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Strong H29302 sensesטָמֵא

to defile · uncleanness

Transliteration
ţâmê'
Pronunciation
taw-may'

The 2 senses of Strong H2930

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2930 appears in 142 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to defileH2930Ato be unclean, become unclean, become impure141 verses · 13 books
  2. uncleannessטָמְאָהH2930BNot in the KJV

General definition

A primitive root; to be {foul} especially in a ceremonial or moral sense (contaminated): - defile ({self}) pollute ({self}) be ({make} make {self} pronounce) {unclean} X utterly.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • defile66
  • be47
  • pronounce11
  • unclean8
  • polluted4
  • make3
  • defiled2
  • pollute2
  • thereof2
  • art1
  • defileth1
  • hath1

First verses

  1. Genesis 34:5
    And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
  2. Genesis 34:13
    And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
  3. Genesis 34:27
    The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
  4. Leviticus 5:3
    Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
  5. Leviticus 11:24
    And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
  6. Leviticus 11:25
    And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
  7. Leviticus 11:26
    The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
  8. Leviticus 11:27
    And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
  9. Leviticus 11:28
    And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
  10. Leviticus 11:31
    These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
  11. Leviticus 11:32
    And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
  12. Leviticus 11:33
    And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
  13. Leviticus 11:34
    Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
  14. Leviticus 11:35
    And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
  15. 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.
  16. Leviticus 11:39
    And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
  17. Leviticus 11:40
    And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
  18. Leviticus 11:43
    Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
  19. Leviticus 11:44
    For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
  20. Leviticus 12:2
    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.