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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.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
14 occurrences13 verses9 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Numbers 19:12

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Isaiah 66:17
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 66:17 · retained source text

They that sanctifie themselues, and purifie themselues in the gardens, behinde one tree in the midst, eating swines flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

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Historical definitions

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)