Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2930: טָמֵא

ṭâmêʼ · pronounced taw-may' · “to defile”

Definition

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

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

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2930 is translated

  • he will be unclean ×38
  • it will be unclean ×17
  • he will declare unclean ×5
  • him ×5
  • it ×5
  • he will make himself unclean ×5
  • she has made herself unclean ×5
  • become unclean ×4
  • they will make themselves unclean ×4
  • he has defiled ×4
  • you will make yourselves unclean ×3
  • she will be unclean ×3

Bible verses with H2930 (ṭâmêʼ)

Ṭâmêʼ appears in 142 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 34:5

    And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

  • Genesis 34:13

    And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

  • Genesis 34:27

    The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

  • Leviticus 5:3

    Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

  • Leviticus 11:24

    And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.

  • Leviticus 11:25

    And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

  • Leviticus 11:26

    The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

  • Leviticus 11:27

    And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

  • Leviticus 11:28

    And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

  • Leviticus 11:31

    These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.

  • Leviticus 11:32

    And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.

  • Leviticus 11:33

    And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

  • Leviticus 11:34

    Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

  • Leviticus 11:35

    And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

  • Leviticus 11:36

    Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

  • Leviticus 11:39

    And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

  • Leviticus 11:40

    And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

  • Leviticus 11:43

    Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

  • Leviticus 11:44

    For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  • Leviticus 12:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

  • Leviticus 12:5

    But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

  • Leviticus 13:3

    And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

  • Leviticus 13:8

    And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.

  • Leviticus 13:11

    It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.

  • Leviticus 13:14

    But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

All 142 references

Words derived from H2930