# G2511 καθαρίζω

καθαρίζω (katharízō), Strong’s G2511: to cleanse (literally or figuratively) KJV: (make) clean(-se), purge, purify. Occurs 138 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G2511 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*katharízō* — to cleanse (literally or figuratively)

KJV: (make) clean(-se), purge, purify

Derived from [καθαρός katharós](https://besorah.bible/word/G2513) (clean)

Occurs 138 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 8:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/8?v=2) — Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
- [Matthew 8:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/8?v=3) — Yeshua stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
- [Matthew 10:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/10?v=8) — Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
- [Matthew 11:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/11?v=5) — the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the…
- [Matthew 23:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/23?v=25) — “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within…
- [Matthew 23:26](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/23?v=26) — You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
- [Mark 1:40](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/1?v=40) — A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”
- [Mark 1:41](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/1?v=41) — Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I want to. Be made clean.”
- [Mark 1:42](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/1?v=42) — When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was made clean.
- [Luke 4:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/4?v=27) — There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman…