Ephesians 5:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι,

Transliteration

So that autēn hagiasē katharisas the loutrō of the hydatos in rhēmati

Grammar Details

• *Hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *autēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - her
• *hagiasē*: aorist subjunctive, active, 3rd singular - might sanctify [purpose]
• *katharisas*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having cleansed
• *loutrō*: dative, neuter, singular - washing/bath
• *hydatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - of water
• *rhēmati*: dative, neuter, singular - in word/saying

Word Meanings

• *hagiasē*: might sanctify/consecrate/make holy
• *katharisas*: having cleansed/purified
• *loutrō*: washing/bath/cleansing
• *hydatos*: water/fluid
• *rhēmati*: word/saying/utterance

Referenced Verses

• John 15:3 : 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
• Acts 22:16 : 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 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 : 5 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 Cor 6:11 : 11 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.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Heb 10:10 : 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• Zech 13:1 : 1 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 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
• 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 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:
• John 17:17-19 : 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
• Heb 10:22 : 22 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.
• Titus 3:5-7 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
• Eph 6:17 : 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
• Heb 9:14 : 14 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?
• Ezek 16:9 : 9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 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 that is in me.
• John 15:8 : 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
• John 17:7 : 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
• 1 John 5:6 : 6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 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:
• Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
• 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 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.