Strongs Number: G169
- Greek Word
- ἀκάθαρτος
- Transliteration
- akathartos
- Phonetic
- ak-ath'-ar-tos
- Part of Speech
- Adjective
- Strongs Definition
-
impure (ceremonially morally (lewd) or specifically (demonic))
- Thayers Definition
-
1. not cleansed, unclean
a. in a ceremonial sense: that which must be abstained from according to the levitical law
b. in a moral sense: unclean in thought and life
- Origin
- From G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2508 (meaning cleansed)
- Bible Usage
- foul unclean.