167. akatharsia
Strong's Lexicon
akatharsia: Impurity, uncleanness

Original Word: ἀκαθαρσία
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: akatharsia
Pronunciation: ah-kath-ar-SEE-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (ak-ath-ar-see'-ah)
Definition: Impurity, uncleanness
Meaning: uncleanness, impurity.

Word Origin: Derived from ἀκάθαρτος (akathartos), meaning "unclean" or "impure."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H2932 טֻמְאָה (tum'ah): Often translated as "uncleanness" or "impurity," used in the context of ritual and moral defilement.

- H2931 טָמֵא (tame'): Meaning "unclean," used to describe things that are ceremonially or morally impure.

Usage: The term "akatharsia" refers to a state of moral or physical impurity. In the New Testament, it is often used to describe moral corruption, particularly in the context of sexual immorality, idolatry, and other behaviors that are contrary to God's holiness. It conveys a sense of defilement that separates individuals from the purity and sanctity expected by God.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, concepts of purity and impurity were significant in both religious and social contexts. Jewish law, as outlined in the Old Testament, had strict regulations regarding cleanliness, which were both ceremonial and moral. The early Christian community, emerging from this Jewish context, understood impurity not only in terms of ritual but also as a moral and spiritual condition that needed to be addressed through repentance and sanctification.

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Cognate: 167 akatharsía (from 1 /A "not" and 2513 /katharós, "clean because unmixed, pure") – ritual impurity, caused by leprosy, open infection, child birth, touching a corpse, etc. See 169 (akathartos).

[This use of 167 /akatharsía occurs in the LXX (see Lev 9:6, 12:5, 13:11, etc.).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from akathartos
Definition
uncleanness
NASB Translation
impurity (9), uncleanness (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 167: ἀκαθαρσία

ἀκαθαρσία, (ας, (ἀκάθαρτος) (from Hippocrates down), uncleanness;

a. physical: Matthew 23:27.

b. in a moral sense, the impurity of lustful, luxurious, profligate living: Romans 1:24; Romans 6:19; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 4:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; used of impure motives in 1 Thessalonians 2:3. (Demosthenes, p. 553, 12.) Cf. Tittmann i., p. 150f.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
uncleanness.

From akathartos; impurity (the quality), physically or morally -- uncleanness.

see GREEK akathartos

Forms and Transliterations
ακαθαρσια ακαθαρσία ἀκαθαρσία ἀκαθαρσίᾳ ακαθαρσίαις ακαθαρσιαν ακαθαρσίαν ἀκαθαρσίαν ακαθαρσιας ακαθαρσίας ἀκαθαρσίας ακαθαρσιών akatharsia akatharsía akatharsíāi akatharsian akatharsían akatharsias akatharsías
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Matthew 23:27 N-GFS
GRK: καὶ πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας
NAS: bones and all uncleanness.
KJV: and of all uncleanness.
INT: and of all uncleaness

Romans 1:24 N-AFS
GRK: αὐτῶν εἰς ἀκαθαρσίαν τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι
NAS: of their hearts to impurity, so
KJV: up to uncleanness through the lusts
INT: of them to uncleaness to be dishonored

Romans 6:19 N-DFS
GRK: δοῦλα τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ καὶ τῇ
NAS: as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness,
KJV: servants to uncleanness and
INT: in bondage to uncleanness and to

2 Corinthians 12:21 N-DFS
GRK: ἐπὶ τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ καὶ πορνείᾳ
NAS: and not repented of the impurity, immorality
KJV: of the uncleanness and
INT: of the uncleanness and sexual immorality

Galatians 5:19 N-NFS
GRK: ἐστιν πορνεία ἀκαθαρσία ἀσέλγεια
NAS: are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
KJV: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
INT: are sexual immorality impurity sensuality

Ephesians 4:19 N-GFS
GRK: εἰς ἐργασίαν ἀκαθαρσίας πάσης ἐν
NAS: of every kind of impurity with greediness.
KJV: work all uncleanness with greediness.
INT: for [the] working of uncleaness all with

Ephesians 5:3 N-NFS
GRK: δὲ καὶ ἀκαθαρσία πᾶσα ἢ
NAS: or any impurity or greed
KJV: and all uncleanness, or covetousness,
INT: hoewever and uncleanness all or

Colossians 3:5 N-AFS
GRK: γῆς πορνείαν ἀκαθαρσίαν πάθος ἐπιθυμίαν
NAS: to immorality, impurity, passion,
KJV: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection,
INT: earth sexual immorality uncleanness passion desire

1 Thessalonians 2:3 N-GFS
GRK: οὐδὲ ἐξ ἀκαθαρσίας οὐδὲ ἐν
NAS: or impurity or
KJV: nor of uncleanness, nor in
INT: nor of uncleaness nor in

1 Thessalonians 4:7 N-DFS
GRK: θεὸς ἐπὶ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ ἀλλ' ἐν
NAS: has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.
KJV: us unto uncleanness, but unto
INT: God to uncleanness but in

Strong's Greek 167
10 Occurrences


ἀκαθαρσίᾳ — 5 Occ.
ἀκαθαρσίαν — 2 Occ.
ἀκαθαρσίας — 3 Occ.

















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