Purification, Purity, Purifying - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Purification, Purity, Purifying
[ A-1,Noun,G2512, katharismos ]is rendered a cleansing" (akin to No. 4, above), Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14; in Hebrews 1:3, RV, "purification."
[ A-2,Noun,G2514, katharotes ]
"cleansing," Hebrews 9:13. See CLEAN, C, No. 2.
[ A-3,Noun,G49, hagnismos ]
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-Numbers 6:13.
[ B-1,Verb,G48, hagnizo ]
akin to hagnos, "pure" (See CHASTE), "to purify, cleanse from defilement," is used of "purifying"
(a) ceremonially, John 11:55; Acts 21:24, Acts 21:26 (cp. No. 3 above); Acts 24:18;
(b) morally, the heart, James 4:8; the soul, 1 Peter 1:22; oneself, 1 John 3:3.
[ B-2,Verb,G2511, katharizo ]
"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.