ta.me H2930

טָמֵא (ta.me) means “to defile” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

טָמֵא Hebrew · H2930 162 tagged occurrences in 142 verses

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

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2930A

טָמֵא · ta.me · to defile

1) to be unclean, become unclean, become impure 1a) (Qal) to be or become unclean 1a1) sexually 1a2) religiously 1a3) ceremonially 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to defile oneself, be defiled 1b1a) sexually 1b1b) by idolatry 1b1c) ceremonially 1b2) to be regarded as unclean 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to defile 1c1a) sexually 1c1b) religiously 1c1c) ceremonially 1c2) to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially) 1c3) to profane (God's name) 1d) (Pual) to be defiled 1e) (Hithpael) to be unclean 1f) (Hothpael) to be defiled

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TBESH · H2930B

טָמְאָה · tam.ah · uncleanness

uncleanness

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

KJV glosses: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.

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How translators render H2930

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
will be unclean	23
and he will be unclean	13
defile	9
must pronounce him unclean	7
they defiled	4
defile yourselves	3
to defile himself	3
will become unclean	3
and defiles	2
and will be unclean	2
defile himself	2
defile themselves	2
defiled herself	2
defiles	2
has become defiled	2
he has defiled	2
he must pronounce him unclean	2
he will be unclean	2
is defiled	2
shechem had defiled	2
also desecrated	1
and because they had defiled	1
and defiled	1
and defiled yourself	1
and defiles herself	1
and desecrated	1
and he too will be ceremonially unclean	1
and he will be ceremonially unclean	1
and i pronounced them unclean	1
and it will remain unclean	1
and so have defiled it	1
and they defiled	1
and they will remain unclean	1
and thus defile yourself	1
and will remain unclean	1
and you are defiled	1
as unclean	1
become unclean	1
but after she had been defiled	1
by defiling	1
continue to defile	1
defiled	1
defiled myself	1
does it become defiled	1
had been defiled	1
has defiled herself	1
have defiled it	1
have defiled themselves	1
have defiled yourself	1
he also desecrated	1
he is unclean	1
he may do so	1
he remains	1
impurity	1
is unclean	1
it will be unclean	1
its defilement	1
makes him unclean	1
of you has defiled	1
one becomes unclean	1
or defile	1
or defiled	1
or you will be defiled	1
shall be unclean	1
shall pronounce him unclean	1
she defiled herself	1
she has been defiled	1
she has defiled herself	1
she too had defiled herself	1
so if you defile	1
so you will desecrate	1
that article becomes unclean	1
the woman will be unclean	1
they defiled themselves	1
they have defiled	1
thus defiling yourself	1
to defile herself	1
to defile it	1
unclean	1
was defiled	1
which would make him unclean	1
will be ceremonially unclean	1
will be defiled	1
will make you unclean	1
will remain unclean	1
yes it becomes defiled	1
you have defiled	1
you have defiled yourselves	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
and be unclean	18
shall be unclean	17
shall pronounce him unclean	7
to defile	6
is defiled	4
defile	3
and defiled	2
and polluted	2
and she be defiled	2
be not defiled	2
it shall be unclean	2
nor defile	2
then she shall be unclean	2
against herself to defile	1
also when ye defile	1
and defile	1
and for these ye shall be unclean	1
and hast defiled	1
and he defiled	1
and i polluted	1
and if thou be defiled	1
and is defiled	1
and it shall be unclean	1
and pronounce him to be unclean	1
and shall be unclean	1
and she be not defiled	1
and she was polluted	1
and they defiled	1
and ye defile	1
any of these shall it be unclean	1
any such shall be unclean	1
any thing that was under him shall be unclean	1
are defiled	1
are ye polluted	1
be not made unclean	1
be upon him he shall be unclean	1
because he had defiled	1
because he hath defiled	1
because it is polluted	1
because they had defiled	1
because thou art polluted	1
between me and them they have even defiled	1
by him and he hath defiled	1
defiled	1
for her may he be defiled	1
from him and is defiled	1
from you as unclean	1
hath not been polluted	1
hath not defiled	1
have they defiled	1
he shall not defile	1
he shall not make himself unclean	1
her shall be unclean	1
i am not polluted	1
if she be defiled	1
in him he shall be defiled	1
in him he shall be unclean	1
in it shall be unclean	1
is unclean	1
it he shall be unclean	1
neither be polluted	1
neither hath defiled	1
neither shall they defile	1
neither shall ye defile	1
no more defile	1
not himself defileth	1
of them shall be unclean	1
of whom he may take uncleanness	1
on him and pronounce him unclean	1
or to pronounce it unclean	1
shall pronounce him utterly	1
shall she be unclean	1
she defiled	1
surely because thou hast defiled	1
that a man shall be defiled	1
that he had defiled	1
that shall be unclean	1
that she is defiled	1
that she was defiled	1
them shall be unclean	1
them that they defile	1
thereof shall be polluted	1
thereof shall be unclean	1
they defiled	1
they had polluted	1
they may defile	1
those things shall be unclean	1
thus were they defiled	1
to be defiled	1
to pollute	1
unclean	1
unto me they have defiled	1
unto them defile	1
unto them there shall none be defiled	1
up shall be unclean	1
upon shall be unclean	1
was defiled	1
when they defile	1
whereby he may be made unclean	1
wherein ye have been defiled	1
with them that ye should be defiled	1
ye defiled	1
ye pollute	1
ye shall defile	1
you and that ye defile	1

Verses containing H2930

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Leviticus 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever touches any furniture on which she was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
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Leviticus 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.
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Leviticus 15:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.
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Leviticus 15:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Anyone who touches these things will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
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Leviticus 15:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
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Leviticus 15:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the law of him who has a discharge, of the man who has an emission of semen whereby he is unclean,
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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 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
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Leviticus 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
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Leviticus 18:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
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Leviticus 18:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
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Leviticus 18:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
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Leviticus 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
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Leviticus 18:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
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Leviticus 19:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.
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Leviticus 20:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
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Leviticus 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
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Leviticus 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
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Leviticus 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
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Leviticus 21:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
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Leviticus 22:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—
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Leviticus 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
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Leviticus 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
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Numbers 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
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Numbers 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),
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Numbers 5:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
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Numbers 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—
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Numbers 5:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.
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Numbers 5:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.
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Numbers 5:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
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Numbers 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the symbol of consecration to his God is upon his head.
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Numbers 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.
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Numbers 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.
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Numbers 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
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Numbers 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
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Numbers 19:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.
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Numbers 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
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Numbers 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
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Numbers 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,
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Numbers 19:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
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Numbers 19:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
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Numbers 19:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.
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Numbers 19:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”
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Numbers 35:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”
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Deuteronomy 21:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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Deuteronomy 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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2 Kings 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
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2 Kings 23:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
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2 Kings 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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