תָּמִים tamim

Hebrew word for “unblemished” · Strong’s H8549 · used 91 times in 85 verses

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Meaning

: unblemished/perfect;

Senses in the lexicon

• unblemished (57)
• unblemished: blameless (27)
• unblemished: complete (6)
• unblemished: Thummim (1)

How it is translated

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

• unblemished 51
• blameless 17
• complete 6
• integrity 3
• blameless person 3
• blameless people 3
• perfect 2
• one complete 2
• people blameless 2
• blamelessness 1
• thummim 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 29 (10), Numbers 28 (5), Leviticus 4 (4), 2 Samuel 22 (4), Psalms 18 (4), Leviticus 3 (3), Leviticus 23 (3), Ezekiel 43 (3), Ezekiel 46 (3), Leviticus 1 (2)

Forms

• תמים 47
• תמימם 24
• תמימה 8
• ותמימים 3
• תמימים 2
• בתמים 2
• ובתמים 2
• תמימי 2
• תמימת 1

Words used with it

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

• כֶּבֶשׂ keves “lamb” 24
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 24
• פַּר par “bullock” 21
• בָּקָר baqar “cattle” 18
• קָרַב qarav “to present” 19
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 23
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 18
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 14
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 13
• עֵז ez “goat” 8
• קׇרְבָּן qorban “offering” 8
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 10

Key verses

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

• Genesis 6:9 — These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
• Genesis 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
• Leviticus 1:3 — If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the…
• Leviticus 3:1 — And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the…
• Leviticus 4:3 — If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish…
• Leviticus 5:15 — If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without…
• Deuteronomy 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
• Joshua 24:14 — Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in…
• Psalms 19:7 — The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
• Psalms 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• 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.
• Psalms 119:1 — Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

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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.