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Raw Strong's Data

All Strong's data for this study was sourced from the Word Studies Library. No fresh lookups were needed.

Library Entries Read (40+ entries)

Core Defilement (Hebrew)

  • H2930-tame.md — verb "to be/become unclean" (142v, 194 tokens, 13 books)
  • H2931-tame.md — adjective "unclean" (78v, 90 tokens, 15 books)
  • H2932-tumah.md — noun "uncleanness" (31v, 36 tokens, 9 books)
  • H5079-niddah.md — noun "impurity/menstrual separation"
  • H2610-chaneph.md — verb "to pollute/profane" (moral pollution, distinct root from tame)
  • H6292-piggul.md — noun "fetid/unclean sacrifice"

Core Cleanness (Hebrew)

  • H2889-tahowr.md — adjective "clean/pure" (86v, 94 tokens, 17 books)
  • H2891-taher.md — verb "to be clean/purify" (94v, 80 unique, 15 books)
  • H2892-tohar.md — noun "brightness/purification" (4v)
  • H2893-tohorah.md — noun "purification" (13v)

Two-Axis Framework (Hebrew)

  • H6944-qodesh.md — noun "holiness/sacred" (452v)
  • H6942-qadash.md — verb "to be holy/sanctify" (153v)
  • H6918-qadowsh.md — adjective "holy" (108v)
  • H2455-chol.md — adjective/noun "common/profane" (7v)
  • H2490-chalal.md — verb "to profane/defile/begin" (132v)
  • H4720-miqdash.md — noun "sanctuary" (74v)

DOA/Sin Vocabulary

  • H3722-kaphar.md — verb "to cover/atone" (102v)
  • H2403-chattaah.md — noun "sin/sin offering"
  • H2398-chata.md — verb "to sin/miss"
  • H6588-pesha.md — noun "rebellion/transgression" (90v)
  • H817-asham.md — noun "guilt/guilt offering"
  • H5545-calach.md — verb "to forgive"
  • H5375-nasa.md — verb "to bear/carry"

Abomination Vocabulary

  • H8251-shiqquwts.md — noun "abomination/detestable thing"
  • H8263-sheqets.md — noun "filth/abominable thing"

NT Greek Vocabulary

  • G167-akatharsia.md — noun "uncleanness/impurity" (10x NT)
  • G169-akathartos.md — adjective "unclean" (29x NT)
  • G2511-katharizo.md — verb "to cleanse/purify" (30x NT)
  • G2513-katharos.md — adjective "clean/pure" (27x NT)
  • G2839-koinos.md — adjective "common/defiled" (12x NT)
  • G2840-koinoo.md — verb "to make common/defile" (12x NT)
  • G3392-miaino.md — verb "to defile/stain" (4x NT)
  • G3393-miasma.md — noun "pollution/defilement" (1x NT)
  • G3435-molyno.md — verb "to soil/defile" (3x NT)

Word Groups

  • WG-defile.md — NT defilement vocabulary cluster
  • WG-cleansing.md — cleansing word group
  • WG-holiness.md — holiness word group
  • WG-atonement.md — atonement word group
  • WG-sin.md — sin word group

Translation Relationships (LXX Bridges)

  • TR-tame-akathartos.md — H2931→G169 (PMI 31.22)
  • TR-tame-miaino.md — H2930→G3392 (PMI 31.76)
  • TR-tumah-akatharsia.md — H2932→G167 (PMI 28.97)
  • TR-taher-katharizo.md — H2891→G2511 (61x)
  • TR-qodesh-hagios.md — H6944→G40 (346x)
  • TR-chol-bebelos.md — H2455→G952 (PMI 20.42)
  • TR-chata-hamartano.md — chata→hamartano LXX bridge
  • TR-chattaah-hamartia.md — chattaah→hamartia LXX bridge

Key Vocabulary Observations

The Two-Axis Framework (Lev 10:10)

Axis 1: qodesh (H6944, holy) ←→ chol (H2455, common/profane)
Axis 2: tahor (H2889, clean)  ←→ tame (H2931, unclean)
These are independent axes. A thing can be: - Holy + Clean (normal state of sanctuary objects) - Holy + Unclean (sanctuary after defilement accumulates — the crisis state) - Common + Clean (ordinary clean food, clean person) - Common + Unclean (carcass, person with skin disease)

Daily vs. Annual Vocabulary

  • Daily: kaphar (H3722) + salach (H5545) = atonement + forgiveness
  • Annual: kaphar (H3722) + taher (H2891) = atonement + cleansing
  • salach is ABSENT from Lev 16
  • taher is ABSENT from daily sin-offering passages (Lev 4)
  • This vocabulary distinction confirms the two-phase system

Three Defilement Vocabularies (Hebrew)

  1. tame (H2930/2931/2932) — ritual/ceremonial impurity
  2. chaneph (H2610) — moral pollution (land-defilement by bloodshed)
  3. chalal (H2490) — profanation (treating holy as common)