ἀκάθαρτος
akathartos (G0169)
unclean
AI Word Study
The Greek word ἀκάθαρτος (akathartos) is defined as "unclean." It is a term that falls within the semantic domain of Sin & Righteousness, indicating its connection to moral or ritual impurity. The word appears 32 times in the Bible, demonstrating its significance in the Greek text. The range of usage for ἀκάθαρτος is broad, encompassing both physical and spiritual contexts. It can refer to ritual impurity, such as touching a dead body or being in contact with something considered unclean, as well as moral impurity, like engaging in sinful behavior. This versatility highlights the interconnectedness of physical and spiritual purity in the biblical worldview. The significance of ἀκάθαρτος lies in its emphasis on the importance of maintaining a state of moral and ritual purity. The word serves as a reminder that human actions have consequences and that individuals must strive to live in accordance with divine standards. By examining the occurrences of ἀκάθαρτος in the Bible, we can gain a deeper understanding of the biblical authors' concerns with purity and their expectations for human behavior.
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He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.
Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, “You are the Son of God!”
—because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
For he said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”
In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.
For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bonds apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
The multitude also came together from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits: and they were all healed.
For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.
But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;
The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth.
He cried with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!