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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”
“defiled”
also renders koinós (G2839)
“polluted”
also renders ʻâqôb (H6121)
Questions this word decides
Where it appears
88 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
2 Chronicles 23:19 HAamsaAmos 7:17 HAafsaDeuteronomy 12:15 HTd/AamsaDeuteronomy 12:22 HTd/AamsaDeuteronomy 14:7 HAampaDeuteronomy 14:8 HAamsaDeuteronomy 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
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.