Adjective akathartos (unclean) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

10: 1Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean (akathartos) spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness.
12: 43"When the unclean (akathartos) spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but it finds none.

Mark

1: 23Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean (akathartos) spirit,
1: 26And the unclean (akathartos) spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
1: 27They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, "What is this? A new teaching - with authority! He commands even the unclean (akathartos) spirits, and they obey him."
3: 11Whenever the unclean (akathartos) spirits saw him, they fell down before him and shouted, "You are the Son of God!"
3: 30for they had said, "He has an unclean (akathartos) spirit."
5: 2And when he had stepped out of the boat, immediately a man out of the tombs with an unclean (akathartos) spirit met him.
5: 8For he had said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean (akathartos) spirit!"
5: 13So he gave them permission. And the unclean (akathartos) spirits came out and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.
6: 7He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean (akathartos) spirits.
7: 25but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean (akathartos) spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet.
9: 25When Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean (akathartos) spirit, saying to it, "You spirit that keeps this boy from speaking and hearing, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"

Luke

4: 33In the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean (akathartos) demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
4: 36They were all amazed and kept saying to one another, "What kind of utterance is this? For with authority and power he commands the unclean (akathartos) spirits, and out they come!"
6: 18They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean (akathartos) spirits were cured.
8: 29for Jesus had commanded the unclean (akathartos) spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.)
9: 42While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean (akathartos) spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
11: 24"When the unclean (akathartos) spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'

Acts

5: 16A great number of people would also gather from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean (akathartos) spirits, and they were all cured.
8: 7for unclean (akathartos) spirits, crying with loud shrieks, came out of many who were possessed; and many others who were paralyzed or lame were cured.
10: 14But Peter said, "By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is profane or unclean (akathartos)."
10: 28and he said to them, "You yourselves know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or to visit a Gentile; but God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean (akathartos).
11: 8But I replied, 'By no means, Lord; for nothing profane or unclean (akathartos) has ever entered my mouth.'