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טָמֵא
ṭâmêʼ · Hebrew · Strong's H2931 · 88 occurrences
The KJV renders 7 different Hebrew and Greek words as “unclean”
What it means
foul in a religious sense
from H2930 (טָמֵא);
How the KJV renders it
defiled, polluted, unclean
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“unclean”
also renders koinós (G2839), koinóō (G2840), akáthartos (G169), ṭumʼâh (H2932), ʻervâh (H6172), qâdêsh (H6945)
“defiled”
also renders koinós (G2839)
“polluted”
also renders ʻâqôb (H6121)
Answers that weigh this word
- Are any foods forbidden to Christians today?
- Does the Bible forbid drinking alcohol?
- Are the clean and unclean food laws of Leviticus 11 binding on Christians?
- Does the Bible forbid eating pork?
- Does Peter's vision in Acts 10 abolish the food laws?
- Does Mark 7:19 declare all foods clean?
Where it appears
88 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
2 Chronicles 23:19 · HAamsa
He set the gatekeepers at the gates of Yahweh’s house, that no one who was unclean in anything should enter in.
Amos 7:17 · HAafsa
Therefore Yahweh says: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”
Deuteronomy 12:15 · HTd/Aamsa
Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.
Deuteronomy 12:22 · HTd/Aamsa
Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
Deuteronomy 14:7 · HAampa
Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.
Deuteronomy 14:8 · HAamsa
The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses.
Deuteronomy 14:10 HAamsaDeuteronomy 14:19 HAamsaDeuteronomy 15:22 HTd/AamsaDeuteronomy 26:14 HR/AamsaEcclesiastes 9:2 HC/Rd/AamsaEzekiel 4:13 HAamsaEzekiel 22:5 HAafscEzekiel 22:10 HAafscEzekiel 22:26 HTd/AamsaEzekiel 44:23 HAamsaHaggai 2:13 HAamscHaggai 2:14 HAamsaHosea 9:3 HAamsaIsaiah 6:5 HAamscIsaiah 35:8 HAamsaIsaiah 52:1 HC/AamsaIsaiah 52:11 HAamsaIsaiah 64:6 HRd/AamsaJudges 13:4 HAamsaJeremiah 19:13 HTd/AampaJob 14:4 HR/AamsaJoshua 22:19 HAafsaLamentations 4:15 HAamsaLeviticus 5:2 HAafsaLeviticus 7:19 HAamsaLeviticus 7:21 HAafsaLeviticus 10:10 HTd/AamsaLeviticus 11:4 HAamsaLeviticus 11:5 HAamsaLeviticus 11:6 HAafsaLeviticus 11:7 HAamsaLeviticus 11:8 HAampaLeviticus 11:26 HAampaLeviticus 11:27 HAampaLeviticus 11:28 HAampaLeviticus 11:29 HTd/AamsaLeviticus 11:31 HTd/AampaLeviticus 11:35 HAampaLeviticus 11:38 HAamsaLeviticus 11:47 HTd/AamsaLeviticus 13:11 HAamsaLeviticus 13:15 HAamsaLeviticus 13:36 HAamsaLeviticus 13:44 HAamsaLeviticus 13:45 HAamsaLeviticus 13:46 HAamsaLeviticus 13:51 HAamsaLeviticus 13:55 HAamsaLeviticus 14:40 HAamsaLeviticus 14:41 HAamsaLeviticus 14:44 HAamsaLeviticus 14:45 HAamsaLeviticus 14:57 HTd/AamsaLeviticus 15:2 HAamsa
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