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 he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of siluer: and he shall purifie the sonnes of Leui, and purge them as gold & siluer, that they may offer vnto the LORD an offring in righteousnes.
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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.
