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Purification, Purity, Purifying
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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is rendered "a cleansing" (akin to No. 4, above), Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14; in Hebrews 1:3 , RV, "purification."
"cleansing," Hebrews 9:13 . See CLEAN , C, No. 2.
denotes "a ceremonial purification," Acts 21:26 , for the circumstances of which with reference to the vow of a Nazirite (RV), see Numbers 6:9-13 .
akin to hagnos, "pure" (see CHASTE), "to purify, cleanse from defilement," is used of "purifying" (a) ceremonially, John 11:55; Acts 21:24,26 (cp. No. 3 above); 24:18; (b) morally, the heart, James 4:8; the soul, 1 Peter 1:22; oneself, 1 John 3:3 .
"to cleanse, make free from admixture," is translated "to purify" in Acts 15:9 , AV (RV, "cleansing"); Titus 2:14; Hebrews 9:23 , AV (RV, "cleansed"). See CLEAN , B, NO. 1.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Purification, Purity, Purifying'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​p/purification-purity-purifying.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Purification, Purity, Purifying'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​p/purification-purity-purifying.html. 1940.