טׇהֳרָהṭohŏrâh
purifying, cleansing
Pronunciation: toh-or-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2893
Meanings
1. purifying, menstruation (Leviticus 12:4; Leviticus 12:5)
2. cleansing, purification (Leviticus 13:7; Leviticus 13:35; Leviticus 14:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 13:7 But if the rash continues to spread after the person has been examined by the priest and has been pronounced clean, the infected person must return to be examined again.
- Leviticus 13:35 But if the scabby sore begins to spread after the person is pronounced clean,
- Leviticus 14:2 “The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,
- Leviticus 14:23 On the eighth day of the purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in the Lord’s presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
- Leviticus 14:32 These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification.”
- Leviticus 15:13 “When the man with the discharge is healed, he must count off seven days for the period of purification. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be ceremonially clean.
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).