Bible Dictionary

Clean

Free from impurity or acceptable according to a particular standard.

Quick Reference

Total Entries

368

Entry Position

72 of 368

Letter

C

Meaning

Free from impurity or acceptable according to a particular standard.

Key Scriptures

  • Genesis 7:2-8
  • Leviticus 11:1-47
  • Leviticus 14:1-57
  • Psalm 18:20
  • Psalm 24:3-4
  • Psalm 51:10
  • Isaiah 1:16
  • Ezekiel 36:25
  • Matthew 5:8
  • John 15:3
  • Acts 10:14-15
  • 1 John 1:7

Original Language

Hebrew

טָהוֹר

tahor

clean; pure

Greek

καθαρός

katharos

clean; pure

Meaning

Clean means free from impurity or acceptable according to a particular standard.

Biblical Usage

In Scripture, clean describes persons, animals, objects, places, and conditions that are free from specified impurity or are acceptable according to God’s commands.

The term is used in ceremonial, physical, moral, and spiritual contexts throughout the Bible.

Key References

  • Genesis 7:2-8
  • Leviticus 11:1-47
  • Leviticus 14:1-57
  • Psalm 18:20
  • Psalm 24:3-4
  • Psalm 51:10
  • Isaiah 1:16
  • Ezekiel 36:25
  • Matthew 5:8
  • John 15:3
  • Acts 10:14-15
  • 1 John 1:7
  • Unclean
  • Cleansing
  • Purification
  • Pure
  • Holy
  • Defilement

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Scriptures

  • Genesis 7:2-8
  • Leviticus 11:1-47
  • Leviticus 14:1-57
  • Psalm 18:20
  • Psalm 24:3-4
  • Psalm 51:10
  • Isaiah 1:16
  • Ezekiel 36:25
  • Matthew 5:8
  • John 15:3
  • Acts 10:14-15
  • 1 John 1:7

Related Terms

unclean cleansing purification pure holy

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