02508

@LINK καθαίρω

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2508. καθαίρω [καθαρός] I. of the person or thing purified, to make pure or clean, cleanse, clean, purge, καθήραντες χρόα ὕδατι Od.:— to purge, clear a land of monsters and robbers, Soph.
2. in religious sense, to cleanse, purify, [δέπας] ἐκάθηρε θεείωι purified it by fumigating with sulphur, Il.; καθ. τινὰ φόνου to purify him from blood, Hdt.; Δῆλον κ. id=Hdt.:—Mid. to purify oneself, get purified, id=Hdt.; οἱ φιλοσοφίαι καθηράμενοι Plat.:—so Pass., κεκαθαρμένος id=Hdt.
3. to prune a tree, i. e. clear it of superfluous wood, NTest.
4. metaph., = μαστιγόω, like our vulgar phrase "to rub down, " Theocr.
II. of the thing removed by purification, to purge away, wash off or away, λύματα Il.; ῥύπα Od.; φόνον Aesch.
III. c. dupl. acc., αἷμα κάθηρον Σαρπηδόνα cleanse Sarpedon of blood, wash the blood off him, Il.:—Pass., φόνον καθαρθείς Hdt.

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2508. καθαίρω kaqaivrw kathairo {kath-ah'-ee-ro}
from 2513; to cleanse, i.e. (specially) to prune; figuratively, to expiate:--purge. see GREEK for 2513

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2508 chalaq khal-awk'

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to 2505; a
part:--portion.
see HEBREW for 02505