טׇהֳרָה
ṭohŏrâh · toh-or-aw'
ceremonial purification; moral purity
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H2892 (טֹהַר);
ceremonial purification; moral purity
- ceremonial purification
- moral purity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] is cleansed, cleansing, purification(-fying).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › to reveal, behold › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To surround and contain that works to reveal, behold of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טׇהֳרָה 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for his cleansing3 · 23%
- of her purifying2 · 15%
- of his cleansing2 · 15%
- his cleansing1 · 8%
- that which pertaineth to his cleansing1 · 8%
- and in the purifying1 · 8%
- though he be not cleansed according to the purification1 · 8%
- of the purification1 · 8%
- he is cleansed1 · 8%
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.