Strong's H2891 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: טָהֵר (ṭâhêr)

Pronunciation: taw-hare'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication)

Definition: to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)

KJV Renderings: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).

Senses

1. to be clean, be pure
1. (Qal)
2. to be clean (physically-of disease)
3. to be clean ceremonially
4. to purify, be clean morally, made clean
5. (Piel)
6. to cleanse, purify
1. physically
2. ceremonially
3. morally
7. to pronounce clean
8. to perform the ceremony of cleansing
9. (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean
10. (Hithpael)
11. to purify oneself
1. ceremonially
2. morally
12. to present oneself for purification

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.