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H2891טָהֵרta.her

be purePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. 43
  4. 10
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. 1
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 4
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 7
  15. 1
  16. 5
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 2
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 1
  24. 2
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 12
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. 2

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94 occurrences in 79 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:16

    And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to

    לְטַהֵר֒ (טַהֵר֒) ta.Her “cleanse [it]”

  2. 2 Chronicles 29:18

    Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said: 'We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, even the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the table of showbread, with all the vessels thereof.

    טִהַ֖רְנוּ ti.Har.nu “we have cleansed”

  3. 2 Chronicles 30:18

    For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying: 'The good LORD pardon

    הִטֶּהָ֔רוּ hi.te.Ha.ru “they had purified themselves”

  4. 2 Chronicles 34:3

    For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten im

    לְטַהֵ֔ר (טַהֵ֔ר) ta.Her “cleanse”

  5. 2 Chronicles 34:5

    And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

    וַיְטַהֵ֥ר (יְטַהֵ֥ר) y.ta.Her “he cleansed”

  6. 2 Chronicles 34:8

    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

    לְטַהֵ֥ר (טַהֵ֥ר) ta.Her “cleanse”

  7. Ezra 6:20

    For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure; and they killed the passover lamb for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

    הִֽטַּהֲר֞וּ hi.ta.ha.Ru “they had purified themselves”

  8. Nehemiah 12:30

    And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

    וַיִּֽטַּהֲר֔וּ (יִּֽטַּהֲר֔וּ) i.yi.ta.ha.Ru “they purified themselves”וַֽיְטַהֲרוּ֙ (יְטַהֲרוּ֙) y.ta.ha.Ru “they purified”

  9. Nehemiah 13:9

    Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.

    וַֽיְטַהֲר֖וּ (יְטַהֲר֖וּ) y.ta.ha.Ru “people purified”

  10. Nehemiah 13:22

    And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember unto me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Thy mercy.

    מִֽטַּהֲרִים֙ mi.ta.ha.Rim “purifying themselves”

  11. Nehemiah 13:30

    Thus cleansed I them from everything foreign, and appointed wards for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;

    וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים (טִֽהַרְתִּ֖י) ti.har.Ti “I purified”

  12. Job 4:17

    'Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?

    יִטְהַר־ yit.har- “will he be pure”

  13. Job 37:21

    And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

    וַֽתְּטַהֲרֵֽם׃ (תְּטַהֲרֵֽ) te.ta.ha.Re “it has cleansed”

  14. Psalms 51:4

    Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

    טַהֲרֵֽנִי׃ (טַהֲרֵֽ) ta.ha.Re. “cleanse”

  15. Psalms 51:9

    Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

    וְאֶטְהָ֑ר (אֶטְהָ֑ר) 'et.Har “I may be pure”

  16. Proverbs 20:9

    Who can say: 'I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin'?

    טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי ta.Har.ti “I am pure”

  17. Isaiah 66:17

    They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the detestable thing, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

    וְהַמִּֽטַּהֲרִ֜ים (מִּֽטַּהֲרִ֜ים) mi.ta.ha.Rim “purify themselves”

  18. Jeremiah 13:27

    Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, on the hills in the field have I seen thy detestable acts. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean! When shall it ever be?

    תִטְהֲרִ֔י tit.ha.Ri “you are clean”

  19. Jeremiah 33:8

    And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against Me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against Me, and whereby they have transgressed against Me.

    וְטִ֣הַרְתִּ֔ים (טִ֣הַרְתִּ֔י) Ti.har.Ti “I will cleanse”

  20. Ezekiel 22:24

    'Son of man, say unto her: Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

    מְטֹהָרָ֖ה me.to.ha.Rah “[is] cleansed”

  21. Ezekiel 24:13

    Because of thy filthy lewdness, because I have purged thee and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have satisfied My fury upon thee.

    טִֽהַרְתִּיךְ֙ (טִֽהַרְתִּי) ti.har.ti “I cleansed”טָהַ֔רְתְּ ta.Hart “you are clean”תִטְהֲרִי־ tit.ha.ri- “you will be clean”

  22. Ezekiel 36:25

    And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

    וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑ם (טְהַרְתֶּ֑ם) te.har.Tem “you will be pure”אֲטַהֵ֥ר 'a.ta.Her “I will purify”

  23. Ezekiel 36:33

    Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded.

    טַהֲרִ֣י (טַהֲרִ֣) ta.ha.R “cleanse”

  24. Ezekiel 37:23

    neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; so shall they

    וְטִהַרְתִּ֤י (טִהַרְתִּ֤י) ti.har.Ti “I will cleanse”

  25. Ezekiel 39:12

    And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.

    טַהֵ֣ר ta.Her “to cleanse”