Tame'

taw-may'
Parts of Speech Verb

Tame' 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 1b
    3. sexually 1b
    4. by idolatry 1b
    5. ceremonially
      1. to be regarded as unclean
    6. (Piel)
      1. to defile 1c
    7. sexually 1c
    8. religiously 1c
    9. ceremonially
      1. to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)
      2. to profane (God's name)
    10. (Pual) to be defiled
    11. (Hithpael) to be unclean
    12. (Hothpael) to be defiled
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
amj
Origin
a primitive root
Strong's Number
02930
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 809

KJV Word Usage

unclean
74
defile
71
pollute
14
uncleanness
1
utterly
1
Total
161

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Tame'". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .