תָּם tam

Hebrew word for “complete” · Strong’s H8535 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

1) perfect, complete;

How it is translated

Glosses given for tam in context, with how often each is used:

• blameless 8
• complete 2
• blameless person 2
• perfect one 2
• quiet 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Job 9 (3), Job 1 (2), Genesis 25 (1), Exodus 26 (1), Exodus 36 (1), Job 2 (1), Job 8 (1), Psalms 37 (1), Psalms 64 (1), Proverbs 29 (1)

Forms

• תם 11
• תמים 2
• תמתי 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָשָׁר yashar “upright” 5
• אִיּוֹב iyyov “Job” 3
• יָרֵא yare “afraid” 3
• תּוֹאָם taom “twin” 2
• מִקְצֹעַ maqtsoa “corner” 2
• מַטָּה mattah “beneath” 2
• שָׂטָן satan “Satan” 2
• אֶחָד echad “one” 4
• יוֹנָה yonah “dove” 2
• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 3
• טַבַּעַת tabbaat “ring” 2
• מָאַס maas “to reject” 2

Key verses

The verses using tam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 25:27 — And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
• Exodus 36:29 — And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
• Job 1:1 — There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
• Job 1:8 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth…
• Job 2:3 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth…
• Job 9:20 — If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
• Job 9:22 — This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
• Psalms 37:37 — Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
• Psalms 64:4 — That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
• Proverbs 29:10 — The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
• Song of Solomon 5:2 — I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled…
• Song of Solomon 6:9 — My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.