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Lexicon :: Strong's H2931 - ṭāmē'

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טָמֵא
Transliteration
ṭāmē'
Pronunciation
taw-may'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 809a

Strong’s Definitions

טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ, taw-may'; from H2930; foul in a religious sense:—defiled, infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's H2931 in the following manner: unclean (79x), defiled (5x), infamous (1x), polluted (1x), pollution (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x
The KJV translates Strong's H2931 in the following manner: unclean (79x), defiled (5x), infamous (1x), polluted (1x), pollution (1x).

  1. unclean, impure

    1. ethically and religiously

    2. ritually

    3. of places

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ, taw-may'; from H2930; foul in a religious sense:—defiled, infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.
STRONGS H2931: Abbreviations
† II. טָמֵא adjective unclean; — ט׳ Leviticus 5:2 + 58 times; construct טְמֵא Leviticus 22:4 + 3 times; feminine טְמֵאָה Leviticus 5:2 + 11 times; construct טְמֵאַת Ezekiel 22:5, 10; plural טְמֵאִים Leviticus 11:8 + 10 times; — unclean,
1. ethically and religiously שׂפתים ט׳ Isaiah 6:5 (twice in verse) unclean of lips; השׁם ט׳ Ezekiel 22:5 defiled of name, infamous; טהור מִטּ׳ Job 14:4.
2. ritually:
a. of persons, || טהור Deuteronomy 12:15, 22; Deuteronomy 15:22; Ecclesiastes 9:2; נפשׁ ט׳ Leviticus 22:4 (H); (אדם) לנפשׁ ט׳ unclean for a (dead) person Numbers 5:2; Numbers 9:6, 7, 10 (P) = נפשׁ ט׳ Haggai 2:13; elsewhere for various reasons Deuteronomy 26:14; Leviticus 5:2; Leviticus 13:11, 16, 44, 45 (twice in verse); Leviticus 13:46; Leviticus 15:2, 25, 33; Numbers 19:13, 17, 19, 20, 22 (all P), 2 Chronicles 23:19; Isaiah 64:5; Ezekiel 4:13; Ezekiel 22:10; Lamentations 4:15.
b. of animals Leviticus 5:2 (4 times in verse); Leviticus 7:21 (twice in verse); Leviticus 11:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31; Leviticus 27:11, 27; Numbers 18:15 (all P), Leviticus 20:25 (twice in verse) (H), Deuteronomy 14:7, 8, 10, 19.
c. of things in general Leviticus 11:35 (twice in verse); Leviticus 11:38; Leviticus 15:26; Numbers 19:15 (all P), Isaiah 52:11; food Judges 13:4; Hosea 9:3; houses Jeremiah 19:13; leprosy Leviticus 13:15, 51, 55; Leviticus 14:44, 57 (P); offering Haggai 2:14.
d. persons and things in general כל טמא Leviticus 7:19, 21 (P); ובין הטהור הבדיל בין הט׳ Leviticus 10:10; Leviticus 11:47; לטהור הודיע בין (ה)ט׳ Ezekiel 22:26; Ezekiel 44:23; of aliens Isaiah 52:1 (|| עָרֵל), perhaps also Isaiah 35:8.
3. specifically of places: מקום ט׳ unclean place (place of refuse away from holy place and human habitation) Leviticus 14:40, 41, 45 (P); טמאה ארץ land on the east of the Jordan separated from the land of the tabernacle of י׳ Joshua 22:19 (P); so אדמה ט׳ a foreign land Amos 7:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

5:2; 5:2; 5:2; 5:2; 7:19; 7:21; 7:21; 10:10; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7; 11:8; 11:8; 11:26; 11:27; 11:28; 11:29; 11:31; 11:35; 11:38; 11:47; 13:11; 13:15; 13:16; 13:44; 13:45; 13:46; 13:51; 13:55; 14:40; 14:41; 14:44; 14:45; 14:57; 15:2; 15:25; 15:26; 15:33; 20:25; 22:4; 22:4; 27:11; 27:27

Numbers

5:2; 9:6; 9:7; 9:10; 18:15; 19:13; 19:15; 19:17; 19:19; 19:20; 19:22

Deuteronomy

12:15; 12:22; 14:7; 14:8; 14:10; 14:19; 15:22; 26:14

Joshua

22:19

Judges

13:4

2 Chronicles

23:19

Job

14:4

Ecclesiastes

9:2

Isaiah

6:5; 35:8; 52:1; 52:11; 64:5

Jeremiah

19:13

Lamentations

4:15

Ezekiel

4:13; 22:5; 22:5; 22:10; 22:10; 22:26; 44:23

Hosea

9:3

Amos

7:17

Haggai

2:13; 2:14

H2931

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2931 matches the Hebrew טָמֵא (ṭāmē'),
which occurs 88 times in 78 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Deu 12:22–Hag 2:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:22 - “Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you will eat it; the unclean H2931 and the clean alike may eat of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7 - “Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these among those which [fn]chew the cud or among those that divide the hoof in [fn]two: the camel and the [fn]rabbit and the [fn]shaphan, for though they [fn]chew the cud, they do not divide the hoof; they are unclean H2931 for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:8 - “And the pig, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, it is unclean H2931 for you. You shall not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:10 - but anything that does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean H2931 for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:19 - “And all the [fn]teeming life with wings are unclean H2931 to you; they shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:22 - “You shall eat it within your gates; the unclean H2931 and the clean alike may eat it, as a gazelle or a deer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - ‘I have not eaten of it [fn]while mourning, nor have I purged any of it while I was unclean H2931, nor have I given any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have done according to all that You have commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - ‘If, however, the land of your possession is unclean H2931, then [fn]cross into the land of the possession of Yahweh, where the tabernacle of Yahweh dwells, and take possession among us. But do not rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us by building an altar for yourselves, besides the altar of Yahweh our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4 - “So now, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean H2931 thing H2931.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:19 - And he caused the gatekeepers of the house of Yahweh to stand, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean H2931.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:4 -

“Who can make the clean out of the unclean H2931?

No one!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 -

It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean H2931; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who [fn]is afraid to swear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - Then I said,

“Woe is me, for I am ruined!

For I am a man of unclean H2931 lips,

And I live among a people of unclean H2931 lips;

For my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of hosts.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 -

And a [fn]roadway will be there, a highway,

And it will be called the Highway of Holiness.

The unclean H2931 will not pass by on it,

But it will be for him who walks in that way,

And ignorant fools will not wander on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:1 -

Awake, awake,

Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;

Clothe yourself in your glorious garments,

O Jerusalem, the holy city;

For the uncircumcised and the unclean H2931

Will no longer come into you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:11 -

Depart, depart, go out from there,

Touch nothing unclean H2931;

Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves,

You who carry the vessels of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6 -

For all of us have become like one who is unclean H2931,

And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;

And all of us wither like a leaf,

And our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - “And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled H2931 like the place Topheth because of all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 -

Samekh

“Depart! Unclean H2931!” [fn]they cried of themselves.

“Depart, depart, do not touch!”

So they fled and wandered;

Men among the nations said,

“They shall not continue to sojourn with us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:13 - Then Yahweh said, “Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean H2931 among the nations where I will banish them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:5 - “Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of unclean H2931 name, full of turmoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:10 - “In you [fn]they have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who was unclean H2931 in her menstrual impurity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - “Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no separation between the holy and the profane, and they have not made known the difference between the unclean H2931 and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:23 - “Moreover, they shall instruct My people about the difference between the holy and the profane, and make them know the difference between the unclean H2931 and the clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:3 -

They will not remain in the land of Yahweh,

But Ephraim will return to Egypt,

And in Assyria they will eat unclean H2931 food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - “Therefore, thus says Yahweh, ‘Your wife will play the harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die [fn]upon unclean H2931 land. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:13 - Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean H2931 from a [fn]corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:14 - Then Haggai answered and said, “‘So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they bring near to Me there is unclean H2931.

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