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Lexicon :: Strong's H2930 - ṭāmē'

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טָמֵא
Transliteration
ṭāmē'
Pronunciation
taw-may'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 809

Strong’s Definitions

טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ, taw-may'; a primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated):—defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, × utterly.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x

The KJV translates Strong's H2930 in the following manner: unclean (74x), defile (71x), pollute (14x), uncleanness (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x
The KJV translates Strong's H2930 in the following manner: unclean (74x), defile (71x), pollute (14x), uncleanness (1x), utterly (1x).
  1. to be unclean, become unclean, become impure

    1. (Qal) to be or become unclean

      1. sexually

      2. religiously

      3. ceremonially

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to defile oneself, be defiled

        1. sexually

        2. by idolatry

        3. ceremonially

      2. to be regarded as unclean

    3. (Piel)

      1. to defile

        1. sexually

        2. religiously

        3. ceremonially

      2. to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)

      3. to profane (God's name)

    4. (Pual) to be defiled

    5. (Hithpael) to be unclean

    6. (Hothpael) to be defiled

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ, taw-may'; a primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated):—defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, × utterly.
STRONGS H2930: Abbreviations
† I. טָמֵא verb be or become unclean (Late Hebrew Pi. pollute (ceremonially); Aramaic טְמָא and especially derivatives, bdb037901 Pa. pollute; see RSK 307 ff.) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ט׳ Leviticus 11:25 + 22 times; 3rd person feminine singular טָֽמְאָה Leviticus 12:2 + 2 times; 2nd person feminine singular טָמֵאת Ezekiel 22:4; plural טָֽמְאוּ Leviticus 15:18; Imperfect יִטְמָא Leviticus 5:3 + 34 times; 3rd person feminine singular תִּטְמָא Leviticus 12:2 + 4 times; plural יִטְמְאוּ Psalm 106:39; Infinitive טָמְאָה Leviticus 15:32 + 6 times; — be or become unclean:
1. sexually, with בְּ Leviticus 18:20, 23 (H), Ezekiel 23:17; the land Leviticus 18:25, 27 (H).
2. religiously, with idols Ezekiel 22:3; with בְ Ezekiel 22:4; with necromancers Leviticus 19:31 (H); by sacrificing children to idols Psalm 106:39.
3. ceremonially, by contact with carcasses of unclean animals Leviticus 11:24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34 (twice in verse); Leviticus 11:35, 36, 40 (P); any carcass Leviticus 17:15 (H); eating of a carcass Leviticus 22:8 (H); by issues Leviticus 15:4, 9, 20 (twice in verse); Leviticus 15:24, 27, 32 (P); by contact with an unclean man Leviticus 5:3; Leviticus 15:4 (P), Leviticus 22:5 (H), or thing Leviticus 22:6 (H); by leprosy Leviticus 13:14, 46; Leviticus 14:36, 46 (P); by contact with the dead Numbers 6:12; Numbers 19:20 (P), Ezekiel 44:25, or with one unclean by such contact Numbers 19:22 (P), Haggai 2:13 (twice in verse); by contact with creeping things Leviticus 22:5 (H); certain animals were always unclean Leviticus 11:26, 27 (P). In ordinary cases of uncleanness טמא עד הערב unclean till even Leviticus 11:24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 39, 40 (twice in verse); Leviticus 14:46; Leviticus 15:5; Leviticus 15:6; Leviticus 15:7; Leviticus 15:8; Leviticus 15:10 (twice in verse); Leviticus 15:11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27; Numbers 19:7; Numbers 19:8; Numbers 19:10; Numbers 19:21; Numbers 19:22 (all P), Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 22:6 (H); but uncleanness lasted 7 days for woman bearings a son Leviticus 12:2 (twice in verse) (P), for lying with woman having an issue Leviticus 15:24 (P), or one coming in contact with the dead Numbers 19:11, 14, 16 (P); it lasted 14 days for a woman bearing a daughter Leviticus 12:5 (P).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִטְמָא Hosea 5:3; Hosea 6:10; 3rd person feminine singular נִטְמְאָה Numbers 5:27, 28; נִטְמָ֑אָה Numbers 5:13 + 5 times; 1st person singular נִטְמֵאתִי Jeremiah 2:23; 2nd person masculine plural נִטְמֵתֶם Leviticus 11:43 (א omitted by scribal error; but Ges and others derive from טמה), etc. + 4 times perfect; Participle plural נִטְמְאִים Ezekiel 20:30, 31; — defile oneself, be defiled:
1. sexually, Leviticus 18:24 (H), Numbers 5:13, 14 (twice in verse); Numbers 5:20, 27, 28, 29 (P).
2. by idolatry conceived as whoredom Hosea 5:3; Hosea 6:10; Jeremiah 2:23; Ezekiel 20:30, 31, 43; Ezekiel 23:7, 13, 30.
3. ceremonially, by eating creeping things Leviticus 11:43.
4. be regarded as unclean (compare Pi. 4), probably נִטְמִינִוּ Job 18:3 we are accounted as unclean; metal. from; on another view see טמה.
Pi. Perfect טִמֵּא Genesis 34:5 + 15 times; suffix טִמְּאוֺ Leviticus 13:8 + 3 times; 2nd person feminine singular טִמֵּאת Ezekiel 5:11, etc. + 7 times Perfect; Imperfect יְטַמֵּא 2 Kings 23:8, etc. + 12 times Imperfect; Imperative plural טַמְּאוּ Ezekiel 9:7; Infinitive טַמֵּא Leviticus 13:44 + 2 times; suffix טַמְּאָם Leviticus 15:31, etc. + 4 times Infinitive; — defile:
1. sexually Genesis 34:5, 13, 27 (R), Ezekiel 18:6, 11, 15; Ezekiel 22:11; Ezekiel 33:26; the land by sexual impurities of the people Leviticus 18:28 (H); Israel by spiritual whoredom Ezekiel 23:17.
2. religiously: the land by bloodshed Numbers 35:34 (P); by allowing the dead body of the murderer to hang on the tree over night Deuteronomy 21:23; by idolatry Jeremiah 2:7; Ezekiel 36:17, 18; Israel defiled the sacred places by the sacrifice of children Leviticus 20:3 (H), Ezekiel 23:38, and God defiled him thereby Ezekiel 20:26; he defileth the sacred places by idolatry 2 Chronicles 36:14; Jeremiah 7:30 = Jeremiah 32:34, Ezekiel 5:11; the holy name of י׳ Ezekiel 43:7, 8; Josiah defiled the idolatrous places of worship by destroying them and making them unfit for use 2 Kings 23:8, 10, 13, 16; of Israel defiling idolatrous images Isaiah 30:22, and the nations the temple of God Psalm 79:1.
3. ceremonially: by ceremonial uncleanness, the sacred places Leviticus 15:31; Numbers 19:13, 20 (P); the camp Numbers 5:3 (P); the temple by dead bodies Ezekiel 9:7; the Nazirite's head of separation by a death occurring in his presence Numbers 6:9 (P); the people defile themselves (נפשׁתיכם) by creeping things Leviticus 11:44 (P).
4. pronounce or declare ceremonially unclean: the leper Leviticus 13:3, 8, 11, 15, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 44 (twice in verse); Leviticus 13:59 (P); unclean animals Leviticus 20:25 (H).
Pu. Participle נַפְשִׁי לֹא מְטֻמָּאָה Ezekiel 4:14 myself is not polluted.
Hithp. Imperfect יִטַּמָּא Leviticus 21:1 + 4 times; plural יִטַּמְּאוּ Ezekiel 14:11; Ezekiel 37:23; יִטַּמָּ֑אוּ Hosea 9:4; Ezekiel 44:25, etc. + 6 times Imperfect — reflexive, defile oneself: by eating of an unaccepted peace-offering Hosea 9:4; with בְּ Leviticus 18:24, 30 (H), Leviticus 11:43 (P), Ezekiel 14:11; Ezekiel 20:7, 18; Ezekiel 37:23; with לְ for a dead person Leviticus 21:1, 3, 11 (H), Numbers 6:7 (P); by Leviticus 11:24 (P); without preposition Leviticus 21:4 (H), Ezekiel 44:25.
Hothp. Perfect אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר חֻטַּמָּ֑אָה Deuteronomy 24:4 after that she has been defiled (sexually); on form see Ges§ 54. 3.

טָמְאָה noun feminine uncleanness (טָֽמְאָה, Baer, seems to rest upon a misinterpretation of the form) Micah 2:10 (so Thes MV SS); of ethical uncleanness, from wrong-doing.
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Strong's Number H2930 matches the Hebrew טָמֵא (ṭāmē'),
which occurs 162 times in 142 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (2Ki 23:16–Hag 2:13)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - Now when Josiah H2977 turned, H6437 he saw H7200 the graves H6913 that were there H8033 on the mountain, H2022 and he sent H7971 and took H3947 the bones H6106 from the graves H6913 and burned H8313 them on the altar H4196 and defiled H2930 it according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 proclaimed, H7121 who H834 proclaimed H7121 these H428 things. H1697
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:14 - Furthermore, H1571 all H3605 the officials H8269 of the priests H3548 and the people H5971 were very H7235 unfaithful H4604 following all H3605 the abominations H8441 of the nations; H1471 and they defiled H2930 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He had sanctified H6942 in Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:1 - A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, H430 the nations H1471 have [fn]invaded H935 Your inheritance; H5159
They have defiled H2930 Your holy H6944 temple; H1964
They have laid H7760 Jerusalem H3389 in ruins. H5856
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:39 - Thus they became H2930 unclean H2930 in their [fn]practices, H4639
And played H2181 the harlot H2181 in their deeds. H4611
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22 - And you will defile H2930 your graven H6456 images H6456 overlaid H6826 with silver, H3701 and your molten H4541 images H4541 plated H642 with gold. H2091 You will scatter H2219 them as an impure H1739 thing, H1739 and say H559 to [fn]them, “Be gone!” H3318
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:7 - “I brought H935 you into the fruitful H3759 land H776
To eat H398 its fruit H6529 and its good H2898 things. H2898
But you came H935 and defiled H2930 My land, H776
And My inheritance H5159 you made H7760 an abomination. H8441
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - “How H349 can you say, H559 ‘I am not defiled, H2930
I have not gone H1980 after H310 the Baals’? H1168
Look H7200 at your way H1870 in the valley! H1516
Know H3045 what H4100 you have done! H6213
You are a swift H7031 young H1072 camel H1072 entangling H8308 her ways, H1870
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:30 - “For the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 have done H6213 that which H7451 is evil H7451 in My sight,” H5869 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 “they have set H7760 their detestable H8251 things H8251 in the house H1004 which H834 is called H7121 by My name, H8034 to defile H2930 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:34 - “But they put H7760 their detestable H8251 things H8251 in the house H1004 which H834 is called H7121 by My name, H8034 to defile H2930 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - But I said, H559 “Ah, H162 Lord H136 [fn]GOD! H3068 Behold, H2009 I have never H3808 been H2930 defiled; H2930 for from my youth H5271 until H5704 now H6258 I have never H3808 eaten H398 what H5038 died H5038 of itself or was torn H2966 by beasts, H2966 nor H3808 has any unclean H6292 meat H1320 ever entered H935 my mouth.” H6310
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - ‘So H3651 as I live,’ H2416 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 ‘surely, H518 H3808 because H3282 you have defiled H2930 My sanctuary H4720 with all H3605 your detestable H8251 idols H8251 and with all H3605 your abominations, H8441 therefore I will also H1571 withdraw, H1639 and My eye H5869 will have H2347 no H3808 pity H2347 and I will not spare. H2550
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:7 - And He said H559 to them, “Defile H2930 the [fn]temple H1004 and fill H4390 the courts H2691 with the slain. H2491 Go H3318 out!” Thus they went H3318 out and struck H5221 down H5221 the people in the city. H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:11 - in order H4616 that the house H1004 of Israel H3478 may no H3808 longer H5750 stray H8582 from Me and no H3808 longer H5750 defile H2930 themselves with all H3605 their transgressions. H6588 Thus they will be My people, H5971 and I shall be their God,”’ H430 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD.” H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:6 - and does not eat H398 at the mountain H2022 shrines or lift H5375 up his eyes H5869 to the idols H1544 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 or defile H2930 his neighbor’s H7453 wife H802 or approach H7126 a woman H802 during her menstrual H5079 period H5079
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:11 - (though he himself H1931 did not do H6213 any H3605 of these H428 things), H428 that is, he even H1571 eats H398 at the mountain H2022 shrines, and defiles H2930 his neighbor’s H7453 wife, H802
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:15 - “He does not eat H398 at the mountain H2022 shrines or lift H5375 up his eyes H5869 to the idols H1544 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 or defile H2930 his neighbor’s H7453 wife, H802
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:7 - “I said H559 to them, ‘Cast H7993 away, H7993 each H376 of you, the detestable H8251 things H8251 of his eyes, H5869 and do not defile H2930 yourselves with the idols H1544 of Egypt; H4714 I am the LORD H3068 your God.’ H430
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:18 - “I said H559 to their [fn]children H1121 in the wilderness, H4057 ‘Do not walk H1980 in the statutes H2706 of your fathers H1 or keep H8104 their ordinances H4941 or defile H2930 yourselves with their idols. H1544
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - and I pronounced H2930 them unclean H2930 because of their gifts, H4979 in that they caused all H3605 [fn]their firstborn H1060 to pass H5674 through H5674 the fire so H4616 that I might make H8074 them desolate, H8074 in order H4616 that they might know H3045 that I am the LORD.”’ H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:30 - “Therefore, H3651 say H559 to the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “Will you defile H2930 yourselves [fn]after the manner H1870 of your fathers H1 and play H2181 the harlot H2181 after H310 their detestable H8251 things? H8251
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:31 - [fn]When you offer H5375 your gifts, H4979 when you cause your sons H1121 to pass H5674 through the fire, H784 you are defiling H2930 yourselves with all H3605 your idols H1544 to this day. H3117 And shall I be inquired H1875 of by you, O house H1004 of Israel? H3478 As I live,” H2416 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “I will not be inquired H1875 of by you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:43 - “There H8033 you will remember H2142 your ways H1870 and all H3605 your deeds H5949 with which H834 you have defiled H2930 yourselves; and you will loathe H6962 yourselves in your own [fn]sight H6440 for all H3605 the evil H7451 things H7451 that you have done. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:3 - “You shall say, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD, H3068 “A city H5892 shedding H8210 blood H1818 in her midst, H8432 so that her time H6256 will come, H935 and that makes H6213 idols, H1544 contrary H5921 to her interest, for defilement! H2930
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:4 - “You have become H816 guilty H816 by [fn]the blood H1818 which H834 you have shed, H8210 and defiled H2930 by your idols H1544 which H834 you have made. H6213 Thus you have brought H7126 your [fn]day H3117 near H7126 and have come H935 to your years; H8141 therefore H5921 H3651 I have made H6213 you a reproach H2781 to the nations H1471 and a mocking H7048 to all H3605 the lands. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - “One H376 has committed H6213 abomination H8441 with his neighbor’s H7453 wife H802 and another H376 has lewdly H2154 defiled H2930 his daughter-in-law. H3618 And another H376 in you has humbled H6031 his sister, H269 his father’s H1 daughter. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:7 - “She bestowed H5414 her harlotries H8457 on them, all H3605 of whom were the choicest H4005 [fn]men H1121 of Assyria; H804 and with all H3605 whom H834 she lusted H5689 after, with all H3605 their idols H1544 she defiled H2930 herself.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:13 - “I saw H7200 that she had defiled H2930 herself; they both H8147 took [fn]the same H259 way. H1870
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - “The [fn]Babylonians H1121 H894 came H935 to her to the bed H4904 of love H1730 and defiled H2930 her with their harlotry. H8457 And when she had been H2930 defiled H2930 by them, [fn]she became H3363 disgusted H3363 with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:30 - ‘These H428 things H428 will be done H6213 to you because you have played H2181 the harlot H2181 with the nations, H1471 because H5921 H834 you have defiled H2930 yourself with their idols. H1544
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:38 - “Again, H5750 they have done H6213 this H2088 to Me: they have defiled H2930 My sanctuary H4720 on the same H1931 day H3117 and have profaned H2490 My sabbaths. H7676
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:26 - “You [fn]rely H5975 on your sword, H2719 you commit H6213 abominations H8441 and each H376 of you defiles H2930 his neighbor’s H7453 wife. H802 Should you then possess H3423 the land?”’ H776
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:17 - “Son H1121 of man, H120 when the house H1004 of Israel H3478 was living H3427 in their own land, H127 they defiled H2930 it by their ways H1870 and their deeds; H5949 their way H1870 before H6440 Me was like the uncleanness H2932 of a woman in her impurity. H5079
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:18 - “Therefore I poured H8210 out My wrath H2534 on them for the blood H1818 which H834 they had shed H8210 on the land, H776 because they had defiled H2930 it with their idols. H1544
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:23 - “They will no H3808 longer H5750 defile H2930 themselves with their idols, H1544 or with their detestable H8251 things, H8251 or with any H3605 of their transgressions; H6588 but I will deliver H3467 them from all H3605 their [fn]dwelling H4186 places H4186 in which H834 they have sinned, H2398 and will cleanse H2891 them. And they will be My people, H5971 and I will be their God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man, H120 this is the place H4725 of My throne H3678 and the place H4725 of the soles H3709 of My feet, H7272 where H834 H8033 I will dwell H7931 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 forever. H5769 And the house H1004 of Israel H3478 will not again H5750 defile H2930 My holy H6944 name, H8034 neither they nor H3808 their kings, H4428 by their harlotry H2184 and by the [fn]corpses H6297 of their kings H4428 [fn]when they die, H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8 - by setting H5414 their threshold H5592 by My threshold H5592 and their door H4201 post H4201 beside H681 My door H4201 post, H4201 with only the wall H7023 between H996 Me and them. And they have defiled H2930 My holy H6944 name H8034 by their abominations H8441 which H834 they have committed. H6213 So I have consumed H3615 them in My anger. H639
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25 - [fn]They shall not go H935 to a dead H4191 person H120 to defile H2930 themselves; however, H3588 H518 for father, H1 for mother, H517 for son, H1121 for daughter, H1323 for brother, H251 or for a sister H269 who H834 has not had H1961 a husband, H376 they may defile H2930 themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:3 - I know H3045 Ephraim, H669 and Israel H3478 is not hidden H3582 from Me;
For now, H6258 O Ephraim, H669 you have played H2181 the harlot, H2181
Israel H3478 has defiled H2930 itself.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:10 - In the house H1004 of Israel H3478 I have seen H7200 a horrible H8186 thing; H8186
Ephraim’s H669 harlotry H2184 is there, H8033 Israel H3478 has defiled H2930 itself.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:4 - They will not pour H5258 out drink H5258 offerings H5258 of wine H3196 to the LORD, H3068
Their sacrifices H2077 will not please H6149 Him.
Their bread will [fn]be like [fn]mourners’ H205 bread; H3899
All H3605 who eat H398 of it will be defiled, H2930
For their bread H3899 will be for [fn]themselves H5315 alone;
It will not enter H935 the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:10 - “Arise H6965 and go, H1980
For this H2088 is no H3808 place H4496 of rest H4496
Because H5668 of the uncleanness H2932 that brings H2254 on destruction, H2254
A painful H4834 destruction. H2256
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:13 - Then Haggai H2292 said, H559 “If H518 one who is unclean H2931 from a [fn]corpse H5315 touches H5060 any H3605 of these, H428 will the latter become H2930 unclean?” H2930 And the priests H3548 answered, H6030 “It will become H2930 unclean.” H2930

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