טָהֵר (ṭāhēr) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be clean. It appears
95 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2891).
Also rendered
be pure
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 792)
Range of meaning (TWOT 792)be clean, pure; be clean ceremonially, be clean morally; cleanse, purify, pronounce clean, perform the ceremony of cleansing; a land not cleansed; purify oneself, present oneself for purification; purge, purifier
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
טָהֵרverb: be clean, pure
Qal
1.be clean, i.e. (miraculously) freed from leprosy by washing in the Jordan
2.be clean ceremonially
3.be clean morally
Piel
1.cleanse, purify
2.pronounce clean, ceremonially
3.perform the ceremony of cleansing
Puala land not cleansed
Hithpael
1.purify oneself
2.present oneself for purification
Strong's H2891טָהֵר: to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy) KJV:be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.