καθαροί

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καθαροί

   ka-tha-ROI

   clean
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε,

   kai hy-MEIS ka-tha-ROI ES-te

   and you clean are
3. clause🔊 καὶ ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε, ἀλλʼ οὐχὶ πάντες.

   kai hy-MEIS ka-tha-ROI ES-te al ou-KHI PAN-tes

   and you clean are but not all
4. sentence🔊 λέγει αὐτῷ ⸀ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ὁ λελουμένος ⸂οὐκ ἔχει χρείαν⸃ ⸂εἰ μὴ⸃ τοὺς πόδας νίψασθαι, ἀλλʼ ἔστιν καθαρὸς ὅλος· καὶ ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε, ἀλλʼ οὐχὶ πάντες.

   LE-yei au-TOI ho ee-ay-SOOS ho le-lou-ME-nos ouk E-khei KHREI-an ei MÊ tous PO-das NI-psas-thai al ES-tin ka-tha-ROS HO-los kai hy-MEIS ka-tha-ROI ES-te al ou-KHI PAN-tes

   {the} Jesus {He} says to him The one who has bathed not has need if not to wash the feet but is whole clean and you clean are but not all

Exegesis

The coordinated clause kai hymeis katharoi este {καὶ ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε | kai hy-meîs ka-tha-roí é-ste} extends this status to the disciples collectively, while the final ellipsis in allá ouchi pantes {ἀλλʼ οὐχὶ πάντες | allá ou-khí pán-tes} ‘but not all’ leaves the verb implied, heightening the contrast and anticipating the revelation of the betrayer. In translation, the perfect participle is represented as “has bathed” and “has already bathed” to reflect completed action with current relevance, the exception ei mē is rendered as “except,” and the adversative allá is consistently translated “but” to maintain the rhetorical balance.

Root and etymology

katharos🔊 καθαρόςkappa–alpha–theta–alpha–rho–omicron–sigma

“clean, pure, free from stain”

• 🔊 καθαρίζωkappa–alpha–theta–alpha–rho–iota–zeta–omegato cleanse1 John 1:9