Strong's Lexicon

H8535

H8535 — תָּם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewtamadjectiveOccurrences: 13TWOT: 2522c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8535
Word:תָּם
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H8552
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:13
Transliteration:tam
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:tawm
Meaning:1. complete 2. usually (morally) pious 3. specifically, gentle, dear
KJV Renderings:coupled together, perfect, plain, undefiled, upright.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9191

[תֻּמָּה] noun feminine integrity (late); — construct תֻּמַּת Prov 11:3 suffix תֻּמָּתִי Job 27:5; Job 31:6 תֻּמָּתֶ֑ךָ Job 2:9 תֻּמְּתוֺ Job 2:3.


BDB9192

תָּם adjective complete׳ ת Gen 25:27 + 10 t.; suffix תַּמָּתִי Song 5:2; Song 6:9 (late, except Gen 25:27); —

1. complete, perfect: in beauty Song 5:2; Song 6:9 of physical strength Ps 73:4 (read לָ֑מוֺ תָּם Ew De DrSam. xxxi Che Bae and others).
2. sound, wholesome: אישׁ תָּם, of Jacob as tent-dweller, opposed to Esau, hunter, Gen 25:27 ( J ; De leutseliger Mann, Di ruhig, still, AV RV plain man; ׳ ת here possibly redactional, = 3).
3. complete, morally innocent, having integrity: אִישׁ תָּם Job 1:8; Job 2:3 ׳ ת alone Job 1:1; Job 8:20; Job 9:20; Job 9:21; Job 9:22; Prov 29:10; Ps 37:37; Ps 64:5. — תַּמִּים see [תָּאם ]. p. 1060f


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יתם

Concordance entry

EHCC: PPe2
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