καθαρίζω

A. ‐ιῶ Ep.Hebr. 9.14:—cleanse, θυσιαστήριον LXX Ex. 29.36, cf. Ev.Matt. 23.25, Act.Ap. 10.15; sift grain, PStrassb. 2.11 (iii A.D.); prune away, περισσὰ βλαστήματα PLond. 1.131r192 (i A.D.); clear ground of weeds, etc., PLips. 111.12 (iv A.D.); keep a precinct clear, ἀπό τινων IG 5(1).1390.37 (Andania, i B.C.):—in Med., fut. ‐ιοῦμαι, of the menses, Hp. Superf. 43.

II. of persons, purify, ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας LXX Si. 38.10; ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ 2 Ep.Cor. 7.1; τὴν συνείδησιν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων Ep.Hebr. 9.14; cleanse from leprosy, Ev.Matt. 8.2 (and in Pass., of the disease, ib.3):—Pass., ‐ιζέστω ἀπὸ γυναικός κτλ. IG 22.1366.4, cf. 1365.