Strongs Number: H2891
- Hebrew Word
- טָהֵר
- Transliteration
- ṭâhêr
- Phonetic
- taw-hare'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to be bright; that {is} (by implication) to be pure (physically {sound} clear: unadulterated; Levitically uncontaminated; morally innocent or holy)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to be clean, be pure
a. (Qal)
1. to be clean (physically - of disease)
2. to be clean ceremonially
3. to purify, be clean morally, made clean
b. (Piel)
1. to cleanse, purify 1b
c. physically 1b
d. ceremonially 1b
e. morally
1. to pronounce clean
2. to perform the ceremony of cleansing
f. (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean
g. (Hithpael)
1. to purify oneself 1d
h. ceremonially 1d
i. morally
1. to present oneself for purification
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- be ({make} make {self} pronounce) {clean} cleanse ({self}) {purge} purify ({-ier} self).