ta.her H2891

טָהֵר (ta.her) means “be pure” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

טָהֵר Hebrew · H2891 94 tagged occurrences in 79 verses

Pronunciation guide: taw-hare' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2891

טָהֵר · ta.her · be pure

1) to be clean, be pure 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be clean (physically-of disease) 1a2) to be clean ceremonially 1a3) to purify, be clean morally, made clean 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to cleanse, purify 1b1a) physically 1b1b) ceremonially 1b1c) morally 1b2) to pronounce clean 1b3) to perform the ceremony of cleansing 1c) (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to purify oneself 1d1a) ceremonially 1d1b) morally 1d2) to present oneself for purification

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)

KJV glosses: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).

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How translators render H2891

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of the one to be cleansed	6
and you will be clean	4
clean	4
to cleanse	4
and he will be clean	3
and it will be clean	3
is to pronounce him clean	3
the one to be cleansed	3
to cleanse it	3
and i will cleanse them	2
be purified	2
had purified themselves	2
shall pronounce him clean	2
then he will be clean	2
to cleanse them	2
a woman is cleansed	1
and be clean	1
and be cleansed	1
and been cleansed	1
and cleanse it	1
and cleanse me	1
and he shall be clean	1
and he was clean	1
and i will be clean	1
and make them ceremonially clean	1
and purifier	1
and purify themselves	1
and she shall be ceremonially cleansed	1
and she will be clean	1
and so purify themselves	1
and so they will cleanse	1
be clean	1
be pure	1
been cleansed	1
cleansed	1
for pronouncing it clean	1
for the one to be cleansed	1
has been cleansed	1
he is clean	1
he will be clean	1
he will become clean	1
he will purify	1
i am cleansed	1
i cleanse	1
i tried to cleanse you	1
i will cleanse	1
in order to cleanse	1
more pure	1
purified themselves	1
purify yourselves	1
she will be ceremonially clean	1
so he cleansed	1
the one being cleansed	1
then he shall pronounce him clean	1
then he will be ceremonially clean	1
then it will be clean	1
they purified	1
thus i purified the priests and levites	1
to be cleansed	1
to purify themselves	1
we have cleansed	1
who performs the cleansing	1
will you remain	1
you have cleansed	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of him that is to be cleansed	6
shall pronounce him clean	5
and be clean	4
clean	4
and cleanse	3
for him that is to be cleansed	3
to cleanse	3
and it shall be clean	2
and shall be clean	2
he shall be clean	2
and cleansed	1
and cleanseth	1
and he shall be clean	1
and he shall purify	1
and he that is to be cleansed	1
and he was clean	1
and i shall be clean	1
and i will cleanse	1
and purifier	1
and purify	1
and shall pronounce him clean	1
and they cleansed	1
and thou shalt cleanse	1
and will cleanse	1
and ye shall be clean	1
be more pure	1
because i have purged	1
but if she be cleansed	1
cleansed	1
for her and she shall be clean	1
for her and she shall be cleansed	1
for him and he shall be clean	1
for them to cleanse	1
for us from which we are not cleansed	1
for you to cleanse	1
he shall not be clean	1
i am pure	1
in them and be clean	1
is cleansed	1
make themselves clean	1
of them that they may cleanse	1
purified	1
so it shall be cleansed	1
that he may be clean	1
that i shall have cleansed	1
that is not cleansed	1
that is to be made clean	1
that she shall be clean	1
that they should cleanse	1
thee and thou wast not purged	1
themselves and purified	1
themselves and purify	1
then shall he be clean	1
thou shalt not be purged	1
thus cleansed	1
thus shall they cleanse	1
time and shall be clean	1
to pronounce it clean	1
to purge	1
to thee and thou shalt be clean	1
until he be clean	1
unto them to cleanse	1
upon him that is to be cleansed	1
upon you and ye shall be clean	1
we have cleansed	1
were purified	1
when he had purged	1
will i cleanse	1
wilt thou not be made clean	1
ye may be clean	1

Verses containing H2891

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Genesis 35:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 11:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’”
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Leviticus 13:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Leviticus 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 13:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 13:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Leviticus 13:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 13:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 13:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Leviticus 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
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Leviticus 14:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Leviticus 14:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Leviticus 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 14:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Leviticus 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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
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Leviticus 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean.
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Leviticus 14:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 14:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 14:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 14:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 15:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Leviticus 15:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.
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Leviticus 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 16:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Leviticus 17:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Leviticus 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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Leviticus 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
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Numbers 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
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Numbers 8:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Numbers 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
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Numbers 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Numbers 19:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Numbers 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Numbers 31:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Numbers 31:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
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Joshua 22:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Kings 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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2 Kings 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Kings 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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’?”
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2 Kings 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Chronicles 29:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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