טָהֵרṭâhêr
be clean, pure
Pronunciation: taw-hare' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2891
Meanings
Qal
1. be clean, i.e. (miraculously) freed from leprosy by washing in the Jordan (2 Kings 5:10; 2 Kings 5:12; 2 Kings 5:13)
2. be clean ceremonially (Leviticus 15:13; Leviticus 15:28; Leviticus 22:4)
3. be clean morally (Ezekiel 36:25; Jeremiah 13:27; Ezekiel 24:13)
Pi`el
1. cleanse, purify
a. physically (Malachi 3:3; Ezekiel 39:12; Ezekiel 39:14)
b. ceremonially (Leviticus 16:19; Nehemiah 12:30; Ezekiel 43:26)
c. morally (Leviticus 16:30; Ezekiel 37:23; Malachi 3:3)
2. pronounce clean (Leviticus 13:6; Leviticus 13:13; Leviticus 13:17)
3. perform the ceremony of cleansing (Leviticus 14:11)
Pu`al: he hath not been cleansed (1 Samuel 20:26; Ezekiel 22:24)
Hithpa`el: plural (Ezra 6:20; 2 Chronicles 30:18; Numbers 8:7)
1. purify oneself
2. present oneself for purification (Leviticus 14:4; Leviticus 14:7; Leviticus 14:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 94 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 35:2 So Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing.
- Leviticus 11:32 If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again.
- Leviticus 12:7 The priest will then present them to the Lord to purify her. Then she will be ceremonially clean again after her bleeding at childbirth. These are the instructions for a woman after the birth of a son or a daughter.
- Leviticus 12:8 “If a woman cannot afford to bring a lamb, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One will be for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will sacrifice them to purify her, and she will be ceremonially clean.”
- Leviticus 13:6 On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has faded and has not spread, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. It was only a rash. The person’s clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.
- Leviticus 13:13 When the priest examines the infected person and finds that the disease covers the entire body, he will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. Since the skin has turned completely white, the person is clean.
See every passage
- Genesis 35:2
- Leviticus 11:32, 12:7, 12:8, 13:6, 13:13, 13:17, 13:23, 13:28, 13:34, 13:37, 13:58, 13:59, 14:4, 14:7, 14:8, 14:9, 14:11, 14:14, 14:17, 14:18, 14:19, 14:20, 14:25, 14:28, 14:29, 14:31, 14:48, 14:53, 15:13, 15:28, 16:19, 16:30, 17:15, 22:4, 22:7
- Numbers 8:6, 8:7, 8:15, 8:21, 19:12, 19:19, 31:23, 31:24
- Joshua 22:17
- 2 Kings 5:10, 5:12, 5:13, 5:14
- 2 Chronicles 29:15, 29:16, 29:18, 30:18, 34:3, 34:5, 34:8
- Ezra 6:20
- Nehemiah 12:30, 13:9, 13:22, 13:30
- Job 4:17, 37:21
- Psalms 51:2, 51:7
- Proverbs 20:9
- Isaiah 66:17
- Jeremiah 13:27, 33:8
- Ezekiel 22:24, 24:13, 36:25, 36:33, 37:23, 39:12, 39:14, 39:16, 43:26
- Malachi 3:3
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).