Tahor טָהוֹר

Tahor (Hebrew טָהוֹר, Strong's H2889) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “pure”. It occurs 94 times in 87 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Food and dietary laws

Verses

Every verse with Tahor, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 7:2
  Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
• Genesis 7:8
  Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
• Genesis 8:20
  And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Exodus

• Exodus 25:11
  And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
• Exodus 25:17
  And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
• Exodus 25:24
  And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
• Exodus 25:29
  And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.
• Exodus 25:31
  And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
• Exodus 25:36
  Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
• Exodus 25:38
  And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
• Exodus 25:39
  Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.The lampstand and all these utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold.
• Exodus 28:14
  And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.
• Exodus 28:22
  And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.
• Exodus 28:36
  And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.
• Exodus 30:3
  And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
• Exodus 30:35
  And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
• Exodus 31:8
  And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,the table with its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense,
• Exodus 37:2
  And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
• Exodus 37:6
  And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
• Exodus 37:11
  And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.
• Exodus 37:16
  And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.
• Exodus 37:17
  And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
• Exodus 37:22
  Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.The buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
• Exodus 37:23
  And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
• Exodus 37:24
  Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.He made the lampstand and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.
• Exodus 37:26
  And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold around it.
• Exodus 37:29
  And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
• Exodus 39:15
  And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.
• Exodus 39:25
  And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;They also made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates,
• Exodus 39:30
  And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.
• Exodus 39:37
  The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;

Leviticus

• Leviticus 4:12
  Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.
• Leviticus 6:11
  And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place.
• Leviticus 7:19
  And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it.
• Leviticus 10:10
  And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
• Leviticus 10:14
  And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.
• Leviticus 11:36
  Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.
• Leviticus 11:37
  And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;
• Leviticus 11:47
  To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
• Leviticus 13:13
  Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.
• Leviticus 13:17
  And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean.
• Leviticus 13:37
  But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.If, however, in his sight the scaly outbreak is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed. He is clean, and the priest is to pronounce him clean.
• Leviticus 13:39
  Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.
• Leviticus 13:40
  And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.
• Leviticus 13:41
  And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.
• Leviticus 14:4
  Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
• Leviticus 14:57
  To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”
• Leviticus 15:8
  And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.If the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
• Leviticus 20:25
  Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
• Leviticus 24:4
  He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually.He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.
• Leviticus 24:6
  And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.

Numbers

• Numbers 5:28
  And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.
• Numbers 9:13
  But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.
• Numbers 18:11
  And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
• Numbers 18:13
  And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
• Numbers 19:9
  And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.
• Numbers 19:18
  And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.
• Numbers 19:19
  And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 12:15
  Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,
• Deuteronomy 12:22
  Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
• Deuteronomy 14:11
  Of all clean birds ye shall eat.You may eat any clean bird,
• Deuteronomy 14:20
  But of all clean fowls ye may eat.But you may eat any clean bird.
• Deuteronomy 15:22
  Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.
• Deuteronomy 23:10
  If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 20:26
  Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 28:17
  Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 3:4
  And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
• 2 Chronicles 9:17
  Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
• 2 Chronicles 13:11
  And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.
• 2 Chronicles 30:17
  For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord.Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD.

Ezra

• Ezra 6:20
  For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.

Job

• Job 14:4
  Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
• Job 17:9
  The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
• Job 28:19
  The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Psalms

• Psalm 12:6
  The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
• Psalm 19:9
  The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
• Psalm 51:10
  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 15:26
  The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
• Proverbs 22:11
  He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
• Proverbs 30:12
  There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 9:2
  All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 66:20
  And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 22:26
  Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
• Ezekiel 36:25
  Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
• Ezekiel 44:23
  And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 3:5
  And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by.Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.

Malachi

• Malachi 1:11
  For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).