תֹּם tom

Hebrew word for “integrity” · Strong’s H8537 · used 23 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

1) integrity, completeness; 1a) completeness, fulness; 1b) innocence, simplicity; 1c) integrity

How it is translated

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

• integrity 18
• innocence 3
• completeness 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 20 (2), Psalms 26 (2), Proverbs 10 (2), 2 Samuel 15 (1), 1 Kings 9 (1), 1 Kings 22 (1), 2 Chronicles 18 (1), Job 4 (1), Job 21 (1), Psalms 7 (1)

Forms

• בתם 5
• תם 3
• בתמי 3
• בתמו 3
• לתמו 2
• לתמם 1
• ותם 1
• תמו 1
• וכתמי 1
• כתם 1

Words used with it

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

• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 10
• לֵבָב levav “heart” 5
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 6
• רַכָּב rakkav “charioteer” 2
• דֶּבֶק deveq “joint” 2
• שִׁרְיוֹן shiryon “armor” 2
• עִקֵּשׁ iqqesh “twisted” 2
• יֹשֶׁר yosher “uprightness” 2
• רוּשׁ rush “be poor” 2
• מָשַׁךְ mashakh “to draw” 2
• נָצַר natsar “to watch” 2
• חָלָה chalah “be weak” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 20:5 — Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done…
• Genesis 20:6 — And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore…
• 1 Kings 9:4 — And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and…
• Psalms 7:8 — The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
• Psalms 25:21 — Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
• Psalms 26:1 — [A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
• Psalms 26:11 — But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
• Psalms 41:12 — And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
• Psalms 101:2 — I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
• Proverbs 19:1 — Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
• Proverbs 20:7 — The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
• Isaiah 47:9 — But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the…

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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.