Strong's Number 2930

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
tame' {taw-may'}
Word Origin:
a primitive root
TWOT:
809
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
unclean 74, defile 71, pollute 14, uncleanness 1, utterly 1

Total: 161
Definition:
  1. to be unclean, become unclean, become impure
    1. (Qal) to be or become unclean
      1. sexually
      2. religiously
      3. ceremonially
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to defile oneself, be defiled
        1. sexually
        2. by idolatry
        3. ceremonially
      2. to be regarded as unclean
    3. (Piel)
      1. to defile
        1. sexually
        2. religiously
        3. ceremonially
      2. to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)
      3. to profane (God's name)
    4. (Pual) to be defiled
    5. (Hithpael) to be unclean
    6. (Hothpael) to be defiled
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament