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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H2930 - Uncleanness

Strong's No.:H2930

Hebrew:טָמֵא

Transliteration:ṭâmêʼ

Phonetic:taw-may'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:defile ({self}) pollute ({self}) be ({make} make {self} pronounce) {unclean} X-(idiom) utterly.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to be {foul} especially in a ceremonial or moral sense (contaminated)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to be unclean, become unclean, become impure

a. (Qal) to be or become unclean

1. sexually

2. religiously

3. ceremonially

b. (Niphal)

1. to defile oneself, be defiled 1b

c. sexually 1b

d. by idolatry 1b

e. ceremonially

1. to be regarded as unclean

f. (Piel)

1. to defile 1c

g. sexually 1c

h. religiously 1c

i. ceremonially

1. to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)

2. to profane (God's name)

j. (Pual) to be defiled

k. (Hithpael) to be unclean

l. (Hothpael) to be defiled


Bible References:
Uncleanness

Translation
Occurrences:
defile ( 18 )
defiled ( 44 )
defileth ( 1 )
herself ( 1 )
himself ( 2 )
pollute ( 1 )
polluted ( 12 )
themselves ( 1 )
unclean ( 75 )
uncleanness ( 1 )
yourselves ( 5 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.