Strongs Number: H2930
- Hebrew Word
- טָמֵא
- Transliteration
- ṭâmêʼ
- Phonetic
- taw-may'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to be {foul} especially in a ceremonial or moral sense (contaminated)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to be unclean, become unclean, become impure
a. (Qal) to be or become unclean
1. sexually
2. religiously
3. ceremonially
b. (Niphal)
1. to defile oneself, be defiled 1b
c. sexually 1b
d. by idolatry 1b
e. ceremonially
1. to be regarded as unclean
f. (Piel)
1. to defile 1c
g. sexually 1c
h. religiously 1c
i. ceremonially
1. to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)
2. to profane (God's name)
j. (Pual) to be defiled
k. (Hithpael) to be unclean
l. (Hothpael) to be defiled
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- defile ({self}) pollute ({self}) be ({make} make {self} pronounce) {unclean} X-(idiom) utterly.