Hebrew word study

טָמֵאṭâmêʼ to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (cont…

Pronounced “taw-may'

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

Translated in the King James as: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, utterly.

Appears 159 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 3×
Genesis 34:5Genesis 34:13Genesis 34:27
Leviticus 82×
Leviticus 5:3Leviticus 11:24Leviticus 11:25Leviticus 11:26Leviticus 11:27Leviticus 11:28Leviticus 11:31Leviticus 11:32Leviticus 11:33Leviticus 11:34Leviticus 11:35Leviticus 11:36Leviticus 11:39Leviticus 11:40Leviticus 11:43Leviticus 11:44Leviticus 12:2Leviticus 12:5Leviticus 13:3Leviticus 13:8Leviticus 13:11Leviticus 13:14Leviticus 13:15Leviticus 13:20Leviticus 13:22+ 57 more in Leviticus
Numbers 24×
Numbers 5:3Numbers 5:13Numbers 5:14Numbers 5:20Numbers 5:27Numbers 5:28Numbers 5:29Numbers 6:7Numbers 6:9Numbers 6:12Numbers 19:7Numbers 19:8Numbers 19:10Numbers 19:11Numbers 19:13Numbers 19:14Numbers 19:16Numbers 19:20Numbers 19:21Numbers 19:22Numbers 35:34+ 3 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 2×
Deuteronomy 21:23Deuteronomy 24:4
2 Kings 4×
2 Ki 23:82 Ki 23:102 Ki 23:132 Ki 23:16
2 Chronicles 1×
2 Chr 36:14
Psalms 2×
Psalms 79:1Psalms 106:39
Isaiah 1×
Isaiah 30:22
Jeremiah 4×
Jeremiah 2:7Jeremiah 2:23Jeremiah 7:30Jeremiah 32:34
Ezekiel 30×
Ezekiel 4:14Ezekiel 5:11Ezekiel 9:7Ezekiel 14:11Ezekiel 18:6Ezekiel 18:11Ezekiel 18:15Ezekiel 20:7Ezekiel 20:18Ezekiel 20:26Ezekiel 20:30Ezekiel 20:31Ezekiel 20:43Ezekiel 22:3Ezekiel 22:4Ezekiel 22:11Ezekiel 23:7Ezekiel 23:13Ezekiel 23:17Ezekiel 23:30Ezekiel 23:38Ezekiel 33:26Ezekiel 36:17Ezekiel 36:18Ezekiel 37:23+ 5 more in Ezekiel
Hosea 3×
Hosea 5:3Hosea 6:10Hosea 9:4
Micah 1×
Micah 2:10
Haggai 2×
Haggai 2:13+ 1 more in Haggai

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