'Clean' in the Bible
The leprosy left him immediately and he was cleansed [completely healed and restored to health].
since it does not enter his heart, but [only] his stomach, and [from there it] is eliminated?” (By this, He declared all foods ceremonially clean.)
While Jesus was in one of the cities, there came a man covered with [an advanced case of] leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean and well.”
But give that which is within as charity [that is, acts of mercy and compassion, not as a public display, but as an expression of your faithfulness to God], and then indeed all things are clean for you.
When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were [miraculously] healed and made clean.
Jesus said to him, “Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, and is completely clean. And you [My disciples] are clean, but not all of you.”
For He knew who was going to betray Him; for that reason He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord [restoring you like a cool wind on a hot day];
And the voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, no longer consider common (unholy).”
But the voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, no longer consider common (unholy).’
For that reason I testify to you on this [our parting] day that I am innocent of the blood of all people.
Do not, for the sake of food, tear down the work of God. All things indeed are [ceremonially] clean, but they are wrong for the person who eats and offends [another’s conscience in the process].
Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new batch, just as you are, still unleavened. For Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed.
And such were some of you [before you believed]. But you were washed [by the atoning sacrifice of Christ], you were sanctified [set apart for God, and made holy], you were justified [declared free of guilt] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the [Holy] Spirit of our God [the source of the believer’s new life and changed behavior].
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified [that is, he receives the blessings granted] through his [Christian] wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be [ceremonially] unclean, but as it is they are holy.
For they [the gifts, sacrifices, and ceremonies] deal only with [clean and unclean] food and drink and various ritual washings, [mere] external regulations for the body imposed [to help the worshipers] until the time of reformation [that is, the time of the new order when Christ will establish the reality of what these things foreshadow—a better covenant].
Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people].
And the armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, [dazzling] white and clean, followed Him on white horses.
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Bible Theasaurus
- Clean (318 instances)
- Cleanse (85 instances)
- Clear (664 instances)
- Fair (183 instances)
- Fairly (31 instances)
- Fresh (82 instances)
- Light (433 instances)
- Pick (76 instances)
- Scavenge (2 instances)
- Sporting (2 instances)
- Strip (44 instances)
- White (95 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
Barar
Chata'
Yabesh
Kaphar
Naqah
Naqiy
Parar
Tsadaq
Tamam
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- Bathing, For Cleansing
- Being Cleansed From Sin
- Camps, Unclean Things
- Clean And Unclean
- Clean Animals
- Clean Clothes
- Clean Faces
- Clean Feet
- Clean Food
- Clean Objects
- Clean, Spiritual Use