KJV dictionary & concordance

purify

Meaning of “purify”

Sense 1: To make or declare ceremonially clean. Sense 2: To cleanse from moral defilement. Sense 3: To refine as metal.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

14 occurrences13 verses9 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Numbers 19:12

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Acts 21:24

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Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Acts 21:24 · retained source text

Then take, and purifie thy selfe with them, & bee at charges with them, that they may shaue their heads: and all may know that those things wherof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou thy selfe also walkest orderly, and keepest the Law.

1611 marginal noteNum. 6.18. chap. 18.18.

Complete reference index — all 13 verses

Numbers 19:12 Numbers 19:19 Numbers 19:20 Numbers 31:19 Numbers 31:20 Job 41:25 Isaiah 66:17 Ezekiel 43:26 Malachi 3:3 John 11:55 Acts 21:24 Titus 2:14 James 4:8

Where “purify” appears

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Numbers6 occurrences
5 verses Job1 occurrence
1 verse Isaiah1 occurrence
1 verse Ezekiel1 occurrence
1 verse Malachi1 occurrence
1 verse John1 occurrence
1 verse Acts1 occurrence
1 verse Titus1 occurrence
1 verse James1 occurrence
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Definition evidence

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Numbers 19:12 Numbers 19:20 Numbers 31:19 Job 41:25 Ezekiel 43:26 John 11:55 Acts 21:24 James 4:8

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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To make pure or clear; to free from ceremonial pollution; to free from guilt or the defilement of sin.

volume 2, leaf 392, column 1 (main_dictionary)