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Definition and Usage:
The term "purified" in the biblical context generally refers to the process of making something clean, free from impurities, or holy. This concept is both physical and spiritual, often symbolizing the removal of sin and the sanctification of individuals or objects for God's purposes.

Old Testament Context:
In the Old Testament, purification is frequently associated with ceremonial cleanliness. The Law of Moses contains numerous regulations regarding purification, especially in the books of Leviticus and Numbers. For example, Leviticus 16:30 states, "For on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you; then you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD." Here, purification is linked to atonement and forgiveness.

The purification rituals often involved water, sacrifices, and specific rites to cleanse individuals from ceremonial defilement. Numbers 8:7 describes the purification of the Levites: "This is what you are to do to purify them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification, have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves."

New Testament Context:
In the New Testament, purification takes on a more spiritual dimension, emphasizing the cleansing of the heart and soul. The concept is closely tied to the work of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Hebrews 9:14 highlights the purifying power of Christ's sacrifice: "How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!"

The Apostle Peter also speaks of purification through obedience to the truth and the work of the Holy Spirit. In 1 Peter 1:22, he writes, "Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth, so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart."

Spiritual Significance:
Purification is essential for entering into a relationship with God. It signifies the removal of sin and the transformation of the believer into the likeness of Christ. This process is ongoing, as believers are called to continually seek purity in their lives. James 4:8 exhorts, "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded."

Symbolism and Imagery:
The imagery of purification is rich throughout Scripture. Water, fire, and blood are common symbols used to represent the purifying process. Water signifies cleansing and renewal, as seen in baptism. Fire represents refining and testing, as in Malachi 3:3, "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver." Blood, particularly the blood of Christ, is the ultimate symbol of purification, as it cleanses believers from sin.

Practical Application:
Believers are encouraged to pursue purity in their thoughts, actions, and relationships. This involves a commitment to holiness and a rejection of sin. The process of purification is both a divine act and a personal responsibility, as individuals cooperate with the Holy Spirit in sanctification. As 1 John 3:3 states, "Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure."

Conclusion:
The concept of being purified is central to the Christian faith, reflecting both the initial cleansing from sin through Christ's sacrifice and the ongoing sanctification of the believer. It underscores the call to holiness and the transformative power of God's grace in the life of a believer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(imp. & p. p.) of Purify.
Greek
4448. puroo -- to set on fire, ie to burn (pass.)
... to set on fire, ie to burn (pass.). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: puroo
Phonetic Spelling: (poo-ro'-o) Short Definition: I burn, am purified by fire ...
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2513. katharos -- clean (adjective)
... properly, "without admixture" (); what is separated (purged), hence "clean" (pure)
because (without); (figuratively) spiritually because (purified by God), ie ...
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48. hagnizo -- to purify, cleanse from defilement
... Word Origin from hagnos Definition to purify, cleanse from defilement NASB Word
Usage purified (2), purifies (1), purify (3), purifying (1). purify oneself. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
2398. chata -- to miss, go wrong, sin
... 1), fear...loss (1), forfeits (1), indicted (1), miss (1), offended (1), offered
it for sin (1), offers it for sin (1), purged (1), purified (2), purified ...
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7385a. riq -- to make empty, empty out
... to make empty, empty out NASB Word Usage draw (6), emptied (2), empty (3), emptying
(1), keep the unsatisfied (1), led (1), pour (2), purified (1), unsheathe (2 ...
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7495. rapha -- to heal
... become fresh (3), completely healed (1), heal (24), healed (22), healer (1), healing
(2), heals (3), physician (1), physicians (4), purified (2), reappeared (1 ...
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2891. taher -- to be clean or pure
... 6), pronounce the clean (1), pronounce clean (2), pronounces him clean (1), pronouncing
it clean (1), pure (2), purge (1), purged (2), purified (5), purifier (1 ...
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3835a. laben -- to be white
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be white NASB Word Usage become white (1),
make them pure (1), purified (1), white (1), whiter (1). 3835, 3835a. ...
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1305. barar -- to purify, select
... root Definition to purify, select NASB Word Usage choice (2), chosen (2), cleanse
(1), pure you show (2), purge (2), purged (1), purified (1), purify (1 ...
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6942. qadash -- to be set apart or consecrated
... it holy (2), keep the holy (3), made it holy (1), manifest my holiness (2), prepare
(2), prove myself holy (2), proved himself holy (1), purified (1), regard ...
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Library

April 5. "Many Shall be Purified and Made White and Tried" (Dan. ...
... APRIL 5. "Many shall be purified and made white and tried" (Dan. xii. 10). "Many
shall be purified and made white and tried" (Daniel 12:10). ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /april 5 many shall be.htm

Achamoth Purified from all Impurities of Her Passion by the ...
... Chapter XVI."Achamoth Purified from All Impurities of Her Passion by the Paraclete,
Acting Through Soter, Who Out of the Above-Mentioned Impurities Arranges ...
/.../tertullian/against the valentinians/chapter xvi achamoth purified from all.htm

Whether it was Fitting that the Mother of God Should Go to the ...
... OBSERVANCES ACCOMPLISHED IN REGARD TO THE CHILD CHRIST (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether it
was fitting that the Mother of God should go to the temple to be purified? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether it was fitting that 6.htm

Nor, in that the Law Orders a Man to be Purified Even after ...
... Section 23. Nor, in that the Law orders a man to be purified even after
intercourse? 23. Nor, in that the Law orders a man to ...
/.../augustine/on the good of marriage/section 23 nor in that.htm

To See God, the Soul must be Purified.
... Book I. Chapter 10."To See God, the Soul Must Be Purified. 10. Wherefore,
since it is our duty fully to enjoy the truth which ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 10 to see god the.htm

For what Reason the Prophet Isaiah is Said to have Been Purified ...
... DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE ON THE HEAVENLY HIERARCHY. CAPUT XIII. For what reason
the Prophet Isaiah is said to have been purified by the Seraphim. Section I. ...
/.../dionysius/on the heavenly hierarchy/caput xiii for what reason.htm

Which are the Better, the Continent, or those who Delight in ...
... Contests the Peril of Chastity: the Felicity of Tranquillity; Purified and Tranquil
Minds Gods: They Who Shall See God; Virtue Disciplined by Temptations. ...
/.../chapter iii which are the better.htm

The New virtue of Continence. Revolution of Society, Purified and ...
... On the Incarnation of the Word. Section 51. The new virtue of continence.
Revolution of Society, purified and pacified by Christianity. ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/section 51 the new virtue.htm

Objections from the Revelation and the First Epistle of St. John ...
... and, sinning in the light, shall we be utterly purified? By no means. For
he who sins is not in the light, but in darkness. Whence ...
/.../tertullian/on modesty/chapter xix objections from the revelation.htm

Of the Impiety of Porphyry, which is Worse than Even the Mistake ...
... of philosophy, which is too arduous for the multitude, may, at your instigation,
betake themselves to theurgists by whom they may be purified, not, indeed, in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 27 of the impiety of.htm

Thesaurus
Purified (44 Occurrences)
...Purified (44 Occurrences). ... (WEY). Acts 10:15 Again a second time a voice was heard
which said, "What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy." (WEY). ...
/p/purified.htm - 20k

Refined (26 Occurrences)
... & pp) of Refine. 2. (a.) Freed from impurities or alloy; purified; polished; cultured;
delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments. ...
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Ceremonially (38 Occurrences)
... Ezra 6:20 For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all
of them were pure: and they killed the Passover for all the children of the ...
/c/ceremonially.htm - 18k

Unholy (23 Occurrences)
... Acts 10:15 Again a second time a voice was heard which said, "What God has
purified, you must not regard as unholy." (WEY NAS). Acts ...
/u/unholy.htm - 13k

Purify (39 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 8:15 And when it was slain, Moses took the blood, and put it upon the
horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and ...
/p/purify.htm - 19k

Purification (25 Occurrences)
... Acts 21:24 these having taken, be purified with them, and be at expence with them,
that they may shave the head, and all may know that the things of which they ...
/p/purification.htm - 18k

Sanctification (13 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or
alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also ...
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Regard (230 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). Acts 10:15 Again a second time a voice was heard which said, "What
God has purified, you must not regard as unholy." (WEY). ...
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Earth (10501 Occurrences)
... the Ethico-Religious 6. The End Correspondent to the Beginning 7. The Cosmical Heavens:
Hebrews 12:26-29 8. Palingenesis: Matthew 19:28 9. A Purified Universe 1 ...
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Heavens (548 Occurrences)
... the Ethico-Religious 6. The End Correspondent to the Beginning 7. The Cosmical Heavens:
Hebrews 12:26-29 8. Palingenesis: Matthew 19:28 9. A Purified Universe 1 ...
/h/heavens.htm - 49k

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Purified (44 Occurrences)

Luke 7:22
Then He answered the messengers, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard. Blind men receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are purified, deaf persons hear, the dead are raised to life, the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them.
(WEY)

Acts 10:15
Again a second time a voice was heard which said, "What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy."
(WEY)

Acts 11:9
"But a voice answered, speaking a second time from the sky, "'What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy.'
(WEY)

Acts 15:9
and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.
(DBY YLT NIV)

Acts 21:24
take these and be purified with them, and pay their expenses, that they may have their heads shaved; and all will know that of those things of which they have been informed about thee nothing is true; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.
(DBY YLT)

Acts 21:26
Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself and went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.
(WEB WEY DBY YLT RSV NIV)

Acts 24:18
amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Timothy 2:21
If therefore one shall have purified himself from these, in separating himself from them, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified, serviceable to the Master, prepared for every good work.
(DBY)

Hebrews 9:22
and almost all things are purified with blood according to the law, and without blood-shedding there is no remission.
(DBY YLT RSV)

Hebrews 9:23
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Hebrews 10:2
since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified?
(YLT)

1 Peter 1:22
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Peter 1:9
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purified from his old sins.
(WBS)

Revelation 3:18
I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
(DBY)

Leviticus 8:15
He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 12:4
And she shall continue in the blood of purification three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification be fulfilled.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 12:5
But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she shall continue in the blood of purification threescore and six days.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 14:57
to teach when there is uncleanness, and when it is purified: this is the law of leprosy.
(DBY)

Numbers 8:21
The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 31:23
everything that may abide the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that doesn't withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 11:4
David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

2 Kings 2:21
He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, "Thus says Yahweh,'I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying.'"
(See NAS)

2 Kings 2:22
So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
(See NAS)

2 Chronicles 4:16
and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of brass purified.
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 29:18
Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh, and the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and the table of show bread, with all its vessels.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 30:18
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Yahweh pardon everyone
(See NAS NIV)

Ezra 6:20
For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 12:30
The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 13:9
And I commanded, and they purified the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, the oblation and the frankincense.
(DBY)

Nehemiah 13:30
And I purified them from all foreigners, and appointed the charges of the priests and the Levites, every one in his service;
(DBY NAS NIV)

Job 1:5
It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts." Job did so continually.
(See NIV)

Job 9:30
If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,
(YLT)

Psalms 12:6
The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Psalms 26:2
Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified 'are' my reins and my heart.
(YLT)

Psalms 73:13
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
(DBY YLT)

Proverbs 20:9
Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'
(YLT)

Song of Songs 1:3
Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 43:20
And thou hast taken of its blood, and hast put it on its four horns, and on the four corners of its border, and on the border round about, and hast cleansed it, and purified it.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 43:22
And on the second day thou shalt offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall purify the altar, as they did purify it with the bullock.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 45:20
And so thou dost do on the seventh of the month, because of each erring one, and because of the simple one -- and ye have purified the house.
(YLT)

Daniel 11:35
And some of the teachers do stumble for refining by them, and for purifying, and for making white -- till the end of the time, for 'it is' yet for a time appointed.
(See NIV)

Daniel 12:10
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
(KJV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Zephaniah 3:9
For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him 'with' one shoulder.
(See NAS)

Malachi 3:3
And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.
(YLT)

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