Strong's Lexicon

H5079

H5079 — נִדָּה

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

Hebrewniddahnoun femOccurrences: 29TWOT: 1302a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5079
Word:	נִדָּה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H5074
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	29
Transliteration:	niddah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	nid-daw'
Meaning:	1. (properly) rejection 2. (by implication) impurity 3. (especially) moral impurity (idolatry, incest, adultery, etc.) 4. (femininely, physically) menstruation
KJV Renderings:	X far, filthiness, X flowers, menstruous (woman), put apart, X removed (woman), separation, set apart, unclean(-ness, thing, with filthiness).

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BDB4994

נִדָּה noun feminine impurity (as abhorrent, shunned); — absolute ׳ נ Ezek 18:6 +; construct נִדַּת Lev 12:2 +; suffix נִדָּתָהּ Lev 12:5 +; — impurity (especially P and Ezekiel):

1. of ceremonial impurity, as union with brother's wife, Lev 20:21 especially of menstruation Ezek 18:6 (read אִשָּׁה בְּנִדָּתָהּ for ᵑ0 נִדָּה ׳ א ᵑ6 Co), ׳ טְמֵאַת הַנּ Ezek 22:10, compare Ezek 36:17 , נִדַּת דְּוֺתָהּ Lev 12:2, compare v Lev 12:5; Lev 15:19; Lev 15:20; Lev 15:24; Lev 15:25 ( ׳ עֶתנִֿדּ), (3 t. in verse), Lev 15:26 (׳ מִשְׁכַּב נִדּ), Lev 15:26 (׳ טֻמְאַת נִדּ), Lev 15:33; Lev 18:19 of defilement contracted by contact with a corpse, מֵי (הַ)נִּדָּה water of impurity (i.e. to remove it, compare Di) Num 19:9; Num 19:13; Num 19:20; Num 19:21 (twice in verse); Num 31:23 .

2. figurative (with allusion to ceremonial usage), impure thing, Ezek 7:19; Ezek 7:20 (of gold), Lam 1:17 (of Jerusalem); of idolatry, immorality, etc., 2Chr 29:5; Ezra 9:11 (אֶרֶץ נִדָּה), Ezra 9:11, Zech 13:1 (לְחַטַּאת וּלְנִדָּה).

BDB4995

נִידָה noun feminine id. (on form compare Ges^{«GKC:20»§ 20}, 3, R. 1 Kö^{ii. 1, 497}); — of Jerusalem Lam 1:8 (= נִדָּה Lam 1:17).

Other Resources

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

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