Ṭâmêʼ — H2930

H2930 · Hebrew — טמא

Pronunciation: taw-may'

Definition

verb

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

  1. to be unclean, become unclean, become impure
    1. (Qal) to be or become unclean
      1. sexually
      2. religiously
      3. ceremonially
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to defile oneself, be defiled
        1. sexually
        2. by idolatry
        3. ceremonially
      2. to be regarded as unclean
    3. (Piel)
      1. to defile
        1. sexually
        2. religiously
        3. ceremonially
      2. to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)
      3. to profane (God's name)
    4. (Pual) to be defiled
    5. (Hithpael) to be unclean
    6. (Hothpael) to be defiled

Usually translated as

unclean, defile, pollute, be, utterly

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Ṭâmêʼ occurs 162 times in 142 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 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)

Strong's Lexicon — T