Strong's Hebrew · H2891
טָהֵר
ṭâhêr · taw-hare'
be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
Definition
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
Derivation
a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication)
Appears 94 times in Scripture
“So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.”
“And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.”
“The priest will reexamine him, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the infected person clean; then he is clean.”
“The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.”
“When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.”
“But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’””
“and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean.”
“the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.”
“Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).