Ephesians 5:26

New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

"That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,"

Word-by-Word Analysis

That he might

קָדַשׁ

qâdash

H6942

to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

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and

טָהֵר

ṭâhêr

H2891

to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)

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it with the

כָּבַס

kâbaç

H3526

to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative

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of

מַיִם

mayim

H4325

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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by the

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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Key Terms in This Verse

washing H3526

כָּבַס kâbaç

to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative

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cleanse H2891

טָהֵר ṭâhêr

to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)

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sanctify H6942

קָדַשׁ qâdash

to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

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water H4325

מַיִם mayim

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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word H1697

דָּבָר dâbâr

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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Cross References

Hebrews 10:22 cross-reference

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

John 15:3 cross-reference

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

Ezekiel 36:25 cross-reference

Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

John 3:5 cross-reference

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:11 cross-reference

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 6:17 cross-reference

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Titus 2:14 cross-reference

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Zechariah 13:1 cross-reference

In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

1 Peter 3:21 cross-reference

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Hebrews 10:10 cross-reference

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 9:14 cross-reference

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Acts 22:16 cross-reference

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

1 Peter 1:2 cross-reference

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Ezekiel 16:9 cross-reference

Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

Acts 26:18 cross-reference

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t...

James 1:18 cross-reference

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

John 15:8 cross-reference

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

Jude 1:1 cross-reference

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

John 17:7 cross-reference

Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

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