Lexical Definition

‎תָּמִים‎ tâmîym (taw-meem') unblemished ^H:A
from ‎תָּמַם‎

without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.

• entire (literally, figuratively or morally)
• also (as noun) integrity, truth

1) complete, whole, entire, sound
1a) complete, whole, entire
1b) whole, sound, healthful
1c) complete, entire (of time)
1d) sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity
1e) what is complete or entirely in accord with truth and fact (neuter adj/subst)

See Greek: ἄθωος · ἄμεμπτος · ἄμωμος · δίκαιος · δικαίως · εὐθύτης · ὁλόκληρος · ὅλος · ὅσιος · ὁσιότης · τέλειος · τελειότης

Extended Information

meaning of: תָּמִים

• : blameless

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Also see: תֹּם

‎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

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