When we talk about hygiene, we usually mean cleanliness. So something we call hygienic expresses that it is clean and not potentially dangerous for an infection or contamination. The word originally comes from Greek. But there the meaning was much stronger: hygiäs meant healthy. So when, for example, Jesus healed someone, it was literally put that way: He made him hygienic. He healed him. On this background, the term mental hygiene, for example, takes on an additional emphasis and a somewhat different bent: health of our soul, not just purity or cleanliness. Hygienic, then, is being healthy or whole. And this is the intention God has for us, for all parts of our lives. Just remember that the next time you encounter the word or just wash your hands.
I wish you an extraordinary day!
