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טָהֵר (taher)

טָהֵר (taher) (Hebrew Lexicon • H2891 • to be clean, pure, cleanse, purge): to be clean, pure, cleanse, purge. To be ritually pure, morally purged; gracious act of God purifying sinner's heart ('Create in me a clean heart', Psalm 51:10 ). It is closely linked with טֻמְאָה (tuma) (Hebrew Lexicon • H2932 • uncleanness, ritual impurity, pollution): uncleanness, ritual impurity, pollution. State or substance of ritual or ethical defilement requiring water ablutions, sacrifice, or exile from camp.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Joel 3:21 : "For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion ."; Ezekiel 43:22 : "And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock."; Psalms 19:12 : "Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.". Related canonical books and chapters: Leviticus 14 ( Leviticus • Chapter 14 (57 verses)), 2 Corinthians 7 ( 2 Corinthians • Chapter 7 (16 verses)), Numbers 6 ( Numbers • Chapter 6 (27 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

טָהֵר
taher
H2891 Hebrew
to be clean, pure, cleanse, purge

to be clean, pure, cleanse, purge. To be ritually pure, morally purged; gracious act of God purifying sinner's heart ('Create in me a clean heart', Psalm 51:10).

טֻמְאָה
tuma
H2932 Hebrew
uncleanness, ritual impurity, pollution

uncleanness, ritual impurity, pollution. State or substance of ritual or ethical defilement requiring water ablutions, sacrifice, or exile from camp.

טֹהַר
tohar
H2892 Hebrew
purity, cleanness, brightness

purity, cleanness, brightness. Physical purity, radiant clarity, cultic cleansing after childbirth (Leviticus 12:4-6) and clear sapphire theophany (Exodus 24:10).

כִּפּוּר
kippur
H3725 Hebrew
atonement, expiation (Yom Kippur)

atonement, expiation (Yom Kippur). Atonement, expiation; occurs in plural of intensity Yom Kippurim (Day of Atonement, Leviticus 23:27), annual cleansing of sanctuary and nation.

ἁγνισμός
hagnismos
G0049 Greek
purification

purification. Primary meaning: purification. Strong's: a cleansing (the act), i.e. (ceremonially) lustration. Lexical nuances: purification : in ceremonial sense, Ac 21:26 (LXX) .†

Leviticus 14
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Leviticus • Chapter 14 (57 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; Mentions: Moses , Aaron , Canaan .

ἁγνίζω
hagnizo
G0048 Greek
to purify, cleanse from defilement

to purify, cleanse from defilement. Primary meaning: to purify, cleanse from defilement. Strong's: to make clean, i.e. (figuratively) sanctify (ceremonially or morally). Lexical nuances: to purify , cleanse from defilement ; ceremonially: Jo 11:55 , Ac 21:24 , 26 24:18 ; morally: Ja 4:8 , I Pe 1:22 , I Jo 3:3 .†

טָמֵא
tame
H2930 Hebrew
to be unclean, defile, pollute

to be unclean, defile, pollute. To become ritually or morally defiled, polluted; contaminating sanctuary and separating person from holy assembly until cleansed.

כָּפַר
kapar
H3722 Hebrew
to atone, expiate, cover, propitiate

to atone, expiate, cover, propitiate. To atone, make propitiation, purge, ransom; central action in Leviticus whereby blood expiates guilt, cleanses defilement, and turns away wrath.

2 Corinthians 7
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2 Corinthians • Chapter 7 (16 verses)

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. I speak not this to condemn you: ... Mentions: Macedonia .

Numbers 6
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Numbers • Chapter 6 (27 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord: He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink ... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron .

Leviticus 12
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Leviticus • Chapter 12 (8 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. And in the eighth day the ... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel .

Psalms 51
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Psalms • Chapter 51 (19 verses)

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Mentions: Zion , Jerusalem .

Leviticus 13
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Leviticus • Chapter 13 (59 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron , saying, When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: An... Mentions: Moses , Aaron.

Matthew 8
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Matthew • Chapter 8 (34 verses)

When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his lepr... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Capernaum .

1 John 1
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1 John • Chapter 1 (10 verses)

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which wa... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Job 35
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Job • Chapter 35 (16 verses)

Elihu spake moreover, and said, Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 10 (38 verses)

And Maccabaeus and they that were with him, the Lord leading them on, recovered the temple and the city; and they pulled down the altars that had been built in the marketplace by the aliens, and also the walls of sacred inclosures. And having cleansed the sanctuary they made ano... Mentions: Simon , Joseph , Jacob/Israel , Phoenicia , Cyprus , Jerusalem , Asia .

Matthew 10
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Matthew • Chapter 10 (42 verses)

And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon , who is called Peter, and Andrew his ... Mentions: Simon , James ( Jacob ), Judas , Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , Sodom .

Numbers 8
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Numbers • Chapter 8 (26 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto Aaron , and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses . Mentions: Moses, Aaron, Jacob/Israel , Egypt .

James 4
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James • Chapter 4 (17 verses)

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask a...

Psalms 19
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Psalms • Chapter 19 (14 verses)

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

Psalms 73
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Psalms • Chapter 73 (28 verses)

Truly God is good to Israel , even to such as are of a clean heart. But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Mentions: Jacob/Israel .

Psalms 119
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Psalms • Chapter 119 (176 verses)

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

Acts 11
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Acts • Chapter 11 (30 verses)

And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem , they that were of the circumcision contended with him, Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. Mentions: Simon , Yeshua the Messiah , Saul , Jerusalem , Joppa , Caesarea , Phoenicia , Cyprus .

Nehemiah 13
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Nehemiah • Chapter 13 (31 verses)

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaa... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Zadok , Pedaiah , Jerusalem , Babylon , Tyre , Ashdod , Ammon .

Matthew 11
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Matthew • Chapter 11 (30 verses)

And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ , he sent two of his disciples, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come,... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Chorazin , Bethsaida , Tyre , Sidon , Capernaum .

Jeremiah 33
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Jeremiah • Chapter 33 (26 verses)

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name; Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Benjamin , David , Abram/Abraham , Jerusalem .

2 Chronicles 34
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 34 (33 verses)

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. For in the eighth ye... Mentions: Josiah , David , Judah , Manasseh , Ephraim , Jerusalem , Abdon .

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 34 (26 verses)

Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding; And dreams give wings to fools. As one that catches at a shadow, and follows after the wind, So is he that sets his mind on dreams. The vision of dreams is as this thing against that, The likeness of a face over against a...

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 23 (27 verses)

O Lord, Father and Master of my life, Abandon me not to their counsel: Suffer me not to fall by them. Who will set scourges over my thought, And a discipline of wisdom over mine heart? That they spare me not for mine ignorances, And my heart pass not by their sins: That mine ign... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 38 (34 verses)

Honor a physician according to your need of him with the honors due to him: For verily the Lord has created him. For from the Most High comes healing; And from the king he shall receive a gift. The skill of the physician shall lift up his head; And in the sight of great men he s...

מַצָּה
massa
H4682 Hebrew
unleavened bread, purity

unleavened bread, purity. Unleavened bread eaten during Passover week, signifying hasty departure from Egypt and moral sincerity free from corrupting leaven.

טָהוֹר
tahor
H2889 Hebrew
clean, pure, undefiled, unalloyed

clean, pure, undefiled, unalloyed. Pure, undefiled; used of pure gold in sanctuary, clean animals, and moral integrity ('clean hands and a pure heart', Psalm 24:4).

חַטָּאָת
hattat
H2403 Hebrew
sin offering, purification offering, sin

sin offering, purification offering, sin. Sin offering, purification offering, sin itself; sacrificial animal whose blood purified sanctuary and altar from defilement.

Leviticus 8
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Leviticus • Chapter 8 (36 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of t... Mentions: Moses , Aaron .

Scripture Passages (24)

For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion .

And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.

Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;

Take the Levites from among the children of Israel , and cleanse them.

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

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 flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah . Thus shall they cleanse the land.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem .

Leviticus 14:49 (KJV)
Leviticus 14 KJV

And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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