Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
KJV Usage: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
טָהֵר (ta.her) — be pure. 1) to be clean, be pure 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be clean (physically-of disease) 1a2) to be clean ceremonially 1a3) to purify, be clean morally, made clean 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to cleanse, purify 1b1a) physically 1b1b) ceremonially 1b1c) morally 1b2) to pronounce clean 1b3) to perform the ceremony of cleansing 1c) (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to purify oneself 1d1a) ceremonially 1d1b) morally 1d2) to present oneself for purification
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · טָהֹור · טֹהַר · טָהֳרָה
Pure | verb qal
to become clean = process by which an area or object becomes free from dirt, contamination and everything else that is not supposed to be present
Pure | verb pi, verb pu'al
to purify, to cleanse, to clear, to purge = causative process by which people cause an area or object to be free from dirt, contamination and everything else that is not supposed to be present
2CH 34:3 · 2CH 34:5 · 2CH 34:8 · JOB 37:21 · EZK 22:24 · EZK 24:13 · EZK 39:12 · EZK 39:14 · EZK 39:16 · MAL 3:3 · MAL 3:3
Clean | verb qal
to be clean, to be ceremonially clean, to be ritually clean = state in which people or objects are considered free from contamination, ► as a result of which the people can interact socially with others and the objects can be put to normal use
LEV 11:32 · LEV 12:7 · LEV 12:8 · LEV 13:6 · LEV 13:34 · LEV 13:58 · LEV 14:8 · LEV 14:9 · LEV 14:20 · LEV 14:53 · LEV 15:13 · LEV 15:13 · LEV 15:28 · LEV 15:28 · LEV 16:30 · LEV 17:15 · LEV 22:4 · LEV 22:7 · NUM 19:12 · NUM 19:12 · NUM 19:19 · NUM 31:23 · NUM 31:24 · 2KI 5:10 · 2KI 5:12 · 2KI 5:13 · 2KI 5:14
Clean | verb pi | ≈ זקק · כבס · כפר · קדשׁ
to purify, to cleanse = causative action by which a priest performs the rituals that are necessary ► for rendering people and places free from contamination, as a result of which the people can interact socially with others and the places can be put to normal use
LEV 16:19 · LEV 16:30 · NUM 8:6 · NUM 8:7 · NUM 8:15 · NUM 8:21 · 2CH 29:15 · 2CH 29:16 · 2CH 29:18 · NEH 12:30 · NEH 13:9 · NEH 13:30 · EZK 43:26
Clean | verb pi
to pronounce (ceremonially) clean, to declare (ceremonially) clean = causative action by which a priest declares a person or object to be ceremonially clean; ► as a result of which the people can interact socially with others and the objects can be put to normal use
LEV 13:6 · LEV 13:13 · LEV 13:17 · LEV 13:23 · LEV 13:28 · LEV 13:34 · LEV 13:37 · LEV 13:59 · LEV 14:7 · LEV 14:11 · LEV 14:48
Clean | verb hit
to cleanse oneself, to purify oneself = process by which humans take the necessary steps to render themselves ceremonially pure
GEN 35:2 · LEV 14:4 · LEV 14:7 · LEV 14:8 · LEV 14:11 · LEV 14:14 · LEV 14:17 · LEV 14:18 · LEV 14:19 · LEV 14:25 · LEV 14:28 · LEV 14:29 · LEV 14:31 · NUM 8:7 · 2CH 30:18 · EZR 6:20 · NEH 12:30 · NEH 13:22 · ISA 66:17
Innocent | verb qal | ≈ לבן · צדק
to be pure, to be clean literally: to be clean; hence: = state in which humans are free of moral contamination and acceptable to God
Innocent | verb hit
to cleanse oneself, to purify oneself literally: to clean oneself; hence: = action by which humans take the necessary steps to be free of moral contamination
1 EZK 22:24 MT RSV NJPS NRSV GNT CEV | LXX NIV NJB REB מטר
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
טָהֵר vb. be clean, pure Qal be clean, i.e. (miraculously) freed from leprosy by washing in the Jordan
be clean ceremonially
be clean morally
Pi. cleanse, purify
pronounce clean, ceremonially
perform the ceremony of cleansing
Pu. a land not cleansed
Hithp. purify oneself
present oneself for purification
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