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cleanse

Meaning of “cleanse”

To make clean or pure; to remove filth, defilement, guilt, or ceremonial uncleanness.

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33 occurrences32 verses14 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 29:36

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Ezekiel 39:14
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:14 · retained source text

And they shall seuer out men of continual emploiment, passing through the land, to burie with the passengers those that remaine vpon the face of the earth to clense it: after the end of seuen moneths shall they search.

1611 marginal noteHeb. men of continuance.

Ezekiel 39:16
And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:16 · retained source text

And also the name of the citie shall be Hamonah: thus shal they clense the land.

1611 marginal noteThat is, the multitude.

Ezekiel 43:20
And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 43:20 · retained source text

And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the foure hornes of it, and on the foure corners of the settle, and vpon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.

Ezekiel 43:22
And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 43:22 · retained source text

And on the second day thou shalt offer a kidde of the goats without blemish for a sinne offering, and they shall cleanse the Altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullocke.

Ezekiel 45:18
Thus saith the Lord God; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 45:18 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD God, In the first moneth, in the first day of the moneth, thou shalt take a yong bullock without blemish, and clense the Sanctuarie.

Joel 3:21
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 3:21 · retained source text

For I wil cleanse their blood, that I haue not cleansed, for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

1611 marginal noteOr, Euen I the LORD that dwelleth in Zion.

Matthew 23:26
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
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1611 witness · Matthew 23:26 · retained source text

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may bee cleane also.

2 Corinthians 7:1
HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 7:1 · retained source text

¶ Hauing therefore these promises (dearely beloued) let vs cleanse our selues from all filthines of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holinesse in the feare of God.

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