King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2892
Transliteration: tohar
Phonetic Spelling: (to'-har)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: purity, purifying
Meaning: brightness, ceremonially purification
Word Summary
tohar: purity, purifying
Original Word: טֹהַרTransliteration: tohar
Phonetic Spelling: (to'-har)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: purity, purifying
Meaning: brightness, ceremonially purification
Strong's Concordance
clearness, glory, purifying From taher; literally brightness; ceremonially purification -- clearness, glory, purifying.
see HEBREW taher
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2892. tohar
טֹּ֫הַר noun [masculine] purity, purifying —
1 purity, לָטֹּ֫הַר הַשָּׁמַיִם כְּעֶצֶם Exodus 24:10 (JE), as the body of heavens for purity.
2 suffix טָהֳרָהּ יְמֵי Leviticus 12:4, 6 the days of her purifying (menstruation).
[טֳהָר] (see Ges§ 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 מִטֳּהָרוֺ הִשְׁבַּתָּ Psalm 89:45; De Hup Pe Sch thou hast made (him) to cease from his lustre; ᵑ9 ᵑ6 made his lustre to cease, so AE Ki and others reading noun מִטְהָרוֺ or מִטְּהָרוֺ (dagesh forte according to Ges§ 20. 2. 2 b), and SchrSK 1868, 642 who reads טְהָרוֺ הִשְׁבַּתָּה; Gr proposes עטרתוֺ his crown; Bae מִיָּדוֺ מַטֶּה sceptre from his hand.