STRONGS H2891:
Abbreviations
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טָהֵר verb be clean, pure (Arabic
طَهَرَ,
طَهُرَ id.; Late Hebrew
id., Pi.
make or
declare ceremonially clean; Aramaic
טְהַר emptiness,
טִיהֲרָא brightness; Sabean
טהר Hal
682; Ethiopic
አፕሀረ፡ ተጣሀረ፡ purify, wash oneself with water) —
Qal Perfect ט׳ Leviticus 11:32 +
12 times;
3rd person feminine singular טָֽהֲרָה Leviticus 12:7;
Leviticus 15:28;
טָהֵ֑רָה Leviticus 12:8 etc., +
5 times Perfect; Imperfect יִטְהַר Leviticus 15:13;
Job 4:17 etc., +
9 times Imperfect; Imperative טְהָ֑ר 2 Kings 5:10,
13; —
1. be clean, i.e. (miraculously) freed from leprosy by washing in the Jordan 2 Kings 5:10, 12, 13, 14.
2. be clean ceremonially (only H P), Leviticus 15:13, 28 (twice in verse) (P), Leviticus 22:4 (H); by washing with water, the flesh Leviticus 22:7 (H); garments Leviticus 13:6, 34, 58; Numbers 31:24 (all P); both flesh and garments Leviticus 17:5 (H), Leviticus 14:8, 9; Leviticus 15:13; Numbers 19:19 (all P); other articles Leviticus 11:32 (P); passing things through the fire Numbers 31:23 (P); offering sin-offerings Leviticus 12:7, 8; Leviticus 14:20 (P); by the ceremony of the two birds Leviticus 14:53 (P); by ashes of red heifer Numbers 19:12 (twice in verse) (P).
3. be clean morally, of people, made clean by י׳'s scattering clean water upon them Ezekiel 36:25; of Jerusalem, specifically made clean from idolatry, under figure of adultery Jeremiah 13:27; also followed by מִן Ezekiel 24:13 (twice in verse) (purification by י׳); made clean מִכָּלחַֿטּאֹתֵיכֶם Leviticus 16:30 (P; by the sin-offering of the atonement day); also of the individual, be clean מֵחַטָּאוֺת Proverbs 20:9 (|| זכה); become clean by use of hyssop Psalm 51:9 (|| אַלְבִּין); more generally אִםמֵֿעשֵֹׁהוּ יִטְהַרגָּֿ֑בֶר Job 4:17 shall a man be more pure than his maker? (|| יִצְדָּ֑ק).
Pi. Perfect טִהַר Leviticus 13:3 +
4 times; suffix
טִהֲרוֺ Leviticus 13:6 +
5 times;
2nd person masculine singular טִהַרְתָּ Numbers 8:6,
15 etc. +
7 times Perfect; Imperfect;
יְטַהֵר 2 Chronicles 34:5 etc. +
4 times Imperfect; Imperative suffix
טַהֲרֵנִי Psalm 51:4;
Infinitive construct טַהֵר Ezekiel 39:12 +
5 times; suffix
טַהֲרִי Ezekiel 36:33 etc. +
4 times Infinitive; Participle מְטַחֵר Leviticus 14:11;
Malachi 3:3; — chiefly P;
1. cleanse, purify:
a. physically, metals from dross Malachi 3:3; land from corpses Ezekiel 39:12, 14, 16; heavens from clouds Job 37:21; temple from unclean things 2 Chronicles 29:15, 16, 18; land and city from Asherim and images 2 Chronicles 34:3, 5, 8; store-chambers of temple from household stuff Nehemiah 13:9; priesthood by exclusion of alien blood Nehemiah 13:30.
b. ceremonially, the altar of incense by the blood of the annual sin-offering Leviticus 16:19 (P); the people, gates, and wall (by some undefined ceremony) Nehemiah 12:30; the altar of the court by the blood of sin-offerings Ezekiel 43:26; of consecration of Levites by מֵי חטאת Numbers 8:6, 7 (P), and חטאת Numbers 8:15, 21 (P).
c. morally Leviticus 16:30 (P), Ezekiel 37:23; Malachi 3:3; מֵחַטָּאֹת Psalm 51:4; מֵעונ(ותׅ Jeremiah 33:8; Ezekiel 36:33; מִטּמא(ו)ת Ezekiel 24:13; Ezekiel 36:25.
2. pronounce clean, ceremonially Leviticus 13:6; Leviticus 13:13; Leviticus 13:17; Leviticus 13:23; Leviticus 12:28; Leviticus 13:34, 37, 59; Leviticus 14:7, 48 (all P).
3. perform the ceremony of cleansing Leviticus 14:11 (P).
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular טֹהַר 1 Samuel 20:26 (so read for MT
טהור We Dr, he is not clean, because
he hath not been cleansed);
Participle אֶרֶץ לֹא מְטֹהָרָה a land not cleansed Ezekiel 22:24 (but
Hi Ew Co SS read
a land not rained upon, see
מטר).
Hithp. Perfect 3rd person plural הִטָּֽהֲרוּ Ezra 6:20;
הִטֶּהָ֑רוּ (Kö
i. 271)
2 Chronicles 30:18;
Numbers 8:7;
1st peson plural הִטַּהַרְנוּ Joshua 22:17;
Imperfect יִטָּֽהֲרוּ Nehemiah 12:30;
Imperative הִטָּֽהֲרוּ Genesis 35:2;
Participle מִטַּהֵר Leviticus 14:7 +
11 times;
plural מִטַּהֲרִים Nehemiah 13:22;
Isaiah 66:17; — reflexive:
1. purify oneself:
a. ceremonially, especially in preparation for sacred duties Genesis 35:2 (R), Numbers 8:7; 2 Chronicles 30:18; Ezra 6:20; Nehemiah 13:22; also for heathen mysteries Isaiah 66:17; of purifying priests, people, and wall Nehemiah 12:30 (compare Pi. 1 b).
b. morally Joshua 22:17 (P).
2. present oneself for purification, only participle הַמִּטַּהֵר the candidate for purification Leviticus 14:4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 25, 28, 29, 31 (P).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
35:2; 35:2
Leviticus
11:32; 11:32; 12:7; 12:7; 12:8; 12:8; 13:3; 13:6; 13:6; 13:6; 13:13; 13:17; 13:23; 13:34; 13:34; 13:37; 13:58; 13:59; 14:4; 14:7; 14:7; 14:7; 14:8; 14:8; 14:9; 14:11; 14:11; 14:11; 14:14; 14:17; 14:18; 14:19; 14:20; 14:25; 14:28; 14:29; 14:31; 14:48; 14:53; 15:13; 15:13; 15:13; 15:28; 15:28; 16:19; 16:30; 16:30; 17:5; 22:4; 22:7
Numbers
8:6; 8:6; 8:7; 8:7; 8:7; 8:15; 8:15; 8:21; 19:12; 19:19; 31:23; 31:24
Joshua
22:17; 22:17
1 Samuel
20:26
2 Kings
5:10; 5:10; 5:12; 5:13; 5:13; 5:14
2 Chronicles
29:15; 29:16; 29:18; 30:18; 30:18; 34:3; 34:5; 34:5; 34:8
Ezra
6:20; 6:20
Nehemiah
12:30; 12:30; 12:30; 13:9; 13:22; 13:22; 13:30
Job
4:17; 4:17; 37:21
Psalms
51:4; 51:4; 51:9
Proverbs
20:9
Isaiah
66:17; 66:17
Jeremiah
13:27; 33:8
Ezekiel
22:24; 24:13; 24:13; 36:25; 36:25; 36:33; 36:33; 37:23; 39:12; 39:12; 39:14; 39:16; 43:26
Malachi
3:3; 3:3; 3:3