טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr · taw-hore'
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
Lexicon
Derivation: or טָהֹר; from H2891 (טָהֵר);
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: clean, fair, pure(-ness).
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To surround and contain that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טָהוֹר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
94 occurrences · 94 OT · 0 NT · 47 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of pure17 · 24%
- it with pure7 · 10%
- and the clean7 · 10%
- he is clean4 · 6%
- and clean3 · 4%
- in a clean3 · 4%
- of every clean2 · 3%
- that are not clean2 · 3%
- and the pure2 · 3%
- unto a clean2 · 3%
- yet is he clean2 · 3%
- upon the pure2 · 3%
- that is clean2 · 3%
- clean2 · 3%
- with pure2 · 3%
- a fair2 · 3%
- of clean1 · 1%
- and of every clean1 · 1%
- thereof, shall be of pure1 · 1%
- together, pure1 · 1%
- the pure1 · 1%
- all that be clean1 · 1%
- shall be clean1 · 1%
- it shall be clean1 · 1%
- it is clean1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.