King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2889
Transliteration: tahor
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-hore')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: clean, pure
Meaning: clean, pure
Word Summary
tahor: clean, pure
Original Word: טָהוֹרTransliteration: tahor
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-hore')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: clean, pure
Meaning: clean, pure
Strong's Concordance
clean, fair, pureness Or tahor {taw-hore'}; from taher; pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense) -- clean, fair, pure(-ness).
see HEBREW taher
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2889. tahor
טָהוֺר adjective clean, pure; — masculine absolute ׳ט Exodus 25:11 68t.; טָהֹר Leviticus 11:47 4t.; construct טְהוֺר Habakkuk 1:13; טְהָו֯ר Proverbs 22:11; טֳהָרֿ Job 17:9; feminine טְהוֺרָה Malachi 1:11 3t.; טְהֹרָה Genesis 7:2 8t.; masculine plural טְהוֺרִים Ezekiel 36:25; Ezra 6:20; טְהֹרִים Proverbs 15:26; feminine plural טְהֹרוֺת Leviticus 14:4; Psalm 12:7; —
1 ceremonially clean, of animals Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse); 7:8 (twice in verse); 8:20 (twice in verse) (all J), Leviticus 14:4 (P), 20:25 (twice in verse) (H), Deuteronomy 14:11, 20; places Leviticus 4:12; 6:4; 10:14; 11:36; Numbers 19:9 (all P); things Leviticus 10:10; 11:37, 47; 14:57 (P), Ezekiel 22:26; 44:23; Isaiah 66:20; Malachi 1:11; persons Leviticus 7:19; 13:13, 17, 37, 39, 40, 41; 15:8; Numbers 5:28; 9:13; 18:11, 13; 19:9, 18, 19 (all P), Deuteronomy 12:15, 22; 15:22; 23:11; 1 Samuel 20:26 a + see :26 b ᵑ0 but read טֹהַר Pu`al, see טָהֵר, 2 Chronicles 30:17; Ezra 6:20.
2 physically pure: of gold זָהָב Exodus 25:11, 17, 24, 29, 31, 36, 38, 39; 28:14, 22, 36; 30:3; 37:2, 6, 11, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 26; 39:15, 25, 30 (all P), 1 Chronicles 28:17; 2 Chronicles 3:4; 9:17; כֶּתֶם Job 28:19; of water מַיִם Ezekiel 36:25; of incense קְטֹרֶת Exodus 30:35; 37:29 (P); of lamp stand מְנֹרָה 31:8; 39:37 (P), Leviticus 24:4 (H); of the table שֻׁלְחָן 24:6 (H), 2 Chronicles 13:11; clean, of turban Zechariah 3:5 (twice in verse).
3 ethically pure, clean Proverbs 30:12; Ecclesiastes 9:2; Job 14:4; of heart Psalm 51:12; Proverbs 22:11; hands Job 17:9; eyes Habakkuk 1:13 (of God); words of men Proverbs 15:26; words of God Psalm 12:7; law of ׳י as object of reverential fear 19:10.