- Transliteration: Akathartos

- Phonetic: ak-ath'-ar-tos

- Definition:

1. not cleansed, unclean

a. in a ceremonial sense: that which must be abstained from according to the levitical law

b. in a moral sense: unclean in thought and life

- Origin: from G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2508" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2508 (meaning cleansed)

- TDNT entry: 10:07,4

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: From G1" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2508" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2508 (meaning cleansed); impure (ceremonially morally (lewd) or specifically (i demonic)): - foul unclean.