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Strong's H5079 נִדָּה (niddah)

Niddah means “filthiness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5079 — technites (“builder”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5079
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 24
Books 7

Strong's H5079 Quick Answer

Strong's H5079 נִדָּה (niddah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. niddah (nid-daw') n-f. 1. (properly) rejection 2. (by implication) impurity It has 24 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include unclean, separation, she, days, and woman. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
niddah (nid-daw') n-f. 1. (properly) rejection 2. (by implication) impurity
Usage
24 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
unclean, separation, she, days, and woman

Meaning and Definition

niddah (nid-daw') n-f. 1. (properly) rejection 2. (by implication) impurity 3. (especially) moral impurity (idolatry, incest, adultery, etc.) 4. (femininely, physically) menstruation [from H5074] KJV: X far, filthiness, X flowers, menstruous (woman), put apart, X removed (woman), separation, set apart, unclean(-ness, thing, with filthiness). Root(s): H5074

Original Word
נִדָּה
Transliteration
niddah
Derivation
Root: נדד First root strongs: 5074
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5079. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

impurity

Usage: 1) impurity, filthiness, menstruous, set apart 1a) impurity 1a1) of ceremonial impurity 1a2) of menstruation 1b) impure thing (fig.) 1b1) of idolatry, immorality

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

unclean separation she days woman man upon uncleanness water issue israel lord

How Strong's H5079 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5079 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5079 in the Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Leviticus 12:2 KJV

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

Leviticus 12:5 KJV

But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

Leviticus 15:19 KJV

And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.

Usage Excerpts

First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5079.

Leviticus 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
Leviticus 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
Leviticus 15:19 Old Testament, KJV
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 15:20 Old Testament, KJV
And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
Leviticus 15:24 Old Testament, KJV
And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
Leviticus 15:25 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Leviticus 15:26 Old Testament, KJV
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
Leviticus 15:33 Old Testament, KJV
And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
Leviticus 18:19 Old Testament, KJV
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
Leviticus 20:21 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
Numbers 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
Numbers 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
Numbers 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Numbers 19:21 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
Numbers 31:23 Old Testament, KJV
Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
2 Chronicles 29:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezra 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Lamentations 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezekiel 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
Ezekiel 7:20 Old Testament, KJV
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
Ezekiel 18:6 Old Testament, KJV
And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
Ezekiel 22:10 Old Testament, KJV
In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
Ezekiel 36:17 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
Zechariah 13:1 Old Testament, KJV
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5079, grouped by book.

Leviticus 10 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5079 FAQ

What does niddah (נִדָּה) mean?

Niddah (Strong's H5079) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "filthiness". niddah (nid-daw') n-f. 1. (properly) rejection 2. (by implication) impurity

How many times is niddah (נִדָּה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H5079 across 7 books.

Where can I study niddah (נִדָּה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5079 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate niddah (נִדָּה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as unclean, separation, she, days, woman, and man. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.