Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κοθαρός ‎(kotharós) (Doric)
• κόθαρος ‎(kótharos) (Aeolic)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /kaθarós/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaθarós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaθaɾós/

Adjective

καθαρός • ‎(katharós) m ‎(feminine καθαρά, neuter καθαρά); first/second declension

1. clean, clear, pure

Inflection

Derived terms

• καθαίρω ‎(kathaírō)
• καθαρίζω ‎(katharízō)

Descendants

• Dutch: ketter
• English: Cathar
• French: cathare
• German: Ketzer
• Norwegian: kjetter
• Swedish: kättare

References

• καθαρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καθαρός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καθαρός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «καθαρός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «καθαρός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• καθαρός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G2513”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • chaste idem, page 127.
  • clean idem, page 136.
  • clear idem, page 136.
  • guiltless idem, page 379.
  • immaculate idem, page 417.
  • innocent idem, page 442.
  • limpid idem, page 492.
  • open idem, page 574.
  • pellucid idem, page 602.
  • pure idem, page 658.
  • refined idem, page 684.
  • sinless idem, page 778.
  • spotless idem, page 804.
  • stainless idem, page 809.
  • sweet idem, page 848.
  • unashamed idem, page 907.
  • unblemished idem, page 908.
  • uncontaminated idem, page 911.
  • undefiled idem, page 912.
  • unprofaned idem, page 928.
  • unsoiled idem, page 932.
  • unspoiled idem, page 932.
  • unspotted idem, page 932.
  • unstained idem, page 933.
  • unsullied idem, page 933.
  • untainted idem, page 934.
  • virtuous idem, page 954.

Greek

Adjective

καθαρός • ‎(katharós) m ‎(feminine καθαρή, neuter καθαρό)

1. clean, pure, clear
2. (Judaism) kosher

Declension

Related terms

Synonyms

• (pure): αμιγής ‎(amigís, “unadulterated”)
• (clear): αίθριος ‎(aíthrios, “cloudless, sunny”)