5:5; Rev 17:4, RV, "the unclean things" (AV follows the text which have the noun akathartes, "the filthiness").
A-2 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g2839 | Greek: koinos |
Unclean:
"common," is translated "unclean" in Rom 14:14 (thrice); in Rev 21:27, RV (AV, "that defileth," follows the inferior texts which have the verb koinoo: see B).
See COMMON, DEFILE, C, UNHOLY, No. 2.
B-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g2840 | Greek: koinoo |
Unclean:
to make koinos, "to defile," is translated "unclean" in Hbr 9:13, AV, where the perfect participle, Passive, is used with the article, hence the RV, "them that have been defiled."
See DEFILE, A, No. 1.
C-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g167 | Greek: akatharsia |
Unclean:
akin to A, No. 1, denotes "uncleanness,"
(a) physical, Mat 23:27 (instances in the papyri speak of tenants keeping houses in good condition);
(b) moral, Rom 1:24; 6:19; 2Cr 12:21; Gal 5:19; Eph 4:19; 5:3; Col 3:5; 1Th 2:3 (suggestive of the fact that sensuality and evil doctrine are frequently associated); 1Th 4:7.
Note: In 2Pe 2:10, AV, miasmos, "a defilement," is rendered "uncleanness;" see DEFILEMENT, B, No. 2.
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