Ṭâmêʼ — H2931

H2931 · Hebrew — טמא

Pronunciation: taw-may'

Definition

adjective

foul in a religious sense

  1. unclean, impure
    1. ethically and religiously
    2. ritually
    3. of places

Usually translated as

unclean, defiled, infamous, polluted, pollution

Origin

from H2930

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Ṭâmêʼ occurs 88 times in 78 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (38), Numbers (11), Deuteronomy (8), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (5), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Haggai (2)

Strong's Lexicon — T