Strong's H2930 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: טָמֵא (ṭâmêʼ)

Pronunciation: taw-may'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root;

Definition: to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

KJV Renderings: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.

Senses

1. to be unclean, become unclean, become impure
1. (Qal) to be or become unclean
2. sexually
3. religiously
4. ceremonially
5. (Niphal)
6. to defile oneself, be defiled
1. sexually
2. by idolatry
3. ceremonially
7. to be regarded as unclean
8. (Piel)
9. to defile
1. sexually
2. religiously
3. ceremonially
10. to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)
11. to profane (God's name)
12. (Pual) to be defiled
13. (Hithpael) to be unclean
14. (Hothpael) to be defiled

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.