KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To make or declare ceremonially clean. Sense 2: To cleanse from moral defilement. Sense 3: To refine as metal.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Numbers 19:12
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
¶ And the Iewes Passeouer was nigh at hand, and many went out of the countrey vp to Hierusalem before the Passeouer to purifie themselues.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To make pure or clear; to free from ceremonial pollution; to free from guilt or the defilement of sin.
