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Lexicon :: Strong's H8552 - tāmam

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תָּמַם
Transliteration
tāmam
Pronunciation
taw-mam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2522

Strong’s Definitions

תָּמַם tâmam, taw-mam'; a primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive:—accomplish, cease, be clean (pass-) ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, × be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

The KJV translates Strong's H8552 in the following manner: consume (26x), end (9x), finished (4x), clean (3x), upright (3x), spent (3x), perfect (2x), done (2x), failed (2x), accomplish (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x
The KJV translates Strong's H8552 in the following manner: consume (26x), end (9x), finished (4x), clean (3x), upright (3x), spent (3x), perfect (2x), done (2x), failed (2x), accomplish (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. to be complete, be finished, be at an end

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be finished, be completed

        1. completely, wholly, entirely (as auxiliary with verb)

      2. to be finished, come to an end, cease

      3. to be complete (of number)

      4. to be consumed, be exhausted, be spent

      5. to be finished, be consumed, be destroyed

      6. to be complete, be sound, be unimpaired, be upright (ethically)

      7. to complete, finish

      8. to be completely crossed over

    2. (Niphal) to be consumed

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to finish, complete, perfect

      2. to finish, cease doing, leave off doing

      3. to complete, sum up, make whole

      4. to destroy (uncleanness)

      5. to make sound

    4. (Hithpael) to deal in integrity, act uprightly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תָּמַם tâmam, taw-mam'; a primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive:—accomplish, cease, be clean (pass-) ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, × be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.
STRONGS H8552: Abbreviations
† [תָּמַם], תַּם verb be complete, finished (Arabic bdb107004 id., Phoenician תם, Syriac bdb107005 derived species and derivatives; compare Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (rare), Aramaic תְּמִימָא, bdb107006 perfect); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular תַּם Genesis 47:18 + 3 times (+ Qr מֵאֵשׁ֯ תַּם Jeremiah 6:29); 3rd person plural תַּמּוּ Deuteronomy 2:16 +; תָּ֑מּוּ 2 Kings 7:13; 1st person plural תַּמְנוּ (Ges§ 67dd) Numbers 17:28 [Numbers 17:13]; Psalm 64:7; תָּ֑מְנוּ Jeremiah 44:18; (Lamentations 3:22 read תַּמּוּ Targum Syriac Version Ew Löhr Bu); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִתֹּם (Ges§ 67g) Genesis 47:15; Ezekiel 47:12; 3rd person feminine singular תִתֻּם Ezekiel 24:11 (Ges§ 67q; strike out Co), תִּתֹּם Genesis 47:18; 1 Kings 7:22; 1st person singular אֵיתָ֑ם Psalm 19:14; 3rd person masculine plural יִתַּ֫מּוּ Numbers 14:35 +, וַיִּתְּמוּ Deuteronomy 34:8; Infinitive construct תֹּם Leviticus 25:29 + 10 times; תָּםֿ Isaiah 18:5; suffix תֻּתִּי Jeremiah 27:8 + 7 times suffix; —
1. be finished, completed; the writing of words Deuteronomy 31:24, 30 (see Dr.; J), Job 31:40; building of temple 1 Kings 6:22, compare 1 Kings 7:22; fulfilled, י׳'s command (by obedience) Joshua 4:10 (E); as auxiliary + finite verb = completely, wholly, entirely, תַּמּוּ נִבְתָ֑וּ Joshua 3:16 (E) were wholly cut off; סָפוּ תַמּוּ Psalm 73:19 entirely consumed; followed by ל infinitive: תַּמּוּ לעבור were finished in regard to, etc., i.e. were entirely passed over Joshua 3:17; Joshua 4:1, 11 (JE) 2 Samuel 15:24; לחמּול Joshua 5:8 (E) entirely circumcised, Numbers 17:28.
2. be finished, come to an end, cease: the year, Genesis 47:18 (J), Leviticus 25:29 (P), Jeremiah 1:3; the years of י׳ have no end Psalm 102:28; days of weeping Deuteronomy 34:8 (P), compare Lamentations 4:22; also Isaiah 18:5; Lamentations 3:22.
3. be complete, of number, 1 Samuel 16:11.
4. be consumed, exhausted, spent: silver Genesis 47:15, 18 (J); strength Leviticus 26:20 (H); lead Jeremiah 6:29 (Qr); bread Jeremiah 37:21; fruit Ezekiel 47:12; rust Ezekiel 24:11.
5. be finished, consumed, destroyed: people Numbers 14:33 (J), Numbers 14:35; Numbers 17:28 (P; || מות). Numbers 32:13 (J), Joshua 8:24; Joshua 10:20 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:14, 15, 16; Joshua 5:6 (D), 1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 7:13; Isaiah 16:4; Jeremiah 14:15; Jeremiah 24:10; Jeremiah 27:8; Jeremiah 36:23; Jeremiah 44:12 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 44:18, 27; Psalm 9:7 (but read דַּמּוּ), Psalm 104:35.
6. be complete, sound, unimpaired, ethically, Psalm 19:14 (|| נִקָּה; late).
7. twice, very strangely, si vera lectio, transitive: Psalm 64:7 תמנו we have completed (read probably הֲתִמֹּנוּ); Jeremiah 27:8 עַדתֻּֿמֹּי אֹתָם בְּיָדוֺ (read with Gr תִּתִּי).
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular הֲתִמֹּ֫תִי Ezekiel 22:15; 3rd person masculine plural הֵחַמּ֫וּ 2 Samuel 20:18; Imperfect יַתֵּם 2 Kings 22:4; 2nd person masculine singular תַּתֵּם Job 22:3 (Ges§ 67y); Infinitive absolute הָחֵם Ezekiel 24:10; construct, id., Daniel 8:23 + Daniel 9:24 Qr (see Dr.); suffix הֲתִֽמְךְ (Ges§ 67v) Isaiah 33:1; —
1. finish, complete, perfect, a matter 2 Samuel 20:18 (but Qal, come to an end, with ה interrogative, We Dr and others); flesh in cooking Ezekiel 24:10.
2. finish, cease doing a thing, followed by participle (Ges§ 120b), שׁוֺדֵד Isaiah 33:1.
3. complete, sum up, with accusative money 2 Kings 22:4 (other conjectures Klo Gr Gi); transgressions Daniel 8:23; sin Daniel 9:24 (Qr; Kt חתם).
4. destroy uncleanness, with מן from, Ezekiel 22:15.
5. causative (of Qal 6): accusative דרכיך Job 22:3 make sound thy ways.
Hithp. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּתַּמָּם 2 Samuel 22:26, with עִם deal in integrity with = Psalm 18:26 (late, see Qal 6).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

47:15; 47:15; 47:18; 47:18; 47:18; 47:18

Leviticus

25:29; 25:29; 26:20

Numbers

14:33; 14:35; 14:35; 17:13; 32:13

Deuteronomy

2:14; 2:15; 2:16; 2:16; 31:24; 31:30; 34:8; 34:8

Joshua

3:16; 3:17; 4:1; 4:10; 4:11; 5:6; 5:8; 8:24; 10:20

1 Samuel

16:11

2 Samuel

15:24; 20:18; 20:18; 22:26

1 Kings

6:22; 7:22; 7:22; 14:10

2 Kings

7:13; 7:13; 22:4; 22:4

Job

22:3; 22:3; 31:40

Psalms

9:7; 18:26; 19:14; 19:14; 64:7; 64:7; 73:19; 102:28; 104:35

Isaiah

16:4; 18:5; 18:5; 33:1; 33:1

Jeremiah

1:3; 6:29; 6:29; 14:15; 24:10; 27:8; 27:8; 27:8; 36:23; 37:21; 44:12; 44:18; 44:18; 44:27

Lamentations

3:22; 3:22; 4:22

Ezekiel

22:15; 22:15; 24:10; 24:10; 24:11; 24:11; 47:12; 47:12

Daniel

8:23; 8:23; 9:24; 9:24

H8552

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Strong's Number H8552 matches the Hebrew תָּמַם (tāmam),
which occurs 63 times in 61 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 47:15–Jer 37:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:18 - When that year had ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is gone; my lord also has our herds of livestock. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - And your strength shall be spent in vain;
for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:33 - ‘And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:35 - ‘I the LORD have spoken this. I will surely do so to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:13 - “Whoever even comes near the tabernacle of the LORD must die. Shall we all utterly die?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - “So the LORD’s anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:14 - “And the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, just as the LORD had sworn to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:15 - “For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:16 - “So it was, when all the men of war had finally perished from among the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:24 - So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:30 - Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were ended:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. So the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:1 - And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - So the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and crossed over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:11 - Then it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over, that the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed over in the presence of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD—to whom the LORD swore that He would not show them the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, “a land flowing with milk and honey.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 - And it came to pass when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness where they pursued them, and when they all had fallen by the edge of the sword until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - Then it happened, while Joshua and the children of Israel made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they had finished, that those who escaped entered fortified cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?” Then he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him. For we will not sit down[fn] till he comes here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 - There was Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:18 - So she spoke, saying, “They used to talk in former times, saying, ‘They shall surely seek guidance at Abel,’ and so they would end disputes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:26 - “With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22 - The whole temple he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the temple; also he overlaid with gold the entire altar that was by the inner sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:22 - The tops of the pillars were in the shape of lilies. So the work of the pillars was finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:10 - “therefore behold! I will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male in Israel, bond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse until it is all gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:13 - And one of his servants answered and said, “Please, let several men take five of the remaining horses which are left in the city. Look, they may either become like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; or indeed, I say, they may become like all the multitude of Israel left from those who are consumed; so let us send them and see.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:4 - “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:3 - Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?
Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:40 - Then let thistles grow instead of wheat,
And weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - O enemy, destructions are finished forever!
And you have destroyed cities;
Even their memory has perished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:25 - With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
And I shall be innocent of great transgression.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:6 - They devise iniquities:
“We have perfected a shrewd scheme.”
Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19 - Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:27 - But You are the same,
And Your years will have no end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:35 - May sinners be consumed from the earth,
And the wicked be no more.

Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 - Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab;
Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler.
For the extortioner is at an end,
Devastation ceases,
The oppressors are consumed out of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:5 - For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect
And the sour grape is ripening in the flower,
He will both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks
And take away and cut down the branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1 - Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
When you cease plundering,
You will be plundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 - The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
The smelter refines in vain,
For the wicked are not drawn off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - “Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’—‘By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:10 - ‘And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8 - ‘And it shall be, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish,’ says the LORD, ‘with the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:23 - And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that the king cut it with the scribe’s knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21 - Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah to the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread from the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

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