ἐκ-κᾰθαίρω,
Ion. aor. I- εκάθηρα Hdt. 2.86, Att. -εκάθᾱρα Din. 2.5: -
cleanse out:
1 with acc. of the thing cleansed, clear out, οὐρούς τ’ ἐξεκάθαιρον Il. 2.153; τὴν κοιλίην Hdt.l.c.; μήτρας, ὀδόντας, Hp. Mul. 1.88, Orib. Syn. 5.25.3; χθόνα ἐκκαθαίρει κνωδάλων he clears this land of monsters, A. Supp. 264; τὸν βίον (i.e.the world) Luc. DDeor. 13.1; ἐ.τινά, ὥσπερ ἀνδριάντα, εἰς τὴν κρίσιν clear him of all roughness, polish him up, metaph. from the finishing touches of a sculptor, Pl. R. 361d; ἑαυτὸν ἀπό τινος [2Ti 2:21]; ἐ.λογισμόν clear off an account, Plu. 2.64f: - Pass., to be cleansed, purified, ἐκκεκαθαρμένοι τὰς ψυχάς X. Smp. 1.4, cf. Pl. R. 527d; to be cleared up, explained, Epicur. Ephesians 2 p.36U.
2. with acc. of the thing removed, clear away, Pl. Euthphr. 3a, cf. Arist. HA 625b34; τὸ τοιοῦτον ἐ. γένος Diph. 32.17; τὴν δωροδοκίαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Din.l.c.; κόπρον APl. 4.92.7.
ἐκκαθαίρω ekkathairō 2x
to cleanse thoroughly, purify, [2Ti 2:21]; to purge out, eliminate, [1Co 5:7]
G1571 — ἐκκαθαίρω
: 1 aorist ἐξεκάθαρα (on the ἆ cf. Buttmann, 41 (35)); (ἐκ either equivalent to utterly or for ἐκ τίνος); in Greek writings from Homer, Iliad 2, 153 down; to cleanse out, clean thoroughly: ἐμαυτόν ἀπό τίνος, to avoid defilement from one and so keep oneself pure, [2Ti 2:21]; with the accusative of the thing by the removal of which something is made clean (A. V. purge out), [1Co 5:7]. (For צָרַף equivalent to to cleanse, [Jdg 7:4] variant; for בִּעֵר equivalent to to take away, [Deu 26:13].)
ἐκ - καθαίρω ,
[in LXX for H1197, etc.;]
1. to cleanse thoroughly, cleanse out: c . acc , ἑαυτόν , [2Ti 2:21]; of the impurity removed, ζυμήν , [1Co 5:7]. †