καθαρὸς χεῖρας

κᾰθᾰρ-ός, ά, όν, [dialect] Dor. [full] καθαρός Tab.Heracl.1.103, Orph.Fr. 32c.1, [dialect] Aeol. [pref] κόθ- Alc.Supp.7.3; cf. ἀνακαθαίρω, κάθαρσις:

1 physically clean, spotless (not in Il.),

εἵματα Od.6.61

, Archil.12, cf. E.Cyc.35, 562, etc.; of persons, cleanly,

κ. περὶ ἐσθῆτα Arist.VV 1250b28

, cf.Rh. 1416a23 (nisi leg. καθάριος).

2 clear of admixture, clear, pure, esp. of water,

Βορυσθένης ῥέει καθαρὸς παρὰ θολεροῖσι Hdt.4.53

;

κ. ὕδατα E. Hipp. 209

(anap.);

ὕδωρ κ. ζῶν LXXNu.5.17

;

δρόσοι E. Ion96

(anap.);

κ. καὶ διαφανῆ ὑδάτια Pl.Phdr. 229b

;

οὖρον Hp.Epid.1.3

;

διαχώρημα Id.Coac. 640

; κ. φάος, φέγγος, Pi.P.6.14, 9.90;

πνεῦμα κ. οὐρανοῦ E.Hel. 867

;

κ. ἄρτος Hdt.2.40

; of white bread, Wilcken Chr. 30i17 (iii/ii B.C.), LXXJu.10.5, Gal.6.482, 19.137; ἄλευρον κ. Diocl.Fr.139; χρυσίον, ἀργύριον -ώτατον, Hdt.4.166, cf. Theoc.15.36, Ph.1.190, etc.;

σῖτος X.Oec.18.8

;

σῖτος κ. ἀπὸ πάντων PHib.1.84

(a).6 (iv/iii B.C.): freq. of grain, winnowed,

πυρὸς κ. ἄδολος POxy.1124.11

(i A.D.), cf. PTeb.93.36 (ii B.C.), etc.; of metals, etc.,

σίδηρος Sammelb.4481.13

(v A.D.), etc.; ἀρωμάτων, καθαρῶν, λαχάνων, dub. sens. in PLond.2.429.6 (iv A.D.);

ἄκρατος καὶ κ. νοῦς X.Cyr.8.7.30

;

χρόαι Arist.Sens. 440a5

;

φωναί Id.Aud. 801b28

; of feelings, unmixed,

μῖσος τῆς ἀλλοτρίας φύσεως Pl.Mx. 245d

, cf. Thgn.89; serene,

φρήν E.Hipp. 1120

(lyr.).

3 clear of objects, free, ἐν καθαρῷ (sc. τόπῳ ) in an open space,

ἐν κ., ὅθι δὴ νεκύων διεφαίνετο χῶρος Il.8.491

;

ἐν κ., ὅθι κύματ' ἐπ' ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον 23.61

, cf. Ph.2.535 ([comp] Sup.); πάξαις Ἄλτιν ἐν κ. in a clearing, Pi.O.10 (11).45; ἐν κ. βῆναι to leave the way clear, S.OC 1575 (lyr.); ἐν τῷ κ. οἰκεῖν live in the clear sunshine, Pl.R. 520d; διὰ καθαροῦ ῥέειν, of a river whose course is clear and open, Hdt.1.202: with Subst., κελεύθῳ ἐν κ. Pi.O.6.23; χῶρος κ. Hdt.1.132;

ἐν κ. λειμῶνι Theoc.26.5

; ἐν ἡλίῳ κ. in the open sun, opp. σκιά, Pl.Phdr. 239c; ὥς σφι τὸ ἐμποδὼν ἐγεγόνεε κ. was cleared away, Hdt.7.183; κ. ποιεῖσθαι τὰς ἀρκυστασίας set up the nets in open ground, X.Cyn.6.6; freq. of land, free from weeds, etc., παραδώσω τὸν κλῆρον κ. ἀπὸ θρύου καλάμου ἀγρώστεως κτλ. PTeb.105.59 (ii B.C.);

παραδώσω τὰς ἀρούρας κ. ὡς ἔλαβον BGU1018.25

(iii A.D.): c. gen., γλῶσσα καθαρὴ τῶν σημηΐων clear of the marks, Hdt.2.38; καθαρὸν τῶν προβόλων, of a fort, Arr.An.2.21.7; of documents, free from mistakes, POxy.1277.13 (iii A.D.); χειρόγραφον κ. ἀπὸ ἐπιγραφῆς καὶ ἀλείφαδος free from interlineation and erasure, PLond.2.178.13 (ii A.D.).

b metaph., free, clear of debt, liability, etc.,

κ. ἀπὸ δημοσίων καὶ παντὸς εἴδους BGU197.14

(i A.D.); κ. ἀπό τε ὀφειλῆς καὶ ὑποθήκης καὶ παντὸς διεγγυήματος ib.112.11 (i A.D.);

γῆ κ. ἀπὸ γεωργίας βασιλικῆς POxy. 633

(ii A.D.); καθαρὰ ποιῆσαι to give a discharge, PAvrom. 1 A22; in moral sense, free from pollution, καθαρῷ θανάτῳ an honourable death, Od.22.462;

θάνατον οὐ κ., τὸν δι' ἀγχόνης Ph.2.491

;

ψυχαὶ ἀρηΐφατοι καθαρώτεραι ἢ ἐνὶ νούσοις Heraclit.136

; freq. free from guilt or defilement, pure,

χεῖρες A.Eu. 313

(anap.);

καθαρὸς χεῖρας Hdt.1.35

, Antipho5.11, And.1.95;

κ. παρέχειν τινὰ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα καὶ κατὰ τὴν ψυχήν Pl.Cra. 405b

; ἔρχομαι ἐκ κοθαρῶν κοθαρά OrphFr.32c.1,al.; of ceremonial purity, καθαρὰ καὶ ἁγνή εἰμι ἀπό τε τῶν ἄλλων τῶν οὐ καθαρευόντων καὶ ἀπ' ἀνδρὸς συνουσίας Jusj. ap. D.59.78, cf. UPZ78.28 (ii B.C.), LXXNu.8.7,al.;

ἀπὸ τάφου καὶ ἐκφορᾶς καθαροί SIG982.9

(ii B.C.); esp. of persons purified after pollution, ἱκέτης προσῆλθες κ. A.Eu. 474, cf. S.OC 548, etc.; also of things, βωμοί, θύματα, δόμος, μέλαθρα, A.Supp. 654 (lyr.), E. IT 1163, 1231 (troch.), 693: c. gen., clear of or from..,

κ. ἐγκλημάτων Antipho 2.4.11

; ἀδικίας, κακῶν, Pl.R. 496d, Cra. 404a;

ὁ τῶν κακῶν κ. τόπος Id.Tht. 177a

;

κ. τὰς χεῖρας φόνου Id.Lg. 864e

;

Κόρινθον.. ἀποδεῖξαι τῶν μιαιφόνων καθαράν X.HG4.4.6

;

κ. εἰμι ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος πάντων Act.Ap.20.26

, cf. D.C.37.24;

κ. ἀπὸ ὅρκου LXXGe.24.8

; ceremonially pure, of food,

ὄσπριον Hdt.2.37

; of victims, LXXGe.7.2,al., PGen.32.9 (ii A.D.), etc.; κ. ἡμέραι, opp. ἀποφράδες, Pl.Lg. 800d.

c in act. sense, purifying, cleansing,

λέβης Pi.O.1.26

;

θέειον Theoc. 24.96

.

4 of birth, pure, genuine,

σπέρμα θεοῦ Pi.P.3.15

; πόλις E. Ion 673; τῶν Ἀθηναίων ὅπερ ἐστράτευε καθαρὸν ἐξῆλθε, i.e. were citizens of pure blood, Th.5.8; οἱ τῷ γένει μὴ κ. Arist.Ath.13.5; κ. ἀστοί Sch.Ar.Ach. 506; καθαρόν a real, genuine saying, Ar.V. 1015; κ. Τίμων a Timon pure and simple, Id.Av. 1549;

κ. δοῦλος Antiph.9

(glossed by ἀπηκριβωμένος, AB105); ζημία κ., of a person, Alciphro 3.21.

5 of language, pure, ὀνόματα, λέξις, D.H.Comp.1, 3;

διάλεκτος Id.Dem.5

; so of writers, [

Λυσίας] κ. τὴν ἑρμηνείαν Id.Lys.2

; [

Ξενοφῶν] κ. τοῖς ὀνόμασι Id.Pomp.4

; also, clear, simple, σεμνὸς καὶ κ. Jul.Or.2.77a.

b Gramm., preceded by a vowel, pure, D.T. 635.10, 639.5, Hdn.Gr.2.930, al.; containing a 'pure' syllable, ib. 928.

6 without blemish, sound, ὁ κ. στρατός, τὸ κ. τοῦ στρατοῦ, the sound portion of the army, Hdt.1.211,4.135; v. supr. 4.

7 clear, exact, ἂν κ. ὦσιν αἱ ψῆφοι if the accounts are exactly balanced, D.18.227 (sed cf.

καθαιρέω 11.5

).

II Adv. purely,

ἁγνῶς καὶ καθαρῶς h.Ap. 121

, Hes.Op. 337: [comp] Comp.

- ωτέρως Porph.Abst.2.44

.

2 of birth,

κ. γεγονέναι Hdt.1.147

;

αἱ κ. Ἑλληνίδες Sor.1.112

, cf.Luc.Rh. Pr.24.

3 with clean hands, honestly, σὺν δίκῃ.. καὶ κ. Thgn.198; δικαίως καὶ κ. D.9.62;

κ. τε καὶ μετρίως τὸν βίον διεξελθεῖν Pl.Phd. 108c

.

4 clearly, plainly,

λέγειν Ar.V. 631

, cf. E.Rh.35 (anap.);

λέξις κ. καὶ ἀκριβῶς ἔχουσα Isoc.5.4

;

κ. γνῶναι Ar.V. 1045

, Pl.Phd. 66e; εἴσεσθαι ibid.;

καθαρώτατα ἀποδεῖξαι Id.Cra. 426b

.

5 of language, purely, correctly,

- ώτερον διαλέγεσθαι Plu.2.1116e

, cf. Luc.Im.15.

6 entirely, Ar.Av. 591;

κ. τις ὢν ἀόργητος Phld.Ir.p.71

W.;

κ. ἐς ἐφήβους τελεῖν D.C.36.25

, cf. Cod.Just.1.4.34.9: [comp] Sup. - ώτατα in its purest form, Phld.Piet.66.

καθαρίζω (s. next entry; also καθερίζω; s. B-D-F §29, 1; W-S. §5, 20c; Mlt-H. 67) Attic fut. καθαριῶ (Hb 9:14; J 15:2 D; B-D-F §101 s.v. καθαίρειν; s. Mlt-H. 218); 3 sg.-ίσει (Num 30:13 cod. B; Mal 3:3) 1 aor. ἐκαθάρισα, impv. καθάρισον. Pass.: fut. καθαρισθήσομαι LXX; 1 aor. ἐκαθαρίσθην (also ἐκαθερίσθην: Mt 8:3b v.l.; Mk 1:42 v.l.), impv. καθαρίσθητι; pf. 3 sg. κεκαθάρισται (1 Km 20:26; TestJob 43:17), ptc. κεκαθαρισμένος. See Reinhold 38f; Thackeray 74. (H. Gk. substitute for the st. καθαίρω: as agricultural t.t. PLond I 131 recto, 192 p. 175 [78/79 A.D.]; PStras 2, 11; PLips 111, 12. In the ritual sense, mystery ins fr. Andania=SIG 736, 37; likew. 1042, 3; Jos., Ant. 10, 70; 11, 153; 12, 286; Just., Mel., P. 72, 526. The word is also found BGU 1024 IV, 16; EpArist 90 and in var. mngs. in LXX; En 10:20, 22; TestJob; TestReub 4:8; TestLevi 14:6.—Dssm., NB 43f [BS 216f]; in var. senses ‘cleanse, clear [as of an area], purify’)

① to make physically clean, make clean, cleanse τί someth. Mt 23:25f; Lk 11:39. The much-discussed passage καθαρίζων πάντα τὰ βρώματα Mk 7:19 may belong here (so BWeiss; HHoltzmann; Schniewind), but s. 3a below.

② to heal a person of a disease that makes one ceremonially unclean, make clean, heal esp. leprosy

ⓐ τινά make someone clean Mt 8:2; 10:8; Mk 1:40; Lk 5:12; AcPl Ha 8, 36/BMM verso 10; s. also BMM verso 12 and 39 (Mel., P. 72, 526 τοὺς λεπρούς). Pass. (Lev 14:7 al.) Mt 11:5; Mk 1:42; Lk 4:27; 7:22; 17:14, 17; PEg² 37; καθαρίσθητι (cp. 4 Km 5:13) be clean! Mt 8:3a; Mk 1:41; Lk 5:13; 17:14 v.l.; PEg² 38.

ⓑ τί remove someth. by or for the purpose of purification (cp. Od. 6, 93 καθαίρειν ῥύπα; Epict. 2, 16, 44; 3, 24, 13) pass. ἐκαθαρίσθη αὐτοῦ ἡ λέπρα his leprosy disappeared Mt 8:3b.

③ to purify through ritual cleansing, make clean, declare clean

ⓐ a Levitical cleansing of foods make clean, declare clean (cp. Lev 13:6, 23) ἃ ὁ θεὸς ἐκαθάρισεν Ac 10:15; 11:9. Many (Origen; Field, Notes 31f; et al.) prefer to take καθαρίζων πάντα τ. βρώματα Mk 7:19 (s. 1 above) in this sense, regarding the words as an observation of the evangelist or a marginal note by a reader: he (Jesus) (hereby) declares all foods clean.—WBrandt, Jüd. Reinheitslehre u. ihre Beschreibung in den Evang. 1910.

ⓑ of moral and cultic cleansing

α. cleanse, purify fr. sin (LXX) τινά or τί: (τὰς ψυχάς Hippol., Ref. 10, 14, 10) τὴν καρδίαν Hs 6, 5, 2. τὰς καρδίας v 3, 9, 8. χεῖρας Js 4:8; ἑαυτούς Hs 8, 7, 5; τὸ ἐντὸς τ. ποτηρίου the contents of the cup, which must not be acquired in a sinful manner, nor used for a sinful purpose Mt 23:26. ἐλθέτω τὸ ἅγ. πνεῦμά σου ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς κ. καθαρισάτω ἡμᾶς let your Holy Spirit come upon us and make us pure Lk 11:2 v.l. In parable τοὺς λίθους Hs 9, 7, 2 and 6; 9, 8, 4.—Pass. Hv 4, 3, 4. ἅπαξ κεκαθαρισμένους Hb 10:2. καθαρισθήσεται ἡ ἐκκλησία Hs 9, 18, 2; cp. 3. καθαρισθήσομαι 1 Cl 18:7 (Ps 50:9).—τινὰ (τὶ) ἀπό τινος (on the constr. w. ἀπό s. the two pass. fr. SIG at the beg. of that entry; Lev 16:30 καθαρίσαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τ. ἁμαρτιῶν; Ps 18:14; 50:4; Sir 23:10; 38:10 and oft.; En 10:20, 22; PsSol 10:1; 17:22; Jos., Ant. 12, 286; TestReub 4:8; Just., D. 116, 2) κ. τινὰ ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας 1J 1:7; cp. vs. 9; 1 Cl 18:3 (Ps 50:4). κ. ἑαυτὸν ἀπὸ μολυσμοῦ σαρκός cleanse oneself from defilement of the body 2 Cor 7:1. ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης Hm 10, 3, 4. ἀπὸ πάσης ἐπιθυμίας Hs 7:2. τῶν πονηριῶν 8, 11, 3; ἀπὸ τούτου τοῦ δαιμονίου 9, 23, 5. κ. τὴν καρδίαν ἀπὸ τῆς διψυχίας cleanse the heart of doubt m 9:7. ἀπὸ τῶν ματαιωμάτων from vanities 9:4. κ. ἑαυτῶν τὰς καρδίας ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν 12, 6, 5. κ. τὴν συνείδησιν ἡμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων Hb 9:14. Pass. καθαρίζεσθαι ἀπὸ τ. ἁμαρτιῶν Hv 2, 3, 1; ἀπὸ τ. ὑστερημάτων 3, 2, 2a; cp. b and 3, 8, 11.—κ. τινά (τί) τινι (dat. of instr.): τῇ πίστει καθαρίσας (i.e. God) τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν Ac 15:9. Of Christ and the community of Christians καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι Eph 5:26 (OCasel, Jahrb. für Liturgiewiss. 5, 1925, 144ff). Of Christ and baptism ἵνα τῷ πάθει τὸ ὕδωρ καθαρίσῃ so that through (his) suffering he might purify the water IEph 18:2.—καθάρισον ἡμᾶς τὸν καθαρισμὸν τῆς σῆς ἀληθείας purify us w. the cleansing of your truth 1 Cl 60:2.—Of Christ and Christians κ. ἑαυτῷ λαὸν περιούσιον Tit 2:14.—PEg³ 57f.

β. remove by or for the purpose of purification τὶ someth. (s. 2b and cp. Dt 19:13; κεκαθάρισται ἡμῶν ἡ ἀνομία TestJob 43:17) τὰς ἁμαρτίας τινός Hs 5, 6, 2f.

ⓒ Hb 9:22f occupies an intermediate position, since ceremon. purification and moral purification merge, and the former becomes the shadow-image of the latter.

ⓓ set free τινά τινος someone from someth. 1 Cl 16:10 (Is 53:10).—DELG s.v. καθαρός. M-M. EDNT. TW.

μολύνω fut. μολυνῶ SSol 5:3; 1 aor. ἐμόλυνα. Pass.: aor. ἐμολύνθην; pf. ptc. μεμολυμμένος or μεμολυσμένος LXX (‘stain, defile’ Aristoph., Pla. et al.; PSI 1160, 6 [30 B.C.]; LXX; Test12Patr; GrBar).

① to cause someth. to become dirty or soiled, stain, soil (Lucian, Anach. 1; Gen 37:31; SSol 5:3) μεμολυ[μμένος] unclean, unwashed, with the result of not being pure, of one who comes without proper cleansing to a holy site that is otherwise pure (καθαρός) Ox 840, 16. Unsoiled garments as symbol of a spotless life ἃ οὐκ ἐμόλυναν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν Rv 3:4.

② to cause someth. to be ritually impure, defile fig. ext. of 1 (Epict. 2, 8, 13; 2, 9, 17; Porphyr., Abst. 1, 42; Synes., Dreams 10 p. 142d ἀθέων τῶν μολυνάντων τὸ ἐν αὐτοῖς θεῖον; Sir 21:28; Jer 23:11; TestAsh 4:4 τὴν ψυχήν; Orig., C. Cels. 7, 64, 27 τὴν περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων ὑπόληψιν; Hippol., Ref. 9, 23, 4 συνείδησιν ἐπὶ ἀνόμῳ κέρδει; Theoph. Ant. 3, 15 [p. 234, 6]) τ. χεῖρας (Jos., Vi. 244) Ac 5:38 v.l. ἡ συνείδησις … μολύνεται conscience is defiled by eating meat sacrificed to idols 1 Cor 8:7 (Iren. 1, 6, 3 [Harv. I 55, 11]; Amm. Marc. 15, 2 conscientiam polluebat). Esp. of immorality (Theocr. 5, 87; EpArist 152) οἳ μετὰ γυναικῶν οὐκ ἐμολύνθησαν who have not defiled themselves with women Rv 14:4 (on problems connected with this pass. s. RCharles, Comm.).—DELG. M-M. TW.