Midvash

תָּאוֹםtâʼôwm

twin (John 20:24; Genesis 25:24; Genesis 38:27; Song of Solomon 4:5; Song of Solomon 7:4)

Pronunciation: taw-ome' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8380

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 25:24 And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins!
  • Genesis 38:27 When the time came for Tamar to give birth, it was discovered that she was carrying twins.
  • Exodus 26:24 These corner frames will be matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Make both of these corner units the same way.
  • Exodus 36:29 These corner frames were matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Both of these corner units were made the same way.
  • Song of Solomon 4:5 Your breasts are like two fawns, twin fawns of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
  • Song of Solomon 7:3 Your breasts are like two fawns, twin fawns of a gazelle.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).