Purification, Purity, Purifying
is rendered "a cleansing" (akin to No. 4, above), Mar 1:44, Luk 5:14; in Heb 1:3, RV, "purification."
"cleansing," Heb 9:13. See CLEAN, C, No. 2. denotes "a ceremonial purification," Act 21:26, for the circumstances of which with reference to the vow of a Nazirite (RV), see Num 1:6-13. akin to hagnos, "pure" (see CHASTE), "to purify, cleanse from defilement," is used of "purifying" (a) ceremonially, Joh 11:55, Act 21:24, Act 21:26 (cp. No. 3 above); Act 24:18; (b) morally, the heart, Jam 4:8; the soul, 1Pe 1:22; oneself, 1Jo 3:3. "to cleanse, make free from admixture," is translated "to purify" in Act 15:9, AV (RV, "cleansing"); Tit 2:14, Heb 9:23, AV (RV, "cleansed"). See CLEAN, B, NO. 1.
