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 · וְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּAnd Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who are with him, ‘Turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;Leviticus 11:32 · וְטָהֵֽר׃‘And anything on which any one of them falleth, in their death, is unclean, of any vessel of wood or garment or skin or sack, any vessel in which work is done is brought into water, and hath been unclean till the evening, then it hath been clean;Leviticus 12:7 · וְטָהֲרָ֖הand he hath brought it near before Jehovah, and hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who is bearing, in regard to a male or to a female.Leviticus 12:8 · וְטָהֵֽרָה׃ פ‘And if her hand find not the sufficiency of a sheep, then she hath taken two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, one for a burnt-offering, and one for a sin-offering, and the priest hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed.’Leviticus 13:6 · וְטִהֲר֤וֹ · וְטָהֵֽר׃And the priest hath seen him on the second seventh day, and lo, the plague is become weak, and the plague hath not spread in the skin—and the priest hath pronounced him clean, it is a scab, and he hath washed his garments, and hath been clean.Leviticus 13:13 · וְטִהַ֖רthen hath the priest seen, and lo, the leprosy hath covered all his flesh, and he hath pronounced him who hath the plague clean; it hath all turned white; he is clean.Leviticus 13:17 · וְטִהַ֧רand the priest hath seen him, and lo, the plague hath been turned to white, and the priest hath pronounced clean him who hath the plague; he is clean.Leviticus 13:23 · וְטִהֲר֖וֹand if in its place the bright spot stay—it hath not spread—it is an inflammation of the ulcer; and the priest hath pronounced him clean.Leviticus 13:28 · וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙And if the bright spot stay in its place, it hath not spread in the skin, and is become weak; a rising of the burning it is, and the priest hath pronounced him clean; for it is inflammation of the burning.Leviticus 13:34 · וְטִהַ֤ר · וְטָהֵֽר׃And the priest hath seen the scall on the seventh day, and lo, the scall hath not spread in the skin, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and the priest hath pronounced him clean, and he hath washed his garments, and hath been clean.Leviticus 13:37 · וְטִהֲר֖וֹand if in his eyes the scall hath stayed, and black hair hath sprung up in it, the scall hath been healed—he is clean—and the priest hath pronounced him clean.Leviticus 13:58 · וְטָהֵֽר׃‘And the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or any vessel of skin which thou dost wash when the plague hath turned aside from them, then it hath been washed a second time, and hath been clean.Leviticus 13:59 · לְטַהֲר֖וֹThis is the law of a plague of leprosy in a garment of wool or of linen, or of the warp or of the woof, or of any vessel of skin, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.’Leviticus 14:4 · לַמִּטַּהֵ֛רand the priest hath commanded, and he hath taken for him who is to be cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.Leviticus 14:7 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר · וְטִ֣הֲר֔וֹand he hath sprinkled on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and hath pronounced him clean, and hath sent out the living bird on the face of the field.Leviticus 14:8 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֨ר · וְטָהֵ֔ר‘And he who is to be cleansed hath washed his garments, and hath shaved all his hair, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean, and afterwards he doth come in unto the camp, and hath dwelt at the outside of his tent seven days.Leviticus 14:9 · וְטָהֵֽר׃‘And it hath been, on the seventh day—he shaveth all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair he doth shave, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and hath been clean.Leviticus 14:11 · הַֽמְטַהֵ֗ר · הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר‘And the priest who is cleansing hath caused the man who is to be cleansed to stand with them before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting,Leviticus 14:14 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר‘And the priest hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot;Leviticus 14:17 · הַמִּטַּהֵר֙And of the residue of the oil which is on his palm, the priest putteth on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt-offering;Leviticus 14:18 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֑רand the remnant of the oil which is on the palm of the priest, he putteth on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest hath made atonement for him before Jehovah.Leviticus 14:19 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר‘And the priest hath made the sin-offering, and hath made atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterwards he doth slaughter the burnt-offering;Leviticus 14:20 · וְטָהֵֽר׃ סand the priest hath caused the burnt-offering to ascend, also the present, on the altar, and the priest hath made atonement for him, and he hath been clean.Leviticus 14:25 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֖רand he hath slaughtered the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and hath put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot;Leviticus 14:28 · הַמִּטַּהֵר֙And the priest hath put of the oil which is on his palm, on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt-offering;Leviticus 14:29 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֑רand the remnant of the oil which is on the palm of the priest he doth put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him, before Jehovah.Leviticus 14:31 · הַמִּטַּהֵ֖רeven that which his hand reacheth to), the one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt offering, besides the present, and the priest hath made atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Jehovah.Leviticus 14:48 · וְטִהַ֤ר‘And if the priest certainly come in, and hath seen, and lo, the plague hath not spread in the house after the daubing of the house, then hath the priest pronounced the house clean, for the plague hath been healed.Leviticus 14:53 · וְטָהֵֽר׃and he hath sent away the living bird unto the outside of the city unto the face of the field, and hath made atonement for the house, and it hath been clean.Leviticus 15:13 · יִטְהַ֤ר · וְטָהֵֽר׃‘And when he who hath the issue is clean from his issue, then he hath numbered to himself seven days for his cleansing, and hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with running water, and been clean.Leviticus 15:28 · טָהֲרָ֖ה · תִּטְהָֽר׃‘And if she hath been clean from her issue, then she hath numbered to herself seven days, and afterwards she is clean;Leviticus 16:19 · וְטִהֲר֣וֹand he hath sprinkled on it of the blood with his finger seven times, and hath cleansed it, and hath hallowed it from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel.Leviticus 16:30 · לְטַהֵ֣ר · תִּטְהָֽרוּ׃for on this day he maketh atonement for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins before Jehovah ye are clean;Leviticus 17:15 · וְטָהֵֽר׃‘And any person who eateth a carcase or torn thing, among natives or among sojourners—hath both washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been unclean until the evening—then he hath been clean;Leviticus 22:4 · יִטְהָ֑ר‘Any man of the seed of Aaron, and is leprous or hath an issue—of the holy things he doth not eat till that he is clean; and he who is coming against any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose seed of copulation goeth out from him,Leviticus 22:7 · וְטָהֵ֑רand the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it is his food;Numbers 8:6 · וְטִהַרְתָּ֖‘Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and thou hast cleansed them.Numbers 8:7 · לְטַֽהֲרָ֔ם · וְהִטֶּהָֽרוּ׃‘And thus thou dost to them to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them waters of atonement, and they have caused a razor to pass over all their flesh, and have washed their garments, and cleansed themselves,Numbers 8:15 · וְטִֽהַרְתָּ֣and afterwards do the Levites come in to serve the tent of meeting, and thou hast cleansed them, and hast waved them—a wave-offering.Numbers 8:21 · לְטַהֲרָֽם׃And the Levites cleanse themselves, and wash their garments, and Aaron waveth them a wave-offering before Jehovah, and Aaron maketh atonement for them to cleanse them,Numbers 19:12 · יִטְהָ֑ר · יִטְהָֽר׃he doth cleanse himself for it on the third day, and on the seventh day he is clean; and if he cleanse not himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he is not clean.Numbers 19:19 · וְטָהֵ֥רAnd the clean hath sprinkled it on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day, and hath cleansed him on the seventh day, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean in the evening.Numbers 31:23 · וְטָהֵ֔רevery thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over through water;Numbers 31:24 · וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑םand ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.’Joshua 22:17 · הִטַּהַ֙רְנוּ֙Is the iniquity of Peor little to us, from which we have not been cleansed till this day—and the plague is in the company of Jehovah,2 Kings 5:10 · וּטְהָֽר׃and Elisha sendeth unto him a messenger, saying, ‘Go, and thou hast washed seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh doth turn back to thee—and be thou clean.2 Kings 5:12 · וְטָהָ֑רְתִּיAre not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do I not wash in them and I have been clean?’ and he turneth and goeth on in fury.2 Kings 5:13 · וּטְהָֽר׃And his servants come nigh, and speak unto him, and say, ‘My father, a great thing had the prophet spoken unto thee—dost thou not do it? and surely, when he hath said unto thee, Wash, and be clean.’2 Kings 5:14 · וַיִּטְהָֽר׃And he goeth down and dippeth in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh doth turn back as the flesh of a little youth, and is clean.2 Chronicles 29:15 · לְטַהֵ֖רand they gather their brethren, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah,2 Chronicles 29:16 · לְטַהֵר֒and the priests come in to the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse it, and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of Jehovah to the court of the house of Jehovah, and the Levites receive it, to take it out to the brook Kidron without.2 Chronicles 29:18 · טִהַ֖רְנוּAnd they come in within unto Hezekiah the king, and say, ‘We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of the arrangement, and all its vessels,2 Chronicles 30:18 · הִטֶּהָ֔רוּfor a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, have not been cleansed, but have eaten the passover otherwise than it is written; but Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, ‘Jehovah, who is good, doth receive atonement for every one2 Chronicles 34:3 · לְטַהֵ֔רAnd in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images.2 Chronicles 34:5 · וַיְטַהֵ֥רand the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars, and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem,2 Chronicles 34:8 · לְטַהֵ֥רAnd in the eighteenth year of his reign, to purify the land and the house he hath sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah head of the city, and Joah son of Johaz the remembrancer, to strengthen the house of Jehovah his God.Ezra 6:20 · הִֽטַּהֲר֞וּfor the priests and the Levites have been purified together—all of them are pure—and they slaughter the passover for all the sons of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.Nehemiah 12:30 · וַיִּֽטַּהֲר֔וּ · וַֽיְטַהֲרוּ֙and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.Nehemiah 13:9 · וַֽיְטַהֲר֖וּand I speak, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back thither the vessels of the house of God with the present and the frankincense.Nehemiah 13:22 · מִֽטַּהֲרִים֙And I say to the Levites, that they be cleansed, and, coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Also, this, remember for me, O my God, and have pity on me, according to the abundance of Thy kindness.Nehemiah 13:30 · וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖יםAnd I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,Job 4:17 · יִטְהַר־‘Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?Job 37:21 · וַֽתְּטַהֲרֵֽם׃And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it is in the clouds, And the wind hath passed by and cleanseth them.Psalm 51:2 · טַהֲרֵֽנִי׃Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me,Psalm 51:7 · וְאֶטְהָ֑רThou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.Proverbs 20:9 · טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּיWho saith, ‘I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?’Isaiah 66:17 · וְהַמִּֽטַּהֲרִ֜יםThose sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of Jehovah.Jeremiah 13:27 · תִטְהֲרִ֔יThine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when is it again?Jeremiah 33:8 · וְטִ֣הַרְתִּ֔יםAnd cleansed them from all their iniquity, That they have sinned against Me, And I have pardoned all their iniquities, That they have sinned against Me, And that they transgressed against Me.Malachi 3:3 · וּמְטַהֵר֙ · וְטִהַ֤רAnd he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.