טָהֵר
ta.her
1. to be clean, be pure
a. (Qal)
1. to be clean (physically-of disease)
2. to be clean ceremonially
3. to purify, be clean morally, made clean
b. (Piel)
1. to cleanse, purify
a. physically
b. ceremonially
c. morally
2. to pronounce clean
3. to perform the ceremony of cleansing
c. (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean
d. (Hithpael)
1. to purify oneself
a. ceremonially
b. morally
2. to present oneself for purification
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 79 verses
- Genesis 35:2 וְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּ
So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.
- Leviticus 11:32 וְטָהֵֽר׃
When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
- Leviticus 12:7 וְטָהֲרָ֖ה
And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.
- Leviticus 12:8 וְטָהֵֽרָה׃פ
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
- Leviticus 13:6 וְטִהֲר֤וֹוְטָהֵֽר׃
The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.
- Leviticus 13:13 וְטִהַ֖ר
the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.
- Leviticus 13:17 וְטִהַ֧ר
The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean.
- Leviticus 13:23 וְטִהֲר֖וֹ
But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
- Leviticus 13:28 וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙
But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.
- Leviticus 13:34 וְטִהַ֤רוְטָהֵֽר׃
On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.
- Leviticus 13:37 וְטִהֲר֖וֹ
If, however, in his sight the scaly outbreak is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed. He is clean, and the priest is to pronounce him clean.
- Leviticus 13:58 וְטָהֵֽר׃
If the mildew disappears from the fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article after washing, then it is to be washed again, and it will be clean.
- Leviticus 13:59 לְטַהֲר֖וֹ
This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.”
- Leviticus 14:4 לַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר
the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
- Leviticus 14:7 הַמִּטַּהֵ֛רוְטִ֣הֲר֔וֹ
Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.
- Leviticus 14:8 הַמִּטַּהֵ֨רוְטָהֵ֔ר
The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.
- Leviticus 14:9 וְטָהֵֽר׃
On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.
- Leviticus 14:11 הַֽמְטַהֵ֗רהַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר
The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 14:14 הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר
The priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 14:17 הַמִּטַּהֵר֙
And the priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.
- Leviticus 14:18 הַמִּטַּהֵ֑ר
The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
- Leviticus 14:19 הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר
Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering
- Leviticus 14:20 וְטָהֵֽר׃ס
and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean.
- Leviticus 14:25 הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר
And after he slaughters the lamb for the guilt offering, the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 14:28 הַמִּטַּהֵר֙
The priest shall also put some of the oil in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot—on the same places as the blood of the guilt offering.
- Leviticus 14:29 הַמִּטַּהֵ֑ר
The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
- Leviticus 14:31 הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר
one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD for the one to be cleansed.
- Leviticus 14:48 וְטִהַ֤ר
If, however, the priest comes and inspects it, and the mildew has not spread after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.
- Leviticus 14:53 וְטָהֵֽר׃
Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.
- Leviticus 15:13 יִטְהַ֤רוְטָהֵֽר׃
When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.
- Leviticus 15:28 טָהֲרָ֖התִּטְהָֽר׃
When a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.
- Leviticus 16:19 וְטִהֲר֣וֹ
He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.
- Leviticus 16:30 לְטַהֵ֣רתִּטְהָֽרוּ׃
because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
- Leviticus 17:15 וְטָהֵֽר׃
And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
- Leviticus 22:4 יִטְהָ֑ר
If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
- Leviticus 22:7 וְטָהֵ֑ר
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
- Numbers 8:6 וְטִהַרְתָּ֖
“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
- Numbers 8:7 לְטַֽהֲרָ֔םוְהִטֶּהָֽרוּ׃
This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
- Numbers 8:15 וְטִֽהַרְתָּ֣
After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 8:21 לְטַהֲרָֽם׃
The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.
- Numbers 19:12 יִטְהָ֑ריִטְהָֽר׃
He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.
- Numbers 19:19 וְטָהֵ֥ר
The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.
- Numbers 31:23 וְטָהֵ֔ר
everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
- Numbers 31:24 וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑ם
On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
- Joshua 22:17 הִטַּהַ֙רְנוּ֙
Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 5:10 וּטְהָֽר׃
Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”
- 2 Kings 5:12 וְטָהָ֑רְתִּי
Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
- 2 Kings 5:13 וּטְהָֽר׃
Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”
- 2 Kings 5:14 וַיִּטְהָֽר׃
So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.
- 2 Chronicles 29:15 לְטַהֵ֖ר
When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.