free from guilt

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.

-ά,-όν ⁺ A 90-9-15-32-14=160 Gn 7,2(bis).3(bis).8

clean (of place) Lv 4,12; clean, pure, spotless Zech 3,5; pure Ex 30,35; clear (of admixture), pure Nm 5,17; clean (of pers.) Lv 7,19; free from guilt, clear of debt, pure Nm 8,7; clear (of victims) Gn 7,2; pure, unmixed (of metal) Ex 25,11; pure, honest (of oil) Ex 27,20

καθαρὸς ἀπὸ ὅρκου clear from an oath Gn 24,8; ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ with pure heart Gn 20,6; ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ καθαρᾷ with pure praise Tob 8,15; ἄρτος καθαρός white bread Jdt 10,5; πυρώσω σε εἰς καθαρόν I will purge you by fire Is 1,25

*Jb 11,15 ὥσπερ ὕδωρ καθαρόν as pure water-ממים? or-כמים? for MT ממום without blemish; *Neh 2,20

καθαροί pure-נקיים? for MT נקום we will arise

Cf. DEISSMANN 1897, 24; DODD 1954, 173; DORIVAL 1994, 171-172; HARLÉ 1988, 31; LE BOULLUEC

1989 259.280; WEVERS 1990 402. 404.442.622; 1993 346; →MM; TWNT

καθαρός, ά, όν (s. καθαρίζω; Hom.+)

① pert. to being clean or free of adulterating matter, clean, pure, of a cup Mt 23:26. σινδών clean linen (PGM 4, 1861; 2189; 3095; 5, 217) Mt 27:59. λίνον καθαρὸν λαμπρόν (v.l. λίθον; on this Philo, Mos. 2, 72) Rv 15:6. βύσσινον λαμπρὸν κ. 19:8; cp. vs. 14; ὠμόλινον κ. Hs 8, 4, 1. ὕδωρ pure, clean water (Eur., Hipp. 209; SIG 972, 169; PGM 4, 3252; Ezk 36:25; Philo, Spec. Leg. 3, 58; Mel., Fgm. 8b, 17; 40 P.) Hb 10:22. Of metals (Hdt. 4, 166; Aristot., Meteor. 383b, 1; Theocr. 15, 36 ἀργύριον; Plut., Alex. 684 [32, 9] ἄργυρος; Sb 4481, 13 σίδηρος) χρυσίον κ. pure gold (Diod S 3, 14, 4; Ex 25:31; 2 Ch 3:5) Rv 21:18a, 21; ὕαλος κ. clear crystal vs. 18b. In the fig. lang. of Ignatius, referring to martyrdom, we have the concept κ. ἄρτος (Hdt. 2, 40; Teles p. 40, 11; Dio Chrys. 13 [7], 76 al.; Jur. Pap. 36, 29; POxy 736, 26) pure (wheat) bread, without admixture IRo 4:1. κ. φῶς pure light IRo 6:2.—ὁ λελουμένος ἐστὶν καθαρὸς ὅλος a person who has bathed is clean all over J 13:10a.

② pert. to being cultically/ceremonially pure, ritually pure (ins; PGM 4, 3084; 3085; LXX; Iren. 3, 12, 7 [Harv. II 60, 3]; Did., Gen. 177, 13) of the temple τὸ ἱερὸν … καθαρόν Ox 840, 17f. πάντα καθαρά everything is ritually pure, hence fit for use Ro 14:20; Tit 1:15ac.

③ pert. to being free from moral guilt, pure, free fr. sin (Pind., P. 5, 2; Pla., Rep. 6 p. 496d καθαρὸς ἀδικίας τε καὶ ἀνοσίων ἔργων, Crat. 403e; 405b al.; LXX; PsSol 17:36; EpArist, Philo, Joseph.; TestBenj 8:2f; ἔχειν κ. ψυχήν Theoph. Ant. 1, 2 [p. 60, 22]).

ⓐ of a pers. as entity οἱ καθαροί Tit 1:15b; cp. J 13:10b, 11; 15:3. Christendom is Christ’s λαὸς κ. Hs 9, 18, 4. οἱ καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ (Ps 23:4) Mt 5:8; cp. PEg³ 45 (τῇ καρδίᾳ restored), 47f (καρδίας restored). καθαρὸς τῇ συνειδήσει ITr 7:2b; guiltless Ac 18:6. καθαρά εἰμι ἐγὼ καὶ ἄνδρα οὐ γινώσκω I am guiltless and still a virgin GJs 13:3. ἀπό τινος free from (Ps.-Demosth. 59, 78; Cass. Dio 37, 24, 2. Exx. fr. pap and ins in Dssm., NB 24 [BS 196]; PGM 13, 648; 1004; Gen 24:8; Pr 20:9; Tob 3:14; PsSol 17:36; Jos., Ant. 4, 222; Ath. 12, 3; ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας Orig., C. Cels. 7, 50, 6) ἀπὸ τ. αἵματος (Sus 46 Theod.) Ac 20:26. ἀπὸ ῥύπου 1 Cl 17:4 (Job 14:4). καθαρός εἰμι ἐγὼ ἐξ αὐτῆς I am without guilt as respects her GJs 15:4. Before God ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ 15:3.—Also of the Holy Spirit Hm 5, 1, 2, imagery of brightness.

ⓑ of things related to a pers. as a morally or spiritually responsible being κ. καρδία (Lucian, Nigr. 14 κ. ἦθος; Simplicius in Epict. p. 93, 49 ζωὴ κ.; Gen 20:5; Ps 50:12; cp. κ. ψυχή: Pythagoras in Diog. L. 8, 31; Diod S 12, 20, 2; 13, 29, 6; πνεῦμα κ. Ath. 27:1) 1 Ti 1:5; 2 Ti 2:22; 1 Pt 1:22; B 15:1; 1 Cl 18:10; Hv 3, 9, 8; σάρξ Hs 5, 7, 1; κ. συνείδησις (POslo 17, 10 [136 A.D.]) 1 Ti 3:9; 2 Ti 1:3; 1 Cl 45:7 (cp. κ. συνειδός: Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 203, Praem. 84); θρησκεία κ. Js 1:27. χεῖρες καθαραί (Aeschyl., Eum. 313, also Plut., Pericl. 8, 8; SIG 983, 5; Job 9:30; 22:30; Philo, Virt. 57; Jos., Bell. 5, 380, Ant. 4, 222; Just., D. 12, 3) B 15:1. μετάνοια κ. Hm 2:7; 12, 3, 2. διάνοια 1 Cl 1:8; Hs 4:7. αφ.11.6.14. m 5, 1, 3. ἔντευξιν 10, 3, 3.

④ pert. to being pure ritually and morally, pure, ritual and moral purity merge (Simplicius in Epict. p. 111, 18) Lk 11:41. After a confession of sins καθαρὰ ἡ θυσία ὑμῶν D 14:1, 3. ὁ ἐντὸς θυσιαστηρίου ὢν καθαρός ἐστιν ITr 7:2a.—TWächter, Reinheitsvorschriften im griech. Kult 1910; FPfister, Katharsis.—M-M. Pauly-W. Suppl. IV ’35, 146ff.—DELG. EDNT. TW.

ῥύομαι mid. dep. (Hom.+—Anz 275f; FChase, The Lord’s Prayer in the Early Church: Texts and Studies I/3, 1891, 71ff) fut. ῥύσομαι; 1 aor. ἐ(ρ)ρυσάμην, impv. ῥῦσαι Mt 6:13; pf. 3 sg. ἔρυσται [=εἴρυσται] AcPlCor 1:8. Pass.: fut. ῥυσθήσομαι LXX; 1 aor. ἐ(ρ)ρύσθην (on the spelling w. one ρ or two s. B-D-F §11, 1; 101 p. 48; Mlt-H. 101f; 193) to rescue from danger, save, rescue, deliver, preserve τινά someone (Hippol., Ref. 8, 10, 3; Theoph. Ant. 3, 9 [p. 224, 15]) Mt 27:43; 1 Cl 16:16 (both Ps 21:9); 2 Pt 2:7; 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:17); 22:8 (Ps 33:20) v.l.; 55:6; 2 Cl 6:8 (Ezk 14:18). τινὰ ἀπό τινος rescue, save, deliver, or preserve someone fr. someone or someth. (B-D-F §180; s. also Rob. 517f.—Pr 2:12; Is 25:4; Ezk 37:23; 1 Macc 12:15; PsSol 4:23 al.; TestReub 4:10; JosAs 12:7; ApcSed 16:7; Sib-Or 2, 344; ἀπὸ τῆς πλάνης Orig., C. Cels. 5, 33, 39; Did., Gen. 154, 20) Mt 6:13; Lk 11:4 v.l. (on the subject matter s. Hierocles 25 [ln. 61], 474 Ζεῦ πάτερ, ἦ πολλῶν κε κακῶν λύσειας ἅπαντας); 2 Ti 4:18; 1 Cl 60:3b; D 8:2; 10:5. Pass. Ac 5:15 v.l.; Ro 15:31; 2 Th 3:2; 1 Cl 60:3a. Also τινὰ ἔκ τινος (Anacreon 111 Diehl; Hdt. 5, 49; Diod S 12, 53, 1; hymn to Isis: SEG VIII, 548, 27 [I B.C.]; PBad 48, 3 [126 B.C.] ἐκ πολεμίων; LXX; TestSim 2:8; Jos., Ant. 12, 407; Just., D. 111, 3; Mel., P. 68, 489.—Aristoxenus, Fgm. 113 ῥύεσθαι καὶ ἐρύεσθαι διαφορὰν ἔχει πρὸς ἄλληλα. τὸ μὲν γὰρ ῥύεσθαι ἐκ θανάτου ἕλκειν, τὸ δὲ ἐρύεσθαι φυλάττειν=‘ῥύεσθαι and ἐρύεσθαι are different: ῥ. means rescuing fr. death, but ἐ. to ward off [death]’) 2 Ti 3:11; from death (SibOr 2, 81; Just., D. 111, 3) 2 Cor 1:10a; 1 Cl 56:9 (Job 5:20); 2 Cl 16:4 (w. acc. to be supplied); fr. the power of darkness Col 1:13 (cp. JosAs 15:13 ἐκ τοῦ σκότους); fr. wrath to come 1 Th 1:10; fr. blood-guilt 1 Cl 18:14 (Ps 50:16); fr. all afflictions 22:7 (Ps 33:18); fr. eternal punishment 2 Cl 6:7; fr. temptation 2 Pt 2:9. τίς με ῥύσεται ἐκ τοῦ σώματος τοῦ θανάτου τούτου; who will set me free from this body of death? Ro 7:24. ἐκ δεσμῶν ἐρύσατο τὸν κόσμον ὅλον (God, who) rescued the entire world from its chains AcPl Ha 3, 7. ἐκ χειρὸς ἀνόμου ὁ θεὸς ἐρύσατο τὸν Ἰσραήλ 8, 10. εἴρυσταί σε κύριος ἐκ χειρὸς ἀνόμου the Lord rescues you from a lawless hand AcPlCor 1:8 (on the form Schwyzer I 681 n. 1: ‘praesentisches Perfekt’). Pass. ῥυσθῆναι ἐκ χειρός τινος be rescued from someone’s power Lk 1:74 (cp. Jos., Vi. 83, Ant. 7, 151; JosAs 28:3 ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν τῶν ἀδελφῶν). ἐκ στόματος λέοντος be saved from the jaws of the lion 2 Ti 4:17. ῥ. τινά τινι save someone by someth. (Diod S 13, 64, 6 ἐρρύσατο χρήμασι τὴν ἰδίαν ψυχήν=his life by means of money) 2 Cl 6:9. Also ῥ. τινα διά τινος 1 Cl 55:1. Abs. Mt 27:43 (for a ‘divine’ rescue of a θεοσεβής fr. extreme danger s. Hdt. 1, 86, 2, Croesus on the pyre: Κῦρος βουλόμενος εἰδέναι εἴ τίς μιν δαιμόνων ῥύσεται τοῦ μὴ ζῶντα κατακαυθῆναι=Cyrus wishing to know whether some divinity would rescue (Croesus) from being burned alive. S. also Ps 21:9); 2 Cor 1:10b; AcPl Ha 2, 30. ῥυσθείητε ἀπὸ τούτων ἁπάντων may you be delivered from all these ( men or sins) D 5:2.—Subst. ὁ ῥυόμενος the deliverer Ro 11:26 (Is 59:20); 1 Cl 35:11 (Ps 49:22).—DELG s.v. ἔρυμαι. M-M. EDNT. TW.