טׇהֳרָה
ṭohŏrâh · H2893 · Hebrew · 13 occurrences
Meanings
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cleansing, purification
Process by which people become free from contamination, as a result of which they can interact socially with others
ExamplesLeviticus 12:4 ‘And she shall stay at home in her condition of blood purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed.
Leviticus 12:5 ‘But if she gives birth to a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall stay at home in her condition of blood purification for sixty-six days.
Leviticus 13:7 “But if the rash spreads farther on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again to the priest.
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purification
Rituals that are necessary, for rendering people and places free from contamination, as a result of which the people can interact socially with others and the places can be put to normal use
Examples1 Chronicles 23:28 For their office is to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, in the courtyards and in the chambers, and in the purification of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
Nehemiah 12:45 For they performed the worship of their God and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers in accordance with the command of David and of his son Solomon.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
9 occurrences in 2 groups
- הוּhis 8
- קֹדֶשׁholiness 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 5 groups
- לto/for 6
- אַחַרafter, behind 4
- בin/on/with 2
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
- כlike/as 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- דָּםblood 2
- יוֹםday, time 2
- מִשְׁמֶרֶתcharge, duty, guard 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- בֹּר bôr · H1252 · cleanness, purity, innocence
- Both words denote states or processes of ritual or physical cleanness, with overlapping sense in the sphere of purity.
- חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh · H2403 · sin, sin-offering
- Both lexemes genuinely overlap in the semantic space of ritual purification/cleansing. חַטָּאָה (chaṭṭâʼâh, H2403) is broader (sin, punishment, sin-offering, plus purification) while טׇהֳרָה (ṭohŏrâh, H2893) is focused specifically on the cleansing/purification concept itself. They are distinct Hebrew words that share a functional overlap in contexts of ritual purity, making them legitimate near-synonyms in that narrow zone. The "Clean" domain (size 7) is appropriately focused, not generic.
In the other Testament 1 word
- καθαρισμός katharismós · G2512 · cleansing, purification
- The Greek καθαρισμός translates the Hebrew טׇהֳרָה in ceremonial purification contexts, both terms denoting the act or state of ritual cleansing that removes ceremonial impurity.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Clean002001001011
- טׇהֳרָה names a cleansing or purification, the state or process of ritual cleanness.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2893. tahorah טָֽהֳרָה noun feminine purifying, cleansing; — absolute ׳ט Lev 12:4 Lev…
טָֽהֳרָה noun feminine purifying, cleansing; — absolute ׳ט Lev 12:4 Lev 12:2t.; construct טָהֳרַת 1Ch 23:28; 2Ch 30:19; suffix טָהֳרָתוֺ Lev 13:7 Lev 13:7t.; —
1 purifying, menstruation Lev 12:4-5,.
2 cleansing, purification, of leper Lev 13:7, Lev 13:35; Lev 14:2, Lev 14:23, Lev 14:32; of Nazirite Num 6:9; from an issue Lev 15:13 (all P); from contact with the dead Eze 44:26; of sacred things in General 1Ch 23:28; of persons for the passover 2Ch 30:19; הַטָּהֳרָה מִשְׁמֶרֶת Neh 12:45 the charge, requirement of purification.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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