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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
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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 1 / 2 (Lev 5:2–Deu 12:15)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - or if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean wild animal or a carcass of unclean livestock or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him and he has become unclean, and he realizes his guilt;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:19 - “Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether human uncleanness or an unclean beast or any unclean detestable creature, and then eats some flesh from the sacrifice of the LORD’s peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:10 - You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:4 - Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:5 - And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:6 - And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7 - And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:8 - You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26 - Every animal that parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - And all that walk on their paws, among the animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28 - and he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29 - “And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the mole rat, the mouse, the great lizard of any kind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31 - These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:35 - And everything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean. Whether oven or stove, it shall be broken in pieces. They are unclean and shall remain unclean for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:38 - but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47 - to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - it is a chronic leprous disease in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 - And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean, for it is a leprous disease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:36 - then the priest shall examine him, and if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 - he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; his disease is on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 - “The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip[fn] and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:46 - He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - Then he shall examine the disease on the seventh day. If the disease has spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof, or in the skin, whatever be the use of the skin, the disease is a persistent leprous disease; it is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:55 - And the priest shall examine the diseased thing after it has been washed. And if the appearance of the diseased area has not changed, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean. You shall burn it in the fire, whether the rot is on the back or on the front.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40 - then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41 - And he shall have the inside of the house scraped all around, and the plaster that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:44 - then the priest shall go and look. And if the disease has spread in the house, it is a persistent leprous disease in the house; it is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - And he shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them out of the city to an unclean place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:57

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:57 - to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprous disease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:2 - “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body,[fn] his discharge is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:25 - “If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness. As in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26 - Every bed on which she lies, all the days of her discharge, shall be to her as the bed of her impurity. And everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her menstrual impurity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33 - also for her who is unwell with her menstrual impurity, that is, for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - You shall therefore separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the unclean bird from the clean. You shall not make yourselves detestable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground crawls, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:11 - And if it is any unclean animal that may not be offered as an offering to the LORD, then he shall stand the animal before the priest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:27 - And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back at the valuation, and add a fifth to it; or, if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at the valuation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - “Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous[fn] or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:6 - And there were certain men who were unclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:7 - And those men said to him, “We are unclean through touching a dead body. Why are we kept from bringing the LORD’s offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:10 - “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the LORD, shall be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13 - Whoever touches a dead person, the body of anyone who has died, and does not cleanse himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not thrown on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is still on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:15 - And every open vessel that has no cover fastened on it is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:17 - For the unclean they shall take some ashes of the burnt sin offering, and fresh[fn] water shall be added in a vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:19 - And the clean person shall sprinkle it on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day. Thus on the seventh day he shall cleanse him, and he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and at evening he shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:20 - “If the man who is unclean does not cleanse himself, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, since he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. Because the water for impurity has not been thrown on him, he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:22 - And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15 - “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your towns, as much as you desire, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and as of the deer.

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