טָהוֹר tahor

Hebrew word for “pure” · Strong’s H2889 · used 94 times in 87 verses

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Meaning

1) pure, clean; 1a) clean (ceremonially-of animals); 1b) pure (physically); 1c) pure, clean (morally, ethically)

How it is translated

Glosses given for tahor in context, with how often each is used:

• pure 59
• clean 24
• clean thing 4
• clean person 3
• pure person 2
• pure thing 2

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 37 (10), Exodus 25 (8), Leviticus 13 (6), Exodus 39 (4), Exodus 28 (3), Leviticus 11 (3), Numbers 19 (3), Genesis 7 (2), Exodus 30 (2), Leviticus 10 (2)

Forms

• טהור 58
• הטהר 5
• הטהרה 4
• הטהורה 3
• טהרה 3
• הטהור 3
• והטהור 3
• טהרות 2
• טהורים 2
• טהורה 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tahor more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• זָהָב zahav “gold” 28
• טָמֵא tame “unclean” 13
• צָפָה tsaphah “to overlay” 8
• זֵר zer “border” 6
• טָהֵר taher “be pure” 7
• מְנוֹרָה menorah “lampstand” 6
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 10
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 8
• מִקְשָׁה miqshah “beating” 4
• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 7
• סָבִיב saviv “around” 7
• כַּפְתּוֹר kaphtor “capital” 4

Key verses

The verses using tahor that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 8:20 — And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
• Exodus 25:31 — And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his…
• 2 Chronicles 13:11 — And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and…
• Job 14:4 — Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
• Job 17:9 — The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
• Psalms 19:9 — The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
• Psalms 51:10 — Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
• Proverbs 30:12 — There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
• Isaiah 66:20 — And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon…
• Ezekiel 22:26 — Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed…
• Ezekiel 36:25 — Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Malachi 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.