Tamrûwq — H8562
H8562 · Hebrew — תמרוק
Pronunciation: tam-rook'
Other spellings: tamruq תַּמְרֻק, tamrîyq תַּמְרִיק
Definition
masculine noun
properly, a scouring, i.e. soap or perfumery forthe bath; figuratively, a detergent
- a scraping, rubbing
- (CLBL) remedy (for an injury)
Usually translated as
purification, cleanse, purifying
Origin
or tamruq; or tamrîyq; from H4838
Occurrences
Tamrûwq occurs 4 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Esther (3), Proverbs (1)
- Esther 2:3 — And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification (תַּמְרוּקֵיהֶֽן) be given them:
- Esther 2:9 — And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification (תַּמְרוּקֶ֤יהָ), with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
- Esther 2:12 — Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things (וּבְתַמְרוּקֵ֖י) for the purifying of the women;)
- Proverbs 20:30 — The blueness of a wound cleanseth away (תַּמְר֣וּק) evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Strong's Lexicon — T