What does טָהוֹר (ṭāhwōr) mean in the Bible?
טָהוֹר (ṭāhwōr): Ritual purity prerequisite for covenant participation; literal cleanliness becomes metaphor for moral and spiritual fitness before God
Hebrew · H2889
טָהוֹר
Pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
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טָהוֹר H2889
Pronunciation ṭāhwōr
What does טָהוֹר (ṭāhwōr) mean in the Bible?
טָהוֹר (ṭāhwōr): Ritual purity prerequisite for covenant participation; literal cleanliness becomes metaphor for moral and spiritual fitness before God
Full entry for טָהוֹר (H2889) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2889?
The BSB source-word alignment has 94 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include clean (12), of pure (11), with pure (6), is clean (5), out of pure (5).
Where does טָהוֹר (ṭāhwōr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 7:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (28), Leviticus (21), Numbers (8), Deuteronomy (6).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It clean 12× Genesis 7:2, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 8:20, Leviticus 11:36
of pure 11× Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:31, Exodus 25:39, Exodus 28:14
with pure 6× Exodus 25:24, Exodus 30:3, Exodus 37:11, Exodus 37:26
is clean 5× Leviticus 11:37, Leviticus 13:13, Leviticus 13:17, Leviticus 13:37
out of pure 5× Exodus 25:29, Exodus 25:36, Exodus 37:16, Exodus 37:17
. . . 4× 1 Samuel 20:26, 2 Chronicles 30:17, Job 17:9
the clean 3× Leviticus 10:10, Ezekiel 22:26, Ezekiel 44:23
unclean 3× Genesis 7:2, Genesis 7:8, Deuteronomy 23:10
who is ceremonially clean 3× Leviticus 7:19, Numbers 19:9, Numbers 19:18
a ceremonially clean 2× Leviticus 4:12, Leviticus 6:11
a clean 2× Psalms 51:10, Zechariah 3:5
and the clean 2× Leviticus 11:47, Deuteronomy 12:22
ceremonially clean person 2× Numbers 18:11, Numbers 18:13
in a ceremonially clean 2× Leviticus 10:14, Numbers 19:9
it with pure 2× Exodus 25:11, Exodus 37:2
the pure 2× Exodus 31:8, Exodus 39:37
- 1× Leviticus 20:25
[of] pure 1× Exodus 39:30
[the weight of] the pure 1× 1 Chronicles 28:17
a pure heart 1× Proverbs 22:11
and clean [may eat it] 1× Deuteronomy 15:22
and is clean 1× Numbers 5:28
and pure 1× Malachi 1:11
and the pure 1× Exodus 37:29
and were ceremonially clean 1× Ezra 6:20
are flawless 1× Psalms 12:6
Both the ceremonially clean 1× Deuteronomy 12:15
ceremonially clean 1× Numbers 9:13
for the clean 1× Ecclesiastes 9:2
in a clean 1× Isaiah 66:20
in pure 1× Job 28:19
is pure 1× Psalms 19:9
must be of pure 1× Exodus 25:38
of clean 1× Genesis 8:20
of pure gold 1× Leviticus 24:6
of the pure 1× Proverbs 15:26
of those who are pure 1× Proverbs 30:12
on one who is clean 1× Leviticus 15:8
pure 1× Exodus 30:35
So a clean 1× Zechariah 3:5
something is clean 1× Leviticus 14:57
the ceremonially clean 1× 2 Chronicles 13:11
The man who is ceremonially clean 1× Numbers 19:19
the pure [gold] 1× Leviticus 24:4
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 7:2 הַטְּהוֹרָ֗ה to clean Article | Adjective - feminine singular Genesis 7:2 טְהֹרָ֥ה to unclean Adjective - feminine singular Genesis 7:8 הַטְּהוֹרָ֔ה to clean Article | Adjective - feminine singular Genesis 7:8 טְהֹרָ֑ה to unclean Adjective - feminine singular Genesis 8:20 הַטְּהוֹרָ֗ה to of clean Article | Adjective - feminine singular Genesis 8:20 הַטָּהֹ֔ר to clean Article | Adjective - masculine singular Exodus 25:11 טָה֔וֹר to it with pure Adjective - masculine singular Exodus 25:17 טָה֑וֹר to of pure Adjective - masculine singular Exodus 25:24 טָה֑וֹר to with pure Adjective - masculine singular Exodus 25:29 טָה֖וֹר to out of pure Adjective - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 7:2
Aligned rows 94
Books represented 17
Genesis 6 Exodus 28 Leviticus 21 Numbers 8 Deuteronomy 6 1 Samuel 2 1 Chronicles 1 2 Chronicles 4 Ezra 1 Job 3 Psalms 3 Proverbs 3 Ecclesiastes 1 Isaiah 1 Ezekiel 3 Zechariah 2 Malachi 1
Source forms
טָה֑וֹר 13x ṭā·hō·wr Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:24, Exodus 25:31, Exodus 28:36
טָה֖וֹר 10x ṭā·hō·wr Exodus 25:29, Exodus 25:39, Exodus 37:2, Exodus 37:24
טָהֽוֹר׃ 9x ṭā·hō·wr Exodus 25:36, Exodus 25:38, Exodus 28:22, Exodus 37:22
טָה֥וֹר 8x ṭā·hō·wr Exodus 30:35, Leviticus 13:13, Leviticus 13:17, Leviticus 13:39
טָה֔וֹר 4x ṭā·hō·wr Exodus 25:11, Exodus 28:14, Leviticus 10:14, 2 Chronicles 30:17
טָה֗וֹר 3x ṭā·hō·wr Exodus 30:3, Exodus 37:26, Numbers 19:9
הַטְּהוֹרָ֗ה 2x haṭ·ṭə·hō·w·rāh Genesis 7:2, Genesis 8:20
הַטָּהֹ֑ר 2x haṭ·ṭā·hōr Leviticus 11:47, Leviticus 14:57
Parsing patterns
Adjective - masculine singular 58x Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:24, Exodus 25:29
Article | Adjective - masculine singular 8x Genesis 8:20, Leviticus 10:10, Leviticus 11:47, Leviticus 14:57
Article | Adjective - feminine singular 7x Genesis 7:2, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 8:20, Exodus 31:8
Adjective - feminine singular 5x Genesis 7:2, Genesis 7:8, Deuteronomy 14:11, Psalms 19:9
Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular 3x Deuteronomy 12:15, Deuteronomy 12:22, Deuteronomy 15:22
Adjective - feminine plural 2x Leviticus 14:4, Psalms 12:6
Adjective - masculine plural 2x Ezra 6:20, Ezekiel 36:25
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular 2x Ezekiel 22:26, Ezekiel 44:23
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Ritual purity prerequisite for covenant participation; literal cleanliness becomes metaphor for moral and spiritual fitness before God
Source Gloss
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Ritual purity prerequisite for covenant participation; literal cleanliness becomes metaphor for moral and spiritual fitness before God
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense) BDB: clean Usage: clean, fair, pure(-ness).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Ceremonially and morally pure animals suitable for sacrifice and covenant
Physical and ceremonial cleanness regarding skin disease and ritual purity
Ceremonial purity determination for bodily conditions affecting ritual status
Moral and spiritual purity of thoughts and words pleasing to God
Moral purity of heart and speech as characteristic of the righteous person
Showing 5 selected witnesses from 94 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain