טׇהֳרָה tohorah

Hebrew word for “purifying” · Strong’s H2893 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

1) purifying, cleansing, purification, purity, cleanness; 1a) purifying, menstruation; 1b) cleansing, purification

How it is translated

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

• purification 11

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 14 (3), Leviticus 13 (2), Leviticus 15 (1), Numbers 6 (1), 1 Chronicles 23 (1), 2 Chronicles 30 (1), Nehemiah 12 (1), Ezekiel 44 (1)

Forms

• טהרתו 4
• לטהרתו 3
• בטהרתו 1
• טהרת 1
• כטהרת 1
• הטהרה 1

Words used with it

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

• פָּשָׂה pasah “to spread” 2
• עוֹר or “skin” 2
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 3
• אַחַר achar “after” 3
• סָפַר saphar “to recount” 2
• תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 2
• שֶׁבַע sheva “seven” 2
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 2
• זֹאת zot “this” 2
• אִם im “if” 2

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 13:7 — But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
• Leviticus 13:35 — But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
• Leviticus 14:2 — This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
• Leviticus 14:23 — And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.
• Leviticus 14:32 — This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
• Leviticus 15:13 — And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his…
• Numbers 6:9 — And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the…
• 1 Chronicles 23:28 — Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all…
• 2 Chronicles 30:19 — That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
• Nehemiah 12:45 — And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his…
• Ezekiel 44:26 — And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

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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.