תֹּםtôm

completeness, integrity

Pronunciation: tome · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8537

Meanings

1. completeness, fullness (Isaiah 47:9; Job 21:23)

2. innocence, simplicity (2 Samuel 15:11; 1 Kings 22:34; 2 Chronicles 18:33)

3. integrity (Genesis 20:5; Genesis 20:6; 1 Kings 9:4)

4. תֻּמִּים in אוּרִים וְתֻמִּים (Deuteronomy 33:8; Exodus 28:30; Leviticus 8:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 23 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 20:5 Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘Yes, he is my brother.’ I acted in complete innocence! My hands are clean.”
  • Genesis 20:6 In the dream God responded, “Yes, I know you are innocent. That’s why I kept you from sinning against me, and why I did not let you touch her.
  • 2 Samuel 15:11 He took 200 men from Jerusalem with him as guests, but they knew nothing of his intentions.
  • 1 Kings 9:4 “As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations,
  • 1 Kings 22:34 An Aramean soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the Israelite troops and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. “Turn the horses and get me out of here!” Ahab groaned to the driver of his chariot. “I’m badly wounded!”
  • 2 Chronicles 18:33 An Aramean soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the Israelite troops and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. “Turn the horses and get me out of here!” Ahab groaned to the driver of the chariot. “I’m badly wounded!”
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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).