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καθαίρω

MainId: 002514000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2508

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002514001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   Constructs: {'Lemma': 'καθαίρω', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'κατά', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'αἴρω', 'Meanings': []}]}

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'καθαρός', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002514001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 79.49

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Features of Objects

      LEXSubDomains: Clean, Dirty

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-02 09:55:21

         DefinitionShort: to cause something to become clean

         Glosses: ['to make clean', 'to cleanse', 'to clean']

         Comments: In {S:04301500200030} the meaning of καθαίρω may also be understood as ‘to prune branches’ (see {D:43.12}), thus playing on two distinct meanings of καθαίρω.

      LEXReferences: YHN 15:2

   2. LEXID: 002514001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 43.12

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Agriculture

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-02 09:55:21

         DefinitionShort: to cut away or cut back unproductive branches or to cut back productive branches so they can produce better

         Glosses: ['to take away', 'to prune', 'to cut off']

      LEXReferences: YHN 15:2