Greek verb · G48
ἁγνίζω
hagnizohag-nid'-zo
to purify
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hagnízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G48is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G48
to make clean, i.e. (figuratively) sanctify (ceremonially or morally)
The King James renders it: purify (self).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hagnizo is rendered "to purify". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 11:55Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
John 11:55ἁγνίσωσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- do be purified1
- do purify1
- having been purified1
- having purified1
- purified1
- purifies1
- they may purify1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἁγνισμός | hagnismos | purification | Uses1 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἁγνίζει1
- ἁγνίσατε1
- ἁγνισθεὶς1
- ἁγνίσθητι1
- ἁγνίσωσιν1
- ἡγνικότες1
- ἡγνισμένον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-AAS-3P
- verb · aorist passive, command · 2nd person singular1V-APM-2S
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-APP-NSM
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-RAP-NPM
- verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-RPP-ASM
John
one use
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- ἁγνίσωσινhagnisosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may purify
Acts
three uses
Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.
- ἁγνίσθητιhagnisthetiverb · aorist passive, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do be purified
So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.
- ἁγνισθεὶςhagnistheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been purified
At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia
- ἡγνισμένονhegnismenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: purified
James
one use
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- ἁγνίσατεhagnisateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do purify
1 Peter
one use
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- ἡγνικότεςhegnikotesverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having purified
1 John
one use
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
- ἁγνίζειhagnizeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: purifies
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.