Strong's Lexicon

H2889

H2889 — טָּהוֹר טָּהוֹר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewtahowradjectiveOccurrences: 93TWOT: 792d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2889
Word:טָּהוֹר טָּהוֹר
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H2891
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:93
Transliteration:tahowr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:taw-hore' (or tahor {taw-hore'}) adj.
Meaning:1. pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
KJV Renderings:clean, fair, pure(-ness).

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טָהוֺר adjective clean, pure; — masculine absolute ׳ ט Exod 25:11 + 68 t.; טָהֹר Lev 11:47 + 4 t.; construct טְהוֺר Hab 1:13 טְהָו֯ר Prov 22:11 טֳהָרֿ Job 17:9 feminine טְהוֺרָה Mal 1:11 + 3 t.; טְהֹרָה Gen 7:2 + 8 t.; masculine plural טְהוֺרִים Ezek 36:25; Ezra 6:20 טְהֹרִים Prov 15:26 feminine plural טְהֹרוֺת Lev 14:4; Ps 12:7

1. ceremonially clean, of animals Gen 7:2 (twice in verse); Gen 7:8 (twice in verse); Gen 8:20 (twice in verse) (all J ), Lev 14:4 ( P ), Lev 20:25 (twice in verse) ( H ), Deut 14:11; Deut 14:20 places Lev 4:12; Lev 6:4; Lev 10:14; Lev 11:36; (all P ); things Lev 10:10; Lev 11:37; Lev 11:47; Lev 14:57 ( P ), Ezek 22:26; Ezek 44:23; Isa 66:20; Mal 1:11 persons Lev 7:19; Lev 13:13; Lev 13:17; Lev 13:37; Lev 13:39; Lev 13:40; Lev 13:41; Lev 15:8; Num 5:28; Num 9:13; Num 18:11; Num 18:13; Num 19:9; Num 19:18; Num 19:19 (all P ), Deut 12:15; Deut 12:22; Deut 15:22; Deut 23:11; 1Sam 20:26 a + see :26 b ᵑ0 but read טֹהַר Pu`al, see טָהֵר , 2Chr 30:17; Ezra 6:20.
2. physically pure: of gold זָהָב Exod 25:11; Exod 25:17; Exod 25:24; Exod 25:29; Exod 25:31; Exod 25:36; Exod 25:38; Exod 25:39; Exod 28:14; Exod 28:22; Exod 28:36; Exod 30:3; Exod 37:2; Exod 37:6; Exod 37:11; Exod 37:16; Exod 37:17; Exod 37:22; Exod 37:23; Exod 37:24; Exod 37:26; Exod 39:15; Exod 39:25; Exod 39:30 (all P ), 1Chr 28:17; 2Chr 3:4 ; 2Chr 9:17 כֶּתֶם Job 28:19 of water מַיִם Ezek 36:25 of incense קְטֹרֶת Exod 30:35; Exod 37:29 ( P ); of lamp stand מְנֹרָה Exod 31:8; Exod 39:37 ( P ), Lev 24:4 ( H ); of the table שֻׁלְחָן Lev 24:6 ( H ), 2Chr 13:11 clean, of turban Zech 3:5 (twice in verse).
3. ethically pure, clean Prov 30:12; Eccl 9:2; Job 14:4 of heart Ps 51:12; Prov 22:11 hands Job 17:9 eyes Hab 1:13 (of God); words of men Prov 15:26 words of God Ps 12:7 law of ׳ י as object of reverential fear Ps 19:10.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

טהור (tah-hohr’)

Genesis 7:2

KJV: Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.by sevens: Heb. seven seven
EHCC: Of every clean beast thou shalt

Genesis 8:20

KJV: And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
EHCC: took of every clean beast, and of every

Exodus 25:11

KJV: And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
EHCC: shalt overlsy

Exodus 28:14

KJV: And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
EHCC: two chains (of) gold

Exodus 31:8

KJV: And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,furniture: Heb. vessels
EHCC: the pure ‘cavtlieaick wih all

Exodus 87:2

EHCC: he overlaid it with pure gold

Exodus 89:15

EHCC: wreathen work (of) pure gold.

Leviticus 4:12

KJV: Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.without…: Heb. to without the campwhere…: Heb. at the pouring out of the ashes
EHCC: & 6:11(4). without the camp unto a dem

Leviticus 10:10

KJV: And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
EHCC: between unclean and clean;

Leviticus 18:13

KJV: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.
EHCC: it is all turned white: he (is) der.

Leviticus 14:4

KJV: Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:birds: or, sparrows
EHCC: cleansed two birds alive (and) cos.

Leviticus 15:8

KJV: And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
EHCC: spit upon Aim that is clean; -

Leviticus 20:25

KJV: Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.creepeth: or, moveth
EHCC: between clean beasts and הסס

Leviticus 24:4

KJV: He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually.
EHCC: order the lamps upon the pure candlesick

Numbers 5:28

KJV: And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
EHCC: be not defied, but be clean;

Numbers 9:13

KJV: But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
EHCC: But the man that (is) clas,

Numbers 18:11

KJV: And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
EHCC: 13. every one that ts cleax

Numbers 19:9

KJV: And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
EHCC: 0 man (that is) clean shell gather

Deuteronomy 12:15

KJV: Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
EHCC: unclean and the clean may eat

Deuteronomy 14:11

KJV: Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
EHCC: all clean birds ye shall eat.

Deuteronomy 15:22

KJV: Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
EHCC: unclean and the clean

Deuteronomy 23:10

KJV: If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
EHCC: (11).not clean by reason of unclean

1 Samuel 20:96

EHCC: be (is) not clean, surely he (is) 20

1 Samuel 30:17

KJV: And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.the next…: Heb. their morrow
EHCC: far every ‘one (that was) wot dear,

Exodus 6:90

EHCC: all of thera (were)

Job 14:4

KJV: Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.can…: Heb. will give
EHCC: Who can bring ₪ chen (hing)

Job 25:19

EHCC: neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Job 19:9

KJV: He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
EHCC: (10).The fear of the Lord (is) clean,

Job 51:10

EHCC: (12). Create in me a clean heart,

Proverbs 15:26

KJV: The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.pleasant…: Heb. words of pleasantness
EHCC: but (the words) of the pure (are) pleasant

Proverbs 90:12

EHCC: a generation (that are)

Isaiah 66:20

KJV: And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.litters: or, coaches
EHCC: bring an offering in ₪ clean vessel

Isaiah 4:33

EHCC: between the unclean and the clean,

Habakkuk 1:13

KJV: Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?iniquity: or, grievance
EHCC: ( Thou art) of purer eyes than to behold

Malachi 1:11

KJV: For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
EHCC: unto my name, aud a pure offering:
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