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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H2891 - Clean

Strong's No.:H2891

Hebrew:טָהֵר

Transliteration:ṭâhêr

Phonetic:taw-hare'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:be ({make} make {self} pronounce) {clean} cleanse ({self}) {purge} purify ({-ier} self).

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

properly to be bright; that {is} (by implication) to be pure (physically {sound} clear: unadulterated; Levitically uncontaminated; morally innocent or holy)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

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 1b

c. physically 1b

d. ceremonially 1b

e. morally

1. to pronounce clean

2. to perform the ceremony of cleansing

f. (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean

g. (Hithpael)

1. to purify oneself 1d

h. ceremonially 1d

i. morally

1. to present oneself for purification


Bible References:
Clean

Translation
Occurrences:
clean ( 40 )
cleanse ( 15 )
cleansed ( 22 )
cleanseth ( 1 )
pure ( 2 )
purge ( 1 )
purged ( 4 )
purified ( 2 )
purifier ( 1 )
purify ( 2 )
themselves ( 4 )

 

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