תָּמִים
complete
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 49 times (54%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 29 times (32%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 8 times (9%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Construct 2 times (2%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Construct 2 times (2%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Plural, Absolute 1 time (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 91 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H8549 appears — 85 distinct verses across 14 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 2 verses
- Genesis 6:9 תָּמִ֥ים adj Adjective ms This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 17:1 תָמִֽים adj Adjective ms When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
Exodus 2 verses
- Exodus 12:5 תָמִ֛ים adj Adjective ms Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
- Exodus 29:1 תְּמִימִֽם adj Adjective mp "This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
Leviticus 21 verses
- Leviticus 1:3 תָּמִ֖ים adj Adjective ms "'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 1:10 תָּמִ֖ים adj Adjective ms "'If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep, or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without blemish.
- Leviticus 3:1 תָּמִ֥ים adj Adjective ms "'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings; if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 3:6 תָּמִ֖ים adj Adjective ms "'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
- Leviticus 3:9 תְמִימָ֔ה adj Adjective fs He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall take away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,
- Leviticus 4:3 תָּמִ֛ים adj Adjective ms if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bull without blemish to Yahweh for a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:23 תָּמִֽים adj Adjective ms if his sin, in which he has sinned, is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.
- Leviticus 4:28 תְּמִימָ֣ה adj Adjective fs if his sin, which he has sinned, is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned.
- Leviticus 4:32 תְמִימָ֖ה adj Adjective fs "'If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.
- Leviticus 5:15 תָּמִ֣ים adj Adjective ms "If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of Yahweh; then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
- Leviticus 5:18 תָּמִ֧ים adj Adjective ms He shall bring a ram without blemish from of the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the thing in which he sinned and didn't know it, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 6:6 תָּמִ֧ים adj Adjective ms He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest.
- Leviticus 9:2 תְּמִימִ֑ם adj Adjective mp and he said to Aaron, "Take a calf from the herd for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 9:3 תְּמִימִ֖ם adj Adjective mp You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
- Leviticus 14:10 תְּמִימִ֔ים תְּמִימָ֑ה adj Adjective mp adj Adjective fs "On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
- Leviticus 22:19 תָּמִ֣ים adj Adjective ms that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without blemish, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.
- Leviticus 22:21 תָּמִ֤ים adj Adjective ms Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
- Leviticus 23:12 תָּמִ֧ים adj Adjective ms On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:15 תְּמִימֹ֥ת adj Adjective fp "'You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be completed:
- Leviticus 23:18 תְּמִימִם֙ adj Adjective mp You shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, one young bull, and two rams. Yhey shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 25:30 תְמִימָה֒ adj Adjective fs If it isn't redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.
Numbers 17 verses
- Numbers 6:14 תָמִ֤ים תְּמִימָ֖ה תָּמִ֖ים adj Adjective ms adj Adjective fs adj Adjective ms and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
- Numbers 19:2 תְּמִימָ֗ה adj Adjective fs This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, [and] on which never came yoke.
- Numbers 28:3 תְמִימִ֛ם adj Adjective mp You shall tell them, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
- Numbers 28:9 תְּמִימִ֑ם adj Adjective mp On the Sabbath day two he-lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with oil, and the drink-offering of it:
- Numbers 28:11 תְּמִימִֽם adj Adjective mp In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 28:19 תְּמִימִ֖ם adj Adjective mp but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, and seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
- Numbers 28:31 תְּמִימִ֥ם adj Adjective mp Besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal-offering of it, you shall offer them (they shall be to you without blemish), and their drink-offerings.
- Numbers 29:2 תְּמִימִֽם adj Adjective mp You shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:8 תְּמִימִ֖ם adj Adjective mp but you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for a sweet savor: one young bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
- Numbers 29:13 תְּמִימִ֥ם adj Adjective mp and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh; thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
- Numbers 29:17 תְּמִימִֽם adj Adjective mp On the second day [you shall offer] twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:20 תְּמִימִֽם adj Adjective mp On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:23 תְּמִימִֽם adj Adjective mp On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:26 תְּמִימִֽם adj Adjective mp On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:29 תְּמִימִֽם adj Adjective mp On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:32 תְּמִימִֽם adj Adjective mp On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:36 תְּמִימִֽם adj Adjective mp but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
Deuteronomy 2 verses
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 10:13 תָּמִֽים adj Adjective ms The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn't this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the midst of the sky, and didn't hurry to go down about a whole day.
- Joshua 24:14 בְּ/תָמִ֣ים prep + Adjective Adjective ms Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve you Yahweh.
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 9:16 וּ/בְ/תָמִים֙ conj + prep + Adjective Adjective ms Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands
- Judges 9:19 וּ/בְ/תָמִ֧ים conj + prep + Adjective Adjective ms if you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice you in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
1 Samuel 1 verse
2 Samuel 4 verses
- 2 Samuel 22:24 תָמִ֖ים adj Adjective ms I was also perfect toward him; I kept myself from my iniquity.
- 2 Samuel 22:26 תָּמִ֖ים adj Adjective ms With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect;
- 2 Samuel 22:31 תָּמִ֣ים adj Adjective ms As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Yahweh is tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
- 2 Samuel 22:33 תָּמִ֖ים adj Adjective ms God is my strong fortress; He guides the perfect in his way.
Job 3 verses
- Job 12:4 תָּמִֽים adj Adjective ms I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
- Job 36:4 תְּמִ֖ים adj Adjective ms cs For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
- Job 37:16 תְּמִ֣ים adj Adjective ms cs Do you know the workings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
Psalms 12 verses
- Psalms 15:2 תָּ֭מִים adj Adjective ms He who walks blamelessly does what is right, And speaks truth in his heart;
- Psalms 18:23 תָמִ֣ים adj Adjective ms I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
- Psalms 18:25 תָּ֝מִ֗ים adj Adjective ms With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
- Psalms 18:30 תָּמִ֪ים adj Adjective ms As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
- Psalms 18:32 תָּמִ֣ים adj Adjective ms The God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
- Psalms 19:7 תְּ֭מִימָה adj Adjective fs Yahweh's law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh's testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
- Psalms 37:18 תְמִימִ֑ם adj Adjective mp Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.
- Psalms 84:11 בְּ/תָמִֽים prep + Adjective Adjective ms For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
- Psalms 101:2 תָּמִ֗ים adj Adjective ms I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
- Psalms 101:6 תָּמִ֑ים adj Adjective ms My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, He will serve me.
- Psalms 119:1 תְמִֽימֵי adj Adjective mp cs Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, Who walk according to Yahweh's law.
- Psalms 119:80 תָמִ֣ים adj Adjective ms Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, That I may not be disappointed.
Proverbs 6 verses
- Proverbs 1:12 וּ֝/תְמִימִ֗ים conj + Adjective Adjective mp Let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down into the pit.
- Proverbs 2:21 וּ֝/תְמִימִ֗ים conj + Adjective Adjective mp For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
- Proverbs 11:5 תָּ֭מִים adj Adjective ms The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
- Proverbs 11:20 תְּמִ֣ימֵי adj Adjective mp cs Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, But those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
- Proverbs 28:10 וּ֝/תְמִימִ֗ים conj + Adjective Adjective mp Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He will fall into his own trap; But the blameless will inherit good.
- Proverbs 28:18 תָּ֭מִים adj Adjective ms Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; But one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
Ezekiel 10 verses
- Ezekiel 15:5 תָמִ֔ים adj Adjective ms Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!
- Ezekiel 28:15 תָּמִ֤ים adj Adjective ms You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
- Ezekiel 43:22 תָּמִ֖ים adj Adjective ms On the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bull.
- Ezekiel 43:23 תָּמִ֔ים תָּמִֽים adj Adjective ms adj Adjective ms When you have made an end of cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
- Ezekiel 43:25 תְּמִימִ֥ים adj Adjective mp Seven days shall you prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering: they shall also prepare a young bull, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
- Ezekiel 45:18 תָּמִ֑ים adj Adjective ms Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish; and you shall cleanse the sanctuary.
- Ezekiel 45:23 תְּמִימִם֙ adj Adjective mp The seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to Yahweh, seven bulls and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a male goat daily for a sin-offering.
- Ezekiel 46:4 תְּמִימִ֖ם תָּמִֽים adj Adjective mp adj Adjective ms The burnt offering that the prince shall offer to Yahweh shall be on the Sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;
- Ezekiel 46:6 תְּמִימִ֑ם תְּמִימִ֥ם adj Adjective mp adj Adjective mp On the day of the new moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish:
- Ezekiel 46:13 תָּמִ֗ים adj Adjective ms You shall prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to Yahweh daily: morning by morning shall you prepare it.
Amos 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
תמים (tâmîym) is a Hebrew adjective most often rendered “complete.” The King James Version usually renders it “without blemish,” while modern versions prefer “unblemished” (Berean Standard Bible) — see the renderings breakdown. With 85 verses in 14 books, it is a moderately common word in the Hebrew Bible. It concentrates in Leviticus, which alone accounts for 25% of its uses. It also covers “whole”, “entire”, and “sound”, alongside “complete” — see its full sense range. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8549 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 85
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 85 distinct verses.
- 14 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 14 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #455
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 455 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 85 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 85 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 44 verses · 52%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 21 verses · 25%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 20 verses · 24%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Without blemish 38×, Perfect 8×, Without spot 6×
- American Standard Version: Without blemish 27×, Old without blemish 15×, Perfect 11×
- Berean Standard Bible: Unblemished 29×, Blameless 11×, Without blemish 10×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Perfect 26×, Unblemished 26×, Blameless 12×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8549 across 91 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8549 across 93 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8549 across 91 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8549 across 92 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. complete, whole, entire, Jb 36:4 תְּמִים דֵעוֹת, 37:16. e.g. Job 36:4
- 2. whole, sound, healthful, of men Pr 1:12 (‖ חַיִּים); vine Ez 15:5; usually of sacrif. animals, P; Ex 12:5 + 40 times, so Ez 43:22 + 10 times e.g. Proverbs 1:12
- 3. complete, entire, of time: day Jos 10:13; year Lv 25:30; sabbaths 23:15. e.g. Joshua 10:13
- 4. sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity: of God’s way ψ 18:31 = 2 S 22:31; work Dt 32:4; law ψ 19:8; elsewhere of man Gn 6:9 17:1 (P; both ‖ אלהים (לִפְנֵי) הִתְהַלֵּךְ אֵת); ת׳ עם י׳ Dt 18:13 ψ 18:24, c. ל in ‖ 2 S 22:24; often c. דֶרֶךְ way: דֶּרֶךְ ת׳ ψ 101:2; ת׳ בִּדְרָכֶ֫יךָ Ez 28:15; תְּמִימֵי דָ֑רֶךְ Pr 11:20 ψ 119:1; וַיַּתֵּר ת׳ דרכו֯ 2 S 22:23 ‖ וַיִּתֵּן ת׳ דַּרְכִּי ψ 18:33; הלך בדרך ת׳ 101:6; דֶּרֶךְ om., הלך תמים, Pr 28:18 ψ 15:2; לב ת׳ 119:80; = noun (late), man of integrity Pr 11:5 Jb 12:4; pl. Pr 2:21; 28:10 ψ 37:18. e.g. Psalms 18:31
- 5. as neuter adj. = subst. what is complete, entirely in accord with truth and fact: דֹּבֵר ת׳ Am 5:10; אִם־בֶּאֱמֶת וּבְת׳ עֲשִׂיתֶם Ju 9:16, 19; עִבְדוּ י׳ בְּת׳ וּבֶאֱמֶת Jos 24:14 (E); integrity גְּבַר ת׳ ψ 18:26 (cstr. Ges§ 93 s; ‖ 2 S 22:26 גִּבּוֹר), 84:12; הֹלְכִים בְּת׳.—1 S 14:41 v. תֹּם 4. e.g. Amos 5:10
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
adj. complete, sound;—ת׳ Gn 6:9 +; f. תְּמִימָה Lv 3:9 +; cstr. תְּמִים Jb 36:4; 37:16; pl. תְּמִימִים Ez 43:25 +; תְּמִימֹת Lv 23:15; cstr. תְּמִימֵי ψ 119:1 Pr 11:20;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from תמם (tâmam) (H8552) — to be complete.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
תָּמִים
- without physical blemish; perfect; upright. Zeb. 116ᵃ ודלמא נח … ת׳ כתיב ביה might not Noah himself have had an organic defect? (It cannot be, for) it is written of him, he was perfect (Gen. VI, 9); ודלמא ת׳ בדרכיו but may this not mean, perfect in his ways of life? Bekh. IV, 1 (26ᵇ) בין ת׳ בין בעל מום (Bab. ed. תַּם) whether unblemished or blemished; a. fr.—Pl. תְּמִימִים, תְּמִימִין. Zeb. VIII, 8. Tem. III, 5 אם באו ת׳ when they appear unblemished. Y. Yoma VII, end, 44ᶜ שבשעה שהיו ישראל ת׳ היו מכוונין וכ׳ (not שבע׳) when the Israelites were perfect (God-fearing), they (the Urim and Tummim) directed their way. Gen. R. s. 44, beg. (ref. to Ps. XVIII, 31) אם דרכיו ת׳ וכ׳ if his ways are perfect, how much more is he perfect himself!; (Yalk. Sam. 161 אם דרכו תמים וכ׳); a. fr.—Fem. תְּמִימָה. Ḥull. 11ᵃ משום ת׳ because the Law (Lev. III, 9) says t’mimah (whole); a. e.—Pl. תְּמִימוֹת. Men. 66ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XXIII, 15) אימתי … שבתות ת׳ וכ׳ when do you get seven complete weeks? When you begin to count from the evening. Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 69ᵇ, a. e., v. יֵשׁוּעַ; a. e. e.g. Genesis 6:9
תְּמִים
- Targ. Y. II, Lev. XXII, 27 ת׳ (Jacob). Targ. II Esth. I, 2; a. e.—Pl. תְּמִימִין, תְּמִימֵי. Targ. Prov. XIII, 6. Ib. XXVIII, 10; a. e.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 47 distinct written forms H8549 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8549, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 80 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 85 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 6:9
- Exodus 12:5
- Leviticus 1:3
- Numbers 6:14
- Deuteronomy 18:13
- Joshua 10:13
- Judges 9:16
- 1 Samuel 14:41
- 2 Samuel 22:24
- Job 12:4
- Psalms 15:2
- Proverbs 1:12
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
