The meaning of “נִדָּה”
Understanding niddâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
[idiom] far, filthiness, [idiom] flowers, menstruous (woman), put apart, [idiom] removed (woman), separation, set apart,...
נִדָּה
[idiom] far, filthiness, [idiom] flowers, menstruous (woman), put apart, [idiom] removed (woman), separation, set apart, unclean(-ness, thing, with filthiness). - properly, rejection - by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest) 1) impurity, filthiness, menstruous, set apart 1a) impurity 1a1) of ceremonial impurity 1a2) of menstruation 1b) impure thing (fig.) 1b1) of idolatry, immorality
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 15:25 | “And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.” Word: נִדָּה (niddâh) | |
| Numbers 19:20 | “But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.” Word: נִדָּה (niddâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 29:5 | “And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.” Word: נִדָּה (niddâh) | |
| Ezra 9:11 | “Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.” Word: נִדָּה (niddâh) | |
| Lamentations 1:17 | “Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.” Word: נִדָּה (niddâh) |
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