Strong's #2508: kathairo (pronounced kath-ah'-ee-ro)

from 2513; to cleanse, i.e. (specially) to prune; figuratively, to expiate:--purge.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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kathairō

1) to cleanse, of filth impurity, etc

1a) to prune trees and vines from useless shoots

1b) metaphorically from guilt, to expiate

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G2513

Citing in TDNT: 3:413, 381

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

John 15:2: "and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth"
Hebrews 10:2: "to be offered? because that the worshipers once purged should have had no more"