Tohorah טׇהֳרָה
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| טׇהֳרָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tohorah |
| Strong's number | H2893 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | purifying |
| Occurrences | 11 in 11 verses |
| Most frequent in | Leviticus (6) |
Tohorah (Hebrew טׇהֳרָה, Strong's H2893) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “purifying”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) purifying, cleansing, purification, purity, cleanness
1a) purifying, menstruation
1b) cleansing, purification
1a) purifying, menstruation
1b) cleansing, purification
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | cleansing (7), purifying (3), purification (2), cleansed (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | his cleansing (5), purification (4), her purification (2), cost of his cleansing (1), cleansing (1), he is cleansed (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tohorah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 13:7But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest.
- Leviticus 13:35But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;If, however, the scaly outbreak spreads further on the skin after his cleansing,
- Leviticus 14:2This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.
- Leviticus 14:23And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lord.On the eighth day he is to bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD.
- Leviticus 14:32This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”
- Leviticus 15:13And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.
Numbers
- Numbers 6:9And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 23:28Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 30:19That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 12:45And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 44:26And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.and after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).