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Strong's Number H2891

טָהֵר

taher · taw-hare'

Transliteration:

taher{taw-hare'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

792

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)

Usage in the KJV:

clean 40, purify 3, purge 1, pure 2, purifier 1

Total: 94
Occurs 94 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to be clean, be pure
1. (Qal)
  1. to be clean (physically - of disease)
  2. to be clean ceremonially
  3. to purify, be clean morally, made clean
2. (Piel)
  1. to cleanse, purify
    1. physically
    2. ceremonially
    3. morally
  2. to pronounce clean
  3. to perform the ceremony of cleansing
3. (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean
4. (Hithpael)
  1. to purify oneself
    1. ceremonially
    2. morally
  2. to present oneself for purification