Strong's Lexicon

H2892

H2892 — טּוֹהַר

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

Hebrewtoharnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 792a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2892
Word:	טּוֹהַר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2891
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	tohar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	to'-har
Meaning:	1. literally brightness 2. ceremonially purification
KJV Renderings:	clearness, glory, purifying.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3300

טֹּ֫הַר noun [masculine] purity, purifying —

1. purity, כְּעֶצֶם הַשָּׁמַיִם לָטֹּ֫הַר Exod 24:10 ( J E ), as the body of heavens for purity.

2. suffix יְמֵי טָהֳרָהּ Lev 12:4; Lev 12:6 the days of her purifying (menstruation).

BDB3301

[טֳהָר] (see Ges^{«GKC:10»§ 10}. 2. B), or [ טְהָר] (Ol^{§ 173 b} Bö^{§ 386}), noun [masculine] clearness, lustre (dubious word; below טֹהַר Hup Pe SS; so Thes, reading מִטָּהֳרוֺ) — only הִשְׁבַּתָּ מִטֳּהָרוֺ Ps 89:45 De Hup Pe Sch thou hast made (him) to cease from his lustre; ᵑ6 ᵑ9 made his lustre to cease, so AE Ki and others reading noun מִטְהָרוֺ or מִטְּהָרוֺ (dagesh forte according to Ges^{«GKC:20»§ 20}. 2. 2 b), and Schr^{SK 1868, 642} who reads הִשְׁבַּתָּה טְהָרוֺ ; Gr proposes עטרתוֺ his crown; Bae מַטֶּה מִיָּדוֺ sceptre from his hand.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

טהר (ioh’-har)

Exodus 24:10

KJV: And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

EHCC: the body of heaven in (his) clearness.

Leviticus 12:4

KJV: And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

EHCC: the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

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