Strong's Lexicon

H8548

H8548 — תָּמִידּ

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

Hebrewtamiydnoun mascOccurrences: 104TWOT: 1157a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8548
Word:תָּמִידּ
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root meaning to stretch
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:104
Transliteration:tamiyd
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:taw-meed'
Meaning:1. (properly) continuance (as indefinite extension) 2. but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly) 3. ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
KJV Renderings:alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, ((n-))ever(-more), perpetual.

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תָּמִיד noun masculine Dan 12:11 continuity (perhaps originally extent; Late Hebrew as Biblical Hebrew, Ecclus תמיד Eccl 45:14); — ׳ ת always absolute; —

1. earliest and oftenest as adverb, continually:
a. of going on without interruption = continuously, Hos 12:7; Jer 6:7; Nah 3:19; Isa 21:8; Isa 49:16; Isa 51:13 (+ כָּלהַֿיּוֺם ), Isa 52:5 (+ id.), Isa 60:11 (|| יַוֺמָם וָלַיְלָח, Isa 62:6 (+ כָּלהַֿיּוֺם וְכָלהַֿלַּיְלָה), Isa 65:3; Obad 1:16; Hab 1:17; Deut 11:12; 1Kgs 10:8 = 2Chr 9:7; 1Chr 16:11; 1Chr 16:37 especially (sometimes hyperbole) in Psalms : Ps 16:8 ; Ps 25:15 ; Ps 34:2 (|| בְּכָלעֵֿת), Ps 35:27 compare Ps 40:17; Ps 70:5; Ps 38:18; Ps 40:12; Ps 50:8; Ps 51:5; Ps 69:24; Ps 71:6; Ps 71:14; Ps 72:15; Ps 73:23; Ps 74:23; Ps 105:4; Ps 109:15 ; Ps 109:19; Ps 119:44 (+ וֶָ˜עך׃ לְעוֺלָם), v Ps 40:109 ; (so also Ps 16:5, for ᵑ0 תומי, Bi Che; תּוֺסיף Ol Bae); Prov 5:19 (|| בִּכָלעֵֿת), Prov 6:21; Prov 15:15 ; Prov 28:14 also Ezek 38:8 (strike out ᵑ6 Co ToyHpt. Berthol), Lev 6:6 ( P ; of fire, || לֹא תִכְבֶּה), and Lev 46:14 (but ׳ חֻקַּת תּ ᵐ5 Co Berthol); also in ritual, Lev 24:8 ( H ), compare Exod 25:30 ( P ; shew-bread), Lev 24:2; Lev 24:3; Lev 24:4 ( H ), compare Exod 27:20 ( P ; of lamp), Exod 28:29; Exod 28:30; Exod 28:38.
b. of regular repetition: meals 2Sam 9:7; 2Sam 9:10; 2Sam 9:13; 2Kgs 25:29 = Jer 52:33 journeys 2Kgs 4:19 compare Num 9:16 ; Ps 71:3 of ritual: sacrifice, לַיּוֺם תָּמִיד Exod 29:38 compare 1Chr 16:40 ; 1Chr 23:31 ; 2Chr 24:14 .
2. as substantive:
a. of uninterrupted continuity, ׳ אַנְשֵׁי ת Ezek 39:14 men of continuity, i.e. men continually employed for the purpose; ׳ לֶחֶם הַתּ Num 4:7 the bread of continuity, i.e. the bread that is always there, so ׳ מַעֲרֶכֶת ת 2Chr 2:3, and perhaps ׳ חֲצֹצְרוֺת ת 1Chr 16:6.
b. of regular repetition ׳ אֲרֻחַת מ 2Kgs 25:30 , i.e. a regular allowance, = Jer 52:34 especially of ritual: ׳ קְטֹרֶת ת Exod 30:8 ( P ); most often ׳ עֹלַת ת Ezek 46:15 (every morning), Exod 29:42 (morning and evening, so) Num 28:6; Ezra 3:5, so read also Num 28:3 (Di) for ᵑ0 ׳ עוֺלָה ת (לַיּוֺם); ׳ עֹלַת הַת Num 28:10; Num 28:15; Num 28:23; Num 28:24; Num 28:31; Num 29:6; Num 29:11; Num 29:16; Num 29:19; Num 29:22; Num 29:25; Num 29:28; Num 29:31; Num 29:34; Num 29:38 Neh Neh 10:35 rarely ׳ מִנְחַת ת Num 4:16 ( P ), Neh 10:34 as appositive, ׳ מִנְחָה ת Lev 6:13 meal-offering as a regular observance (compare Ges «GKC:131»§ 131, 2 (b) DaSynt.§ 29 (b); on text see Di, NowArchaeology ii. 124 f. ), (and Num 28:3 ᵑ0 , but see above)
c. (late) ׳ הַת alone = daily (morning and evening) burnt-offering (NowArchaeology ii. 222 f.) Dan 8:11; Dan 8:12; Dan 8:13; Dan 11:31; Dan 12:11 (so Talmud, even in plural תְּמִידִין).


Other Resources

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

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