ἁγνίζω

ἁγνίζω — hagnízō

ἁγνίζω; 1 aorist ἥγνισα; perfect participle active ἠγνικώς; passive ἡγνισμένος; 1 aorist passive ἡγνίσθην (Winer's grammar, 252 (237)); (ἁγνός); to purify;

1. ceremonially: ἐμαυτόν, Joh 11:55 (to cleanse themselves from levitical pollution by means of prayers, abstinence, washings, sacrifices); the passive has a reflexive force, to take upon oneself a purification, Act 21:24; Act 21:26; Act 24:18 (הזּיר, Num 6:3), and is used of Nazarites or those who had taken upon themselves a temporary or a life-long vow to abstain from wine and all kinds of intoxicating drink, from every defilement and from shaving the head (cf. BB. DD. under the word ).

2. morally: τάς καρδίας, Jas 4:8; τάς ψυχάς, 1Pe 1:22; ἑαυτόν, 1Jn 3:3. (Sophocles, Euripides, Plutarch, others.)