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Lexicon :: Strong's H2931 - ṭāmē'

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טָמֵא
Transliteration
ṭāmē'
Pronunciation
taw-may'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 809a

Strong’s Definitions

טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ, taw-may'; from H2930; foul in a religious sense:—defiled, infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's H2931 in the following manner: unclean (79x), defiled (5x), infamous (1x), polluted (1x), pollution (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x
The KJV translates Strong's H2931 in the following manner: unclean (79x), defiled (5x), infamous (1x), polluted (1x), pollution (1x).

  1. unclean, impure

    1. ethically and religiously

    2. ritually

    3. of places

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ, taw-may'; from H2930; foul in a religious sense:—defiled, infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.
STRONGS H2931: Abbreviations
† II. טָמֵא adjective unclean; — ט׳ Leviticus 5:2 + 58 times; construct טְמֵא Leviticus 22:4 + 3 times; feminine טְמֵאָה Leviticus 5:2 + 11 times; construct טְמֵאַת Ezekiel 22:5, 10; plural טְמֵאִים Leviticus 11:8 + 10 times; — unclean,
1. ethically and religiously שׂפתים ט׳ Isaiah 6:5 (twice in verse) unclean of lips; השׁם ט׳ Ezekiel 22:5 defiled of name, infamous; טהור מִטּ׳ Job 14:4.
2. ritually:
a. of persons, || טהור Deuteronomy 12:15, 22; Deuteronomy 15:22; Ecclesiastes 9:2; נפשׁ ט׳ Leviticus 22:4 (H); (אדם) לנפשׁ ט׳ unclean for a (dead) person Numbers 5:2; Numbers 9:6, 7, 10 (P) = נפשׁ ט׳ Haggai 2:13; elsewhere for various reasons Deuteronomy 26:14; Leviticus 5:2; Leviticus 13:11, 16, 44, 45 (twice in verse); Leviticus 13:46; Leviticus 15:2, 25, 33; Numbers 19:13, 17, 19, 20, 22 (all P), 2 Chronicles 23:19; Isaiah 64:5; Ezekiel 4:13; Ezekiel 22:10; Lamentations 4:15.
b. of animals Leviticus 5:2 (4 times in verse); Leviticus 7:21 (twice in verse); Leviticus 11:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31; Leviticus 27:11, 27; Numbers 18:15 (all P), Leviticus 20:25 (twice in verse) (H), Deuteronomy 14:7, 8, 10, 19.
c. of things in general Leviticus 11:35 (twice in verse); Leviticus 11:38; Leviticus 15:26; Numbers 19:15 (all P), Isaiah 52:11; food Judges 13:4; Hosea 9:3; houses Jeremiah 19:13; leprosy Leviticus 13:15, 51, 55; Leviticus 14:44, 57 (P); offering Haggai 2:14.
d. persons and things in general כל טמא Leviticus 7:19, 21 (P); ובין הטהור הבדיל בין הט׳ Leviticus 10:10; Leviticus 11:47; לטהור הודיע בין (ה)ט׳ Ezekiel 22:26; Ezekiel 44:23; of aliens Isaiah 52:1 (|| עָרֵל), perhaps also Isaiah 35:8.
3. specifically of places: מקום ט׳ unclean place (place of refuse away from holy place and human habitation) Leviticus 14:40, 41, 45 (P); טמאה ארץ land on the east of the Jordan separated from the land of the tabernacle of י׳ Joshua 22:19 (P); so אדמה ט׳ a foreign land Amos 7:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

5:2; 5:2; 5:2; 5:2; 7:19; 7:21; 7:21; 10:10; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7; 11:8; 11:8; 11:26; 11:27; 11:28; 11:29; 11:31; 11:35; 11:38; 11:47; 13:11; 13:15; 13:16; 13:44; 13:45; 13:46; 13:51; 13:55; 14:40; 14:41; 14:44; 14:45; 14:57; 15:2; 15:25; 15:26; 15:33; 20:25; 22:4; 22:4; 27:11; 27:27

Numbers

5:2; 9:6; 9:7; 9:10; 18:15; 19:13; 19:15; 19:17; 19:19; 19:20; 19:22

Deuteronomy

12:15; 12:22; 14:7; 14:8; 14:10; 14:19; 15:22; 26:14

Joshua

22:19

Judges

13:4

2 Chronicles

23:19

Job

14:4

Ecclesiastes

9:2

Isaiah

6:5; 35:8; 52:1; 52:11; 64:5

Jeremiah

19:13

Lamentations

4:15

Ezekiel

4:13; 22:5; 22:5; 22:10; 22:10; 22:26; 44:23

Hosea

9:3

Amos

7:17

Haggai

2:13; 2:14

H2931

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2931 matches the Hebrew טָמֵא (ṭāmē'),
which occurs 88 times in 78 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Deu 12:22–Hag 2:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8 - “The pig, H2386 because H3588 it divides H6536 the hoof H6541 but does not chew the cud, H1625 it is unclean H2931 for you. You shall not eat H398 any H4480 of their flesh H1320 nor H3808 touch H5060 their carcasses. H5038

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:10 - but anything H3605 that does not have H369 fins H5579 and scales H7193 you shall not eat; H398 it is unclean H2931 for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:19 - “And all H3605 the [fn]teeming H8318 life H8318 with wings H5775 are unclean H2931 to you; they shall not be eaten. H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:22 - “You shall eat H398 it within your gates; H8179 the unclean H2931 and the clean H2889 alike H3162 may eat it, as a gazelle H6643 or a deer. H354

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - ‘I have not eaten H398 of it [fn]while mourning, H205 nor H3808 have I removed H1197 any H4480 of it while I was unclean, H2931 nor H3808 offered H5414 any H4480 of it to the dead. H4191 I have listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 my God; H430 I have done H6213 according to all H3605 that You have commanded H6680 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4 - “Now H6258 therefore, be careful H8104 not to drink H8354 wine H3196 or strong H7941 drink, H7941 nor H408 eat H398 any H3605 unclean H2931 thing. H2931

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:19 - He stationed H5975 the gatekeepers H7778 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 so that no H3808 one would enter H935 who was in any H3605 way H1697 unclean. H2931

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:4 - “Who H4310 can make H5414 the clean H2889 out of the unclean? H2931
No H3808 one! H259

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - It is the same H834 for all. H3605 There is one H259 fate H4745 for the righteous H6662 and for the wicked; H7563 for the good, H2896 for the clean H2889 and for the unclean; H2931 for the man who offers H2076 a sacrifice H2076 and for the one who H834 does not sacrifice. H2076 As the good H2896 man H2896 is, so is the sinner; H2398 as the swearer H7650 is, so is the one who [fn]is afraid H3372 to swear. H7621

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - Then I said, H559
“Woe H188 is me, for I am ruined! H1820
Because H3588 I am a man H376 of unclean H2931 lips, H8193
And I live H3427 among H8432 a people H5971 of unclean H2931 lips; H8193
For my eyes H5869 have seen H7200 the King, H4428 the LORD H3068 of hosts.” H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 - A highway H4547 will be there, H8033 a roadway, H1870
And it will be called H7121 the Highway H1870 of Holiness. H6944
The unclean H2931 will not travel H5674 on it,
But it will be for him who walks H1980 that way, H1870
And fools H191 will not wander H8582 on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:1 - Awake, H5782 awake, H5782
Clothe H3847 yourself H3847 in your strength, H5797 O Zion; H6726
Clothe H3847 yourself H3847 in your beautiful H8597 garments, H899
O Jerusalem, H3389 the holy H6944 city; H5892
For the uncircumcised H6189 and the unclean H2931
Will no H3808 longer H3254 H5750 come H935 into you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:11 - Depart, H5493 depart, H5493 go H3318 out from there, H8033
Touch H5060 nothing H408 unclean; H2931
Go H3318 out of the midst H8432 of her, purify H1305 yourselves,
You who carry H5375 the vessels H3627 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6 - For all H3605 of us have become H1961 like one who is unclean, H2931
And all H3605 our righteous H6666 deeds H6666 are like a filthy H5708 garment; H899
And all H3605 of us wither H5034 like a leaf, H5929
And our iniquities, H5771 like the wind, H7307 take H5375 us away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - “The houses H1004 of Jerusalem H3389 and the houses H1004 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 will be defiled H2931 like the place H4725 Topheth, H8612 because of all H3605 the houses H1004 on whose H834 rooftops H1406 they burned H6999 [fn]sacrifices H6999 to all H3605 the heavenly H8064 host H6635 and poured H5258 out drink H5262 offerings H5262 to other H312 gods.”’” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 - “Depart! H5493 Unclean!” H2931 [fn]they cried H7121 of themselves.
“Depart, H5493 depart, H5493 do not touch!” H5060
So H3588 they fled H5327 and wandered; H5128
Men among the nations H1471 said, H559
“They shall not continue H3254 to dwell H1481 with us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:13 - Then the LORD H3068 said, H559 “Thus H3602 will the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 eat H398 their bread H3899 unclean H2931 among the nations H1471 where H834 H8033 I will banish H5080 them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:10 - “In you [fn]they have uncovered H1540 their fathers’ H1 nakedness; H6172 in you they have humbled H6031 her who H2931 was unclean H2931 in her menstrual H5079 impurity. H5079

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - “Her priests H3548 have done H2554 violence H2554 to My law H8451 and have profaned H2490 My holy H6944 things; H6944 they have made H914 no H3808 distinction H914 between H996 the holy H6944 and the profane, H2455 and they have not taught H3045 the difference between H996 the unclean H2931 and the clean; H2889 and they hide H5956 their eyes H5869 from My sabbaths, H7676 and I am profaned H2490 among H8432 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:23 - “Moreover, they shall teach H3384 My people H5971 the difference between H996 the holy H6944 and the profane, H2455 and cause them to discern H3045 between H996 the unclean H2931 and the clean. H2889

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:3 - They will not remain H3427 in the LORD’S H3068 land, H776
But Ephraim H669 will return H7725 to Egypt, H4714
And in Assyria H804 they will eat H398 unclean H2931 food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - “Therefore, H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 ‘Your wife H802 will become H2181 a harlot H2181 in the city, H5892 your sons H1121 and your daughters H1323 will fall H5307 by the sword, H2719 your land H127 will be parceled H2505 up by a measuring line H2256 and you yourself H859 will die H4191 [fn]upon unclean H2931 soil. H127 Moreover, Israel H3478 will certainly H1540 go H1540 from its land H127 into exile.’” H1540

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:13 - Then Haggai H2292 said, H559 “If H518 one who is unclean H2931 from a [fn]corpse H5315 touches H5060 any H3605 of these, H428 will the latter become H2930 unclean?” H2930 And the priests H3548 answered, H6030 “It will become H2930 unclean.” H2930

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:14 - Then Haggai H2292 said, H559 “ ‘So H3651 is this H2088 people. H5971 And so H3651 is this H2088 nation H1471 before H6440 Me,’ declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 ‘and so H3651 is every H3605 work H4639 of their hands; H3027 and what H834 they offer H7126 there H8033 is unclean. H2931

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