Uncleanness
טֻמְאָהStrong’s H2932tumah (tum-ah)
Appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tumah is the Hebrew word usually translated “uncleanness his”, “uncleanness her” and “uncleanness”. It appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.”
Meaning
- Uncleannesssexual · of filthy mass · ethical and religious · ritual · local (of nations)
How it's translated
- uncleanness his 5
- uncleanness her 4
- uncleanness 4
- from uncleanness of 3
- uncleanness your 3
- uncleanness of 2
- and uncleanness his 2
- like uncleanness of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 14
- Ezekiel 7
- Numbers 2
- Judges 2
- Ezra 2
- 2 Samuel 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 5:3Or 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 7:20But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- 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 14:19And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:
- Leviticus 15:3And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
- Leviticus 15:25And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
Hebrew dictionary
טֻמְאָה tumah · uncleanness
1) uncleanness 1a) sexual 1b) of filthy mass 1c) ethical and religious 1d) ritual 1e) local (of nations)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “uncleanness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNCLE'ANNESS, noun
- Foulness; dirtiness; filthiness.
- Want of ritual or ceremonial purity. Leviticus 15:3
- Moral impurity; defilement by sin; sinfulness.“I will save you from all your uncleanness” Ezekiel 36:29
- Lewdness; incontinence. Colossians 3:52 Peter 2:10
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.