Strong's Hebrew · H2930

H2930 ṭâmêʼ

טָמֵא

taw-may'

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

When ṭâmêʼ is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

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

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 162 times in Scripture

Leviticus 11:32

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.

Genesis 34:13

But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

Leviticus 18:20

You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.

Leviticus 21:4

He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.

Leviticus 13:15

When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.

Leviticus 21:1

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

Genesis 34:5

Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.

Genesis 34:27

Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.

Leviticus 13:14

But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean.

Leviticus 21:3

or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.

When ṭâmêʼ is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what ṭâmêʼ means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

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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).

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