{"def":{"short":"to cleanse (literally or figuratively)","long":["to make clean, cleanse",["from physical stains and dirt",["utensils, food","a leper, to cleanse by curing","to remove by cleansing"],"in a moral sense",["to free from defilement of sin and from faults","to purify from wickedness","to free from guilt of sin, to purify","to consecrate by cleansing or purifying","to consecrate, dedicate"]],"to pronounce clean in a levitical sense"]},"deriv":"from G2513","pronun":{"ipa":"kɑ.θɑˈri.zo","ipa_mod":"kɑ.θɑˈri.zow","sbl":"katharizō","dic":"ka-tha-REE-zoh","dic_mod":"ka-tha-REE-zoh"},"see":["G2513"]}