Strong's Lexicon: H8549 תָּמִים

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H8549
Word:	תָּמִים
Part of Speech:	adjective
Etymology:	from H8552
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	91
Transliteration:	tamiym
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	taw-meem'
Meaning:	1. (literally, figuratively or morally) entire 2. (also, as noun) integrity, truth
KJV Renderings:	without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.

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BDB9190

תֹּם noun [masculine] completeness, integrity ; — תֹּם absolute Prov 10:20 +; construct Job 4:6; Ps 78:72, construct also תָּםֿ Prov 13:6 + 4 t.; suffix תֻּמִּי Ps 26:1 + 11 t. suffix; plural תֻּמִּים Exod 28:30 + 3 t.; suffix תֻּמֶּיךָ Deut 33:8 ; —

1. completeness, fullness: כְּתֻמָּם Isa 47:9 according to their full measure; בְּעֶצֶם תֻּמּוֺ Job 21:23 in his very completeness.

2. innocence, simplicity: הלכים לתמם 2Sam 15:11 מֶשַׁךְ בַּקֶּשֶׁת לְתֻמּוֺ 1Kgs 22:34 = 2Chr 18:33, i.e. without definite aim.

3. integrity: תֹּם לֵבָב integrity of mind Gen 20:5; Gen 20:6 ( E ), 1Kgs 9:4 ; Ps 78:72 ; Ps 101:2 תָּםדֶּֿרֶךְ Prov 13:6; Job 4:6 (הת)הלך בַּתֹּם Prov 10:9, בְּתֻמּוֺ Prov 19:1; Prov 20:7; Prov 28:6, בְּתֻמִּי Ps 26:1; Ps 26:11 הֹלְכֵי תֹם Prov 2:7 תֹּם וָישֶׁר Ps 25:21 בְּתֻמִּי Ps 41:13 כְּתֻמִּי Ps 7:9 מָעוֺז לַתֹּם Prov 10:29 .

4. תֻּמִּים in אוּרִים וְתֻמִּים (meaning dubious, see, אורים) Deut 33:8; Exod 28:30 ( P ) Lev 8:8 ( P ), Ezra 2:63 = Neh 7:65 + 1Sam 14:41 (for תָּמִים) We Dr Bu HPS; also Hos 3:4 (for תרפים Che^{JQ. July 1899, 564} and Hos 4:5 (תֻּמֶּ֑יךָ for אִמֶּ֑ךָ) Ruben^{JQ. April 1899, 44} Che^l.c.

BDB9193

תָּמִים₉₁ adjective complete, sound; — ׳ ת Gen 6:9 +; feminine תְּמִימָה Lev 3:9 +; construct תְּמִים Job 36:4; Job 37:16 plural תְּמִימִים Ezek 43:25 +; תְּמִימֹת Lev 23:15 construct תְּמִימֵי Ps 119:1; Prov 11:20 —

1. complete, whole, entire, Job 36:4 תְּמִים דֵעוֺת, Job 37:16.

2. whole, sound healthful, of men Prov 1:12 (|| חַיִּים); vine Ezek 15:5 usually of sacrificial P , P ; Exod 12:5 + 40 t., so Ezek 43:22 + 10 t.

3. complete, entire, of time: day Josh 10:13 year Lev 25:30 Sabbaths Lev 23:15.

4. sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity: of God's way Ps 18:31 = 2Sam 22:31 work Deut 32:4 law Ps 19:8 elsewhere of man Gen 6:9 ; Gen 17:1 ( P ; both || הִתְהַלֵח אֵת (לִפְנֵי) אלהים); ׳ עם י ׳ ת Deut 18:13; Ps 18:24, with ל in || 2Sam 22:24 often with דֶּרֶח way: ׳ דֶּרֶח ת Ps 101:2 בִּדְרָכֶ֫יךָ ׳ ת Ezek 28:15 תְּמִימֵי דָ֑רֶח Prov 11:20 ; Ps 119:1 דרכו ׳ וַיַּתֵּר ת 2Sam 22:33 || ׳ וַיִּתֵּן ת דַּרְכִּי Ps 18:33 ׳ הלך בדרך ת Ps 101:6 דֶּרֶח omitted, הלך תמים, Prov 28:18; Ps 15:2 ׳ לב ת Ps 119:80 = noun (late), man of integrity Prov 11:5; Job 12:4 plural Prov 2:21 ; Prov 28:10; Ps 37:18.

5. as neuter adjective = substantive what is complete, entirely in accord with truth and fact: ׳ דֹּ בֵר ת Amos 5:10 עֲשִׂיתֶם ׳ אִםבֶּֿאֱמֶת וּבְת Judg 9:16; Judg 9:19 עִבְדוּ וּבֶאֱמֶת ׳ בְּת ׳ י Josh 24:14 ( E ); integrity ׳ גְּבַר ת Ps 18:26 (construct Ges^{«GKC:93s»§ 93s}; || 2Sam 22:26 גִּבּוֺת), 2Sam 84:12 ׳ הֹלְכִים בְּת. — 1Sam 14:41 see תֹּם 4.

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Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
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