H2930 · טָמֵא
ṭâmêʼ · taw-may' · unclean, defile
H2930 (ṭâmêʼ, pronounced taw-may') is the Hebrew word טָמֵא in Strong’s dictionary: to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated). It appears 162 times in 142 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- טָמֵא (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- ṭâmêʼ
- Pronunciation
- taw-may'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
- Rendered in the KJV
- defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
162 occurrences in 142 verses (157 with English words of their own, 5 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “will be unclean” ×19
- “and he will be unclean” ×13
- “defile” ×8
- “must pronounce him unclean” ×7
- “they defiled” ×4
- “defile yourselves” ×3
- “to defile himself” ×3
- “will become unclean” ×3
By book
Genesis 3 · Leviticus 71 · Numbers 21 · Deuteronomy 2 · 2 Kings 4 · 2 Chronicles 1 · Psalms 2 · Isaiah 1 · Jeremiah 4 · Ezekiel 28 · Hosea 3 · Micah 1 · Haggai 1
First 30 of 142 verses
- Genesis 34:5
- Genesis 34:13
- Genesis 34:27
- Leviticus 5:3
- Leviticus 11:24
- Leviticus 11:25
- Leviticus 11:26
- Leviticus 11:27
- Leviticus 11:28
- Leviticus 11:31
- Leviticus 11:32
- Leviticus 11:33
- Leviticus 11:34
- Leviticus 11:35
- Leviticus 11:36
- Leviticus 11:39
- Leviticus 11:40
- Leviticus 11:43
- Leviticus 11:44
- Leviticus 12:2
- Leviticus 12:5
- Leviticus 13:3
- Leviticus 13:8
- Leviticus 13:11
- Leviticus 13:14
- Leviticus 13:15
- Leviticus 13:20
- Leviticus 13:22
- Leviticus 13:25
- Leviticus 13:27
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H2930.