Lexicon / H5079
נִדָּה
nid.dah
  • impurity
  • abhorrent
  • shunned

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: impurity

1) impurity, filthiness, menstruous, set apart

1a) impurity

1a1) of ceremonial impurity

1a2) of menstruation

1b) impure thing (fig.)

1b1) of idolatry, immorality

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: impurity; abhorrent; shunned

Root √נדד: נָדַד vb retreat flee depart stray wander flutter Qal retreat flee , flee depart , wander stray , flutter trans.wings Po‛ēl fleeth away the sun hath arisen and it (the locust swarm) Hiph chase away . Hoph be chased away . Hithpo‛l flee away .

נִדָּה n.f impurity abhorrent shunned of ceremonial impurity impure thing fig. (with allusion to cerem. usage). (as,)