טָמֵא tame
Hebrew word for “to defile” · Strong’s H2930 · used 162 times in 142 verses
Meaning
1) to be unclean, become unclean, become impure;
How it is translated
Glosses given for tame in context, with how often each is used:
- will be unclean 59
- will declare unclean 10
- made unclean 9
- unclean 5
- will make himself unclean 5
- will make unclean 5
- has made herself unclean 5
- became unclean 4
- become unclean 4
- make unclean 4
- will make themselves unclean 4
- has defiled 4
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 85 | 7.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 30 | 1.6 | |
| Numbers | 24 | 1.5 | |
| 2 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 3 | 1.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Haggai | 2 | 3.3 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 15 (20), Leviticus 11 (15), Leviticus 13 (13), Numbers 19 (10), Leviticus 18 (7), Numbers 5 (7), Ezekiel 20 (6), Ezekiel 23 (5), Leviticus 21 (4), 2 Kings 23 (4)
Forms
- יטמא 39
- וטמא 29
- טמא 12
- תטמאו 7
- לטמאה 7
- נטמאה 7
- וטמאו 6
- יטמאו 6
- טמאו 4
- תטמא 4
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tame more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֶרֶב erev “evening” 30
- נָגַע naga “to touch” 24
- כָּבַס kavas “to wash” 18
- עַד ad “till” 36
- בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 20
- מַי mayim “water” 23
- רָחַץ rachats “to wash” 15
- טָמֵא tame “unclean” 14
- נְבֵלָה nevelah “carcass” 12
- נִדָּה niddah “impurity” 10
- גִּלּוּל gillul “idol” 11
- עוֹר or “skin” 11
Key verses
The verses using tame that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 11:25 — And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 11:44 — For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of…
- Leviticus 15:5 — And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- 2 Kings 23:10 — And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14 — Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD…
- Psalms 79:1 — [A Psalm of Asaph.] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
- Jeremiah 2:23 — How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing…
- Ezekiel 5:11 — Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations,…
- Ezekiel 18:6 — And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife, neither…
- Ezekiel 20:7 — Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- Ezekiel 37:23 — Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them…
- Ezekiel 43:7 — And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for…
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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.