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Strong's G48 ἁγνίζω (hagnizo)

Hagnizo means “make clean” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H48 — abiram in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G48
Language Greek
Linked Usages 36
Books 15

Strong's G48 Quick Answer

Strong's G48 ἁγνίσωσιν is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hagnizo (hag-nid'-zo) v. 1. to make clean 2. (figuratively) to sanctify (ceremonially or morally) It has 36 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include purify and purifying. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
hagnizo (hag-nid'-zo) v. 1. to make clean 2. (figuratively) to sanctify (ceremonially or morally)
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
purify and purifying

Meaning and Definition

hagnizo (hag-nid'-zo) v. 1. to make clean 2. (figuratively) to sanctify (ceremonially or morally) [from G53] KJV: purify (self) Root(s): G53

Original Word
ἁγνίσωσιν
Morphology
V-AAS-3P

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G48. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to purify

Usage: ἁγνίζω (> ἁγνός), [in LXX always ceremonially, chiefly for קָדַשׁ ;] to purify, cleanse from defilement; __(a) ceremonially: Jhn.11:55, Act.21:24, 26 24:18; __(b) morally: Jas.4:8, 1Pe.1:22, 1Jn.3:3. † SYN.: καθαρίζω, which see (and see: ἁγνός). (AS)

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How Strong's G48 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's G48, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

purify John 11:55 purifying Acts 21:26

How Strong's G48 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 25 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G48 (ἁγνίσωσιν) appears 34 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G48 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G48 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

John 11:55 KJV

And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

Acts 21:24 KJV

Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

Acts 21:26 KJV

Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

Strong's G48 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

25 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 19:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and solemnly charge the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments.

Numbers 6:3 Septuagint / Brenton

he shall purely abstain from wine and strong drink; and he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink; and whatever is made of the grape he shall not drink; neither shall he eat fresh grapes or raisins,

Numbers 8:21 Septuagint / Brenton

So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments; and Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them.

Strong's G48 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 7:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified,

1 Esdras 7:11 Septuagint / Brenton

together with all the children of the captivity; for they were sanctified, because the Levites were all sanctified together.

2 Maccabees 1:33 Septuagint / Brenton

So when this matter was known, it was told the king of Persia, that in the place, where the priests that were led away had hidden the fire, there appeared water, and that Nehemiah had purified the sacrifices therewith.

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G48.

Exodus 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and solemnly charge the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments.
Numbers 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
he shall purely abstain from wine and strong drink; and he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink; and whatever is made of the grape he shall not drink; neither shall he eat fresh grapes or raisins,
Numbers 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments; and Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them.
Numbers 11:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to the people thou shalt say, Purify yourselves for the morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye wept before the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: and the Lord shall allow you to eat flesh, and ye shall eat flesh.
Numbers 19:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall be purified on the third day and the seventh day, and shall be clean; but if he be not purged on the third day and the seventh day, he shall not be clean.
Numbers 31:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall encamp outside the great camp seven days; everyone who has slain and who touches a dead body, shall be purified on the third day, and ye and your captivity shall purify yourselves on the seventh day.
Numbers 31:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
everything that shall pass through the fire shall so be clean, nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of sanctification; and whatsoever will not pass through the fire shall pass through water.
Joshua 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
1 Kingdoms 21:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David answered the priest, and said to him, Yea, we have been kept from women for three days: when I came forth for the journey all the young men were purified; but this expedition is unclean, wherefore it shall be sanctified this day because of my weapons.
1 Chronicles 15:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said to them, Ye are the heads of the families of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, and ye shall carry up the ark of the God of Israel, to the place which I have prepared for it.
1 Chronicles 15:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves, to bring up the ark of the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said to them, Hear, ye Levites: now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and cast out the impurity from the holy places.
2 Chronicles 29:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they gathered their brethren, and they purified themselves according to the king’s command by the order of the Lord, to purify the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 29:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priests entered into the house of the Lord, to purify it, and they cast out all the uncleanness that was found in the house of the Lord, even into the court of the house of the Lord: and the Levites received it to cast into the brook of Kidron without.
2 Chronicles 29:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hezekiah began on the first day, even on the new moon of the first month, to purify, and on the eighth day of the month they entered into the temple of the Lord: and they purified the house of the Lord in eight days; and on the thirteenth day of the first month they finished the work.
2 Chronicles 29:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they went in to King Hezekiah, and said, We have purified all the things in the house of the Lord, the altar of whole burnt offering, and its vessels, and the table of showbread, and its vessels;
2 Chronicles 29:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and all the vessels which King Ahaz polluted in his reign, in his apostasy, we have prepared and purified: behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 29:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the priests were few, and could not flay the whole burnt offering, so their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was finished, and until the priests had purified themselves: for the Levites more zealously purified themselves than the priests.
2 Chronicles 30:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they could not keep it at that time, because a sufficient number of priests had not purified themselves, and the people was not gathered to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 30:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites repented, and purified themselves, and brought whole burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 30:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For a great part of the congregation was not sanctified; and the Levites were ready to kill the Passover for every one who could not sanctify himself to the Lord.
2 Chronicles 30:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the greatest part of the people of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and Issachar, and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, but ate the Passover contrary to the Scripture. On this account also Hezekiah prayed concerning them, saying,
2 Chronicles 31:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to assign stations for all the increase of their sons and their daughters, for the whole number: for they faithfully sanctified the holy place.
Isaiah 66:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens, and eat swine’s flesh in the porches, and the abominations, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou, Lord, knowest me; thou hast proved my heart before thee; purify them for the day of their slaughter.
John 11:55 New Testament, KJV
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Acts 21:24 New Testament, KJV
Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
Acts 21:26 New Testament, KJV
Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
Acts 24:18 New Testament, KJV
Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
James 4:8 New Testament, KJV
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
1 Peter 1:22 New Testament, KJV
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1 John 3:3 New Testament, KJV
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
1 Esdras 7:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified,
1 Esdras 7:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
together with all the children of the captivity; for they were sanctified, because the Levites were all sanctified together.
2 Maccabees 1:33 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So when this matter was known, it was told the king of Persia, that in the place, where the priests that were led away had hidden the fire, there appeared water, and that Nehemiah had purified the sacrifices therewith.
2 Maccabees 12:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So Judas gathered his host, and came into the city of Adullam. And when the seventh day came, they purified themselves, as the custom was, and kept the Sabbath in the same place.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G48, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
1 John 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G48 FAQ

What does hagnizo (ἁγνίζω) mean?

Hagnizo (Strong's G48) is a Greek word most simply glossed "make clean". hagnizo (hag-nid'-zo) v. 1. to make clean 2. (figuratively) to sanctify (ceremonially or morally)

How many times is hagnizo (ἁγνίζω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's G48 across 15 books.

Where can I study hagnizo (ἁγνίζω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G48 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate hagnizo (ἁγνίζω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as purify and purifying. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G48 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 25 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G48, with linked reader references where each row is available.