Be pure
טָהֵרStrong’s H2891taher (ta-her)
Appears in 79 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Taher is the Hebrew word usually translated “purifying himself”, “pure” and “declare pure him”. It appears in 79 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:”
Meaning
- To be clean, be pure(Qal) · (Piel) · (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean · (Hithpael)
How it's translated
- the purifying himself 10
- and he will be pure 7
- and he will declare pure him 5
- to cleanse 5
- and it will be pure 4
- and he will declare pure 4
- he will be pure 4
- and she will be pure 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 35
- Ezekiel 9
- Numbers 8
- 2 Chronicles 7
- 2 Kings 4
- Nehemiah 4
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 11:32And 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 12:7Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.
- Leviticus 12:8And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
- Leviticus 13:6And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
- Leviticus 13:13Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
- Leviticus 13:17And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
All 79 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
טָהֵר taher · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pure” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PURE, adjective
[Latin purus.]
- Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; clear; free from mixture; as pure water; pure clay; pure sand; pure air; pure silver of gold. pure wine is very scare.
- Free from moral defilement; without spot; not sullied or tarnished; incorrupt; undebased by moral turpitude; holy.“Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil” Habakkuk 1:13
- Genuine; real; true; incorrupt; unadulterated; as pure religion. James 1:27
- Unmixed; separate from any other subject or from every thing foreign; as pure mathematics.
All definitions and other forms of “pure”
- Free from guilt; guiltless; innocent.
- Not vitiated with improper or corrupt words or phrases; as a pure style of discourse or composition.
- Disinterested; as pure benevolence.
- Chaste; as a pure virgin.
- Free from vice or moral turpitude. Titus 1:15
- Ceremonially clean; unpolluted. Ezra 6:20
- Free from any thing improper; as, his motives are pure
- Mere; absolute; that and that only; unconnected with any thing else; as a pure villain.
PURE, verb transitive
To purify; to cleanse. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.