נִדָּהniddâh
impurity, (as abhorrent, shunned)
Pronunciation: nid-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5079
Meanings
1. of ceremonial impurity (Leviticus 20:21; Ezekiel 18:6; Ezekiel 22:10)
2. impure thing, (with allusion to ceremonial usage) (Ezekiel 7:19; Ezekiel 7:20; Lamentations 1:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 29 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 12:2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period.
- Leviticus 12:5 If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be ceremonially unclean for two weeks, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. After waiting sixty-six days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth.
- Leviticus 15:19 “Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:20 Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean.
- Leviticus 15:24 If a man has sexual intercourse with her and her blood touches him, her menstrual impurity will be transmitted to him. He will remain unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will be unclean.
- Leviticus 15:25 “If a woman has a flow of blood for many days that is unrelated to her menstrual period, or if the blood continues beyond the normal period, she is ceremonially unclean. As during her menstrual period, the woman will be unclean as long as the discharge continues.
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).