טֹהַר
ṭôhar · to'-har
literally brightness; ceremonially purification
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2891 (טָהֵר);
literally brightness; ceremonially purification
- literally, brightness
- ceremonially purification
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: clearness, glory, purifying.
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)
- 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 › the head, the highest
To surround and contain that works to reveal, behold of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טֹהַר 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of her purifying2 · 50%
- in his clearness1 · 25%
- thou hast made his glory1 · 25%
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.