Lexical Definition

‎טָהוֹר‎ ṭâhôwr (taw-hore') pure ^H:A
or טָהֹר ṭâhôr (taw-hore'); from ‎טָהֵר‎

clean, fair, pure(-ness).

• pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)

1) pure, clean
1a) clean (ceremonially-of animals)
1b) pure (physically)
1c) pure, clean (morally, ethically)

See Greek: ἅγιον · ἁγνός · δίκαιος · δόκιμος · καθαρός · ὅσιος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎טָהוֺר‎ adjective clean, pure; — masculine absolute ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Exod 25:11 + 68 t.; ‎טָהֹר‎ Lev 11:47 + 4 t.; construct ‎טְהוֺר‎ Hab 1:13 ‎טְהָו֯ר‎ Prov 22:11 ‎טֳהָרֿ‎ Job 17:9 feminine ‎טְהוֺרָה‎ Mal 1:11 + 3 t.; ‎טְהֹרָה‎ Gen 7:2 + 8 t.; masculine plural ‎טְהוֺרִים‎ Ezek 36:25; Ezra 6:20 ‎טְהֹרִים‎ Prov 15:26 feminine plural ‎טְהֹרוֺת‎ Lev 14:4; Ps 12:7* —

1. ceremonially clean, of animals Gen 7:2 (twice in verse); Gen 7:8 (twice in verse); Gen 8:20 (twice in verse) (all J), Lev 14:4 (P), Lev 20:25 (twice in verse) (H), Deut 14:11; Deut 14:20 places Lev 4:12; Lev 6:4*; Lev 10:14; Lev 11:36; (all P); things Lev 10:10; Lev 11:37; Lev 11:47; Lev 14:57 (P), Ezek 22:26; Ezek 44:23; Isa 66:20; Mal 1:11 persons Lev 7:19; Lev 13:13; Lev 13:17; Lev 13:37; Lev 13:39; Lev 13:40; Lev 13:41; Lev 15:8; Num 5:28; Num 9:13; Num 18:11; Num 18:13; Num 19:9; Num 19:18; Num 19:19 (all P), Deut 12:15; Deut 12:22; Deut 15:22; Deut 23:11*; 1Sam 20:26 a + see :26 b ᵑ0 but read ‎טֹהַר‎ Pu`al, see ‎טָהֵר‎, 2Chr 30:17; Ezra 6:20.

2. physically pure: of gold ‎זָהָב‎ Exod 25:11; Exod 25:17; Exod 25:24; Exod 25:29; Exod 25:31; Exod 25:36; Exod 25:38; Exod 25:39; Exod 28:14; Exod 28:22; Exod 28:36; Exod 30:3; Exod 37:2; Exod 37:6; Exod 37:11; Exod 37:16; Exod 37:17; Exod 37:22; Exod 37:23; Exod 37:24; Exod 37:26; Exod 39:15; Exod 39:25; Exod 39:30 (all P), 1Chr 28:17; 2Chr 3:4; 2Chr 9:17 ‎כֶּתֶם‎ Job 28:19 of water ‎מַיִם‎ Ezek 36:25 of incense ‎קְטֹרֶת‎ Exod 30:35; Exod 37:29 (P); of lamp stand ‎מְנֹרָה‎ Exod 31:8; Exod 39:37 (P), Lev 24:4 (H); of the table ‎שֻׁלְחָן‎ Lev 24:6 (H), 2Chr 13:11 clean, of turban Zech 3:5 (twice in verse).

3. ethically pure, clean Prov 30:12; Eccl 9:2; Job 14:4 of heart Ps 51:12*; Prov 22:11 hands Job 17:9 eyes Hab 1:13 (of God); words of men Prov 15:26 words of God Ps 12:7* law of ‎׳‎‎י‎ as object of reverential fear Ps 19:10*.

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