Unclean
טָמֵאStrong’s H2931tame (ta-me)
Appears in 78 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tame is the Hebrew word usually translated “unclean”, “unclean of” and “from an unclean”. It appears in 78 verses of the Old Testament.
“Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.”
Meaning
- Unclean, impureethically and religiously · ritually · of places
How it's translated
- unclean 59
- the unclean 11
- unclean of 4
- and unclean 3
- an unclean 3
- for the unclean 1
- a unclean 1
- from an unclean 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 38
- Numbers 11
- Deuteronomy 8
- Isaiah 5
- Ezekiel 5
- Haggai 2
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 7:19And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
- Leviticus 7:21Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 10:10And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
- Leviticus 11:4Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
- Leviticus 11:5And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
- Leviticus 11:6And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
All 78 verses, by book
- Leviticus 38
- 5:27:197:2110:1011:411:511:611:711:811:2611:2711:2811:2911:3111:3511:3811:4713:1113:1513:3613:4413:4513:4613:5113:5514:4014:4114:4414:4514:5715:215:2515:2615:3320:2522:427:1127:27
- Joshua 1
- 22:19
- Judges 1
- 13:4
- 2 Chronicles 1
- 23:19
- Job 1
- 14:4
- Ecclesiastes 1
- 9:2
- Jeremiah 1
- 19:13
- Lamentations 1
- 4:15
- Hosea 1
- 9:3
- Amos 1
- 7:17
Hebrew dictionary
טָמֵא tame · unclean
1) unclean, impure 1a) ethically and religiously 1b) ritually 1c) of places
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “unclean” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNCLE'AN, adjective
- Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
- In the Jewish law, ceremonially impure; not cleansed by ritual practices. Numbers 19:7Leviticus 11:4Romans 14:14
- Foul with sin. Matthew 10:1
- Not in covenant with God. 1 Corinthians 7:14
All definitions
- Lewd; unchaste.“No unclean person - hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God” Ephesians 5:5
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.