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GreekG0167Noun (Feminine)

ἀκαθαρσία

akatharsia

10Occurrences
G0167Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

impurity (the quality), physically or morally

from G169 (ἀκάθαρτος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
uncleanness, impurity, (a) physical : (b) moral: .
LXX: chiefly for טֻמְאָה, טָמֵא

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἀκαθαρσία appears 10 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Thessalonians
2
Ephesians
2
Romans
2
2 Corinthians
1
Colossians
1
Galatians
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

1 Thessalonians 2:3BSB

For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

2 Corinthians 12:21BSB

I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.

Ephesians 4:19BSB

Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.

Galatians 5:19BSB

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

Romans 1:24BSB

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.