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
- 2 Chronicles 29:16 לְטַהֵר֒
So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.
- 2 Chronicles 29:18 טִהַ֖רְנוּ
Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.
- 2 Chronicles 30:18 הִטֶּהָ֔רוּ
A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 לְטַהֵ֔ר
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
- 2 Chronicles 34:5 וַיְטַהֵ֥ר
Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:8 לְטַהֵ֥ר
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
- Ezra 6:20 הִֽטַּהֲר֞וּ
All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.
- Nehemiah 12:30 וַיִּֽטַּהֲר֔וּוַֽיְטַהֲרוּ֙
After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
- Nehemiah 13:9 וַֽיְטַהֲר֖וּ
Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.
- Nehemiah 13:22 מִֽטַּהֲרִים֙
Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
- Nehemiah 13:30 וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים
Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.
- Job 4:17 יִטְהַר־
‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
- Job 37:21 וַֽתְּטַהֲרֵֽם׃
Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
- Psalms 51:2 טַהֲרֵֽנִי׃
Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- Psalms 51:7 וְאֶטְהָ֑ר
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Proverbs 20:9 טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי
Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
- Isaiah 66:17 וְהַמִּֽטַּהֲרִ֜ים
“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 13:27 תִטְהֲרִ֔י
Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
- Jeremiah 33:8 וְטִ֣הַרְתִּ֔ים
And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
- Ezekiel 22:24 מְטֹהָרָ֖ה
“Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’
- Ezekiel 24:13 טִֽהַרְתִּיךְ֙טָהַ֔רְתְּתִטְהֲרִי־
Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
- Ezekiel 36:25 וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑םאֲטַהֵ֥ר
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Ezekiel 36:33 טַהֲרִ֣י
This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.
- Ezekiel 37:23 וְטִהַרְתִּ֤י
They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 39:12 טַהֵ֣ר
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
- Ezekiel 39:14 לְטַֽהֲרָ֑הּ
And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.
- Ezekiel 39:16 וְטִהֲר֥וּ
(Even the city will be named Hamonah.) And so they will cleanse the land.
- Ezekiel 43:26 וְטִֽהֲר֖וּ
For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.
- Malachi 3:3 וּמְטַהֵר֙וְטִהַ֤ר
And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.