1) to be clean, be pure 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be clean (physically-of disease) 1a2) to be clean ceremonially 1a3) to purify, be clean morally, made clean 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to cleanse, purify 1b1a) physically 1b1b) ceremonially 1b1c) morally 1b2) to pronounce clean 1b3) to perform the ceremony of cleansing 1c) (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to purify oneself 1d1a) ceremonially 1d1b) morally 1d2) to present oneself for purification
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H2891 — טָהֵר
ta.her · be pure · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 35:2 · וְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּThen Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments:Leviticus 11:32 · וְטָהֵֽר׃And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.Leviticus 12:7 · וְטָהֲרָ֖הand he shall offer it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a female.Leviticus 12:8 · וְטָהֵֽרָה׃ פAnd if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.Leviticus 13:6 · וְטִהֲר֤וֹ · וְטָהֵֽר׃and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.Leviticus 13:13 · וְטִהַ֖רthen the priest shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.Leviticus 13:17 · וְטִהַ֧רand the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.Leviticus 13:23 · וְטִהֲר֖וֹBut if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.Leviticus 13:28 · וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning.Leviticus 13:34 · וְטִהַ֤ר · וְטָהֵֽר׃and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.Leviticus 13:37 · וְטִהֲר֖וֹBut if in his eyes the scall be at a stay, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.Leviticus 13:58 · וְטָהֵֽר׃And the garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.Leviticus 13:59 · לְטַהֲר֖וֹThis is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.Leviticus 14:4 · לַמִּטַּהֵ֛רthen shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:Leviticus 14:7 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר · וְטִ֣הֲר֔וֹand he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field.Leviticus 14:8 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֨ר · וְטָהֵ֔רAnd he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.Leviticus 14:9 · וְטָהֵֽר׃And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.Leviticus 14:11 · הַֽמְטַהֵ֗ר · הַמִּטַּהֵ֖רAnd the priest that cleanseth him shall set the man that is to be cleansed, and those things, before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting.Leviticus 14:14 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֖רAnd the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.Leviticus 14:17 · הַמִּטַּהֵר֙And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass-offering:Leviticus 14:18 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֑רand the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah.Leviticus 14:19 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֖רAnd the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering;Leviticus 14:20 · וְטָהֵֽר׃ סand the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the meal-offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.Leviticus 14:25 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֖רAnd he shall kill the lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.Leviticus 14:28 · הַמִּטַּהֵר֙and the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass-offering:Leviticus 14:29 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֑רand the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Jehovah.Leviticus 14:31 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֖רeven such as he is able to get, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meal-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah.Leviticus 14:48 · וְטִהַ֤רAnd if the priest shall come in, and look, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered; then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.Leviticus 14:53 · וְטָהֵֽר׃but he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open field: so shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean.Leviticus 15:13 · יִטְהַ֤ר · וְטָהֵֽר׃And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.Leviticus 15:28 · טָהֲרָ֖ה · תִּטְהָֽר׃But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.Leviticus 16:19 · וְטִהֲר֣וֹAnd he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.Leviticus 16:30 · לְטַהֵ֣ר · תִּטְהָֽרוּ׃for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before Jehovah.Leviticus 17:15 · וְטָהֵֽר׃And every soul that eateth that which dieth of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.Leviticus 22:4 · יִטְהָ֑רWhat man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;Leviticus 22:7 · וְטָהֵ֑רAnd when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.Numbers 8:6 · וְטִהַרְתָּ֖Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.Numbers 8:7 · לְטַֽהֲרָ֔ם · וְהִטֶּהָֽרוּ׃And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.Numbers 8:15 · וְטִֽהַרְתָּ֣And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.Numbers 8:21 · לְטַהֲרָֽם׃And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.Numbers 19:12 · יִטְהָ֑ר · יִטְהָֽר׃the same shall purify himself therewith on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.Numbers 19:19 · וְטָהֵ֥רand the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.Numbers 31:23 · וְטָהֵ֔רeverything that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water.Numbers 31:24 · וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑םAnd ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.Joshua 22:17 · הִטַּהַ֙רְנוּ֙Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah,2 Kings 5:10 · וּטְהָֽר׃And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.2 Kings 5:12 · וְטָהָ֑רְתִּיAre not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.2 Kings 5:13 · וּטְהָֽר׃And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?2 Kings 5:14 · וַיִּטְהָֽר׃Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.2 Chronicles 29:15 · לְטַהֵ֖רAnd they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.2 Chronicles 29:16 · לְטַהֵר֒And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.2 Chronicles 29:18 · טִהַ֖רְנוּThen they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the table of showbread, with all the vessels thereof.2 Chronicles 30:18 · הִטֶּהָ֔רוּFor a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Jehovah pardon every one2 Chronicles 34:3 · לְטַהֵ֔רFor in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.2 Chronicles 34:5 · וַיְטַהֵ֥רAnd he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 34:8 · לְטַהֵ֥רNow in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Jehovah his God.Ezra 6:20 · הִֽטַּהֲר֞וּFor the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.Nehemiah 12:30 · וַיִּֽטַּהֲר֔וּ · וַֽיְטַהֲרוּ֙And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.Nehemiah 13:9 · וַֽיְטַהֲר֖וּThen I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.Nehemiah 13:22 · מִֽטַּהֲרִים֙And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember unto me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy lovingkindness.Nehemiah 13:30 · וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖יםThus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;Job 4:17 · יִטְהַר־Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?Job 37:21 · וַֽתְּטַהֲרֵֽם׃And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.Psalm 51:2 · טַהֲרֵֽנִי׃Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.Psalm 51:7 · וְאֶטְהָ֑רPurify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.Proverbs 20:9 · טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּיWho can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?Isaiah 66:17 · וְהַמִּֽטַּהֲרִ֜יםThey that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, saith Jehovah.Jeremiah 13:27 · תִטְהֲרִ֔יI have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?Jeremiah 33:8 · וְטִ֣הַרְתִּ֔יםAnd I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me.Malachi 3:3 · וּמְטַהֵר֙ · וְטִהַ֤רand he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.