Strong’s G1245 · Greek
διακαθαρίζω
diakatharízō · dee-ak-ath-ar-id'-zo
Origin from διά (G1223) and καθαρίζω (G2511);
Meaning to cleanse perfectly, i.e. (specially) winnow
In the King James Version thoroughly purge.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Luke 3:17Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.