Tâmam — H8552

Definition

verb

to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive

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

Usually translated as

be clean, end, be spent, upright, consume, have done, perfect, be wasted, accomplish, cease, come to the full, be all gone, sum, ed, fail, be all here, be, whole

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• áthōos (G121)
• analískō (G355)
• apóllymi (G622)
• ekleípō (G1587)
• exaíphnēs (G1810)
• exérchomai (G1831)
• hēsychía (G2271)
• paúō (G3973)
• píptō (G4098)
• plēróō (G4137)
• synteléō (G4931)
• sphragízō (G4972)
• teleióō (G5048)
• tḗkō (G5080)

Occurrences

Tâmam occurs 63 times in 61 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Leviticus (2), Numbers (4), Deuteronomy (6), Joshua (9), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (2), Job (2), Psalms (7), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (10), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (4), Daniel (1)

• Genesis 47:15 — And when money failed (וַיִּתֹּ֣ם) in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
• Genesis 47:18 — When that year was ended (וַתִּתֹּם֮), they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
• Genesis 47:18 — When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent (תַּ֣ם); my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
• Leviticus 25:29 — And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole (תֹּ֖ם) year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
• Leviticus 26:20 — And your strength shall be spent (וְתַ֥ם) in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
• Numbers 14:33 — And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted (תֹּ֥ם) in the wilderness.
• Numbers 14:35 — I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed (יִתַּ֖מּוּ), and there they shall die.
• Numbers 17:13 — Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed (תַּ֖מְנוּ) with dying?
• Numbers 32:13 — And the LORD’s anger was kindled 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 consumed (תֹּם֙).
• Deuteronomy 2:14 — And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted (תֹּ֨ם) out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.
• Deuteronomy 2:15 — For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed (תֻּמָּֽם).
• Deuteronomy 2:16 — So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed (תַּ֜מּוּ) and dead from among the people,
• Deuteronomy 31:24 — And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished (תֻּמָּֽם),
• Deuteronomy 31:30 — And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended (תֻּמָּֽם).
• Deuteronomy 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 were ended (וַֽיִּתְּמ֔וּ).
• Joshua 3:16 — That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed (תַּ֣מּוּ), and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
• Joshua 3:17 — And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean (תַּ֙מּוּ֙) over Jordan.
• Joshua 4:1 — And it came to pass, when all the people were clean (תַּ֣מּוּ) passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
• Joshua 4:10 — For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished (תֹּ֣ם) that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
• Joshua 4:11 — And it came to pass, when all the people were clean (תַּ֥ם) passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
• Joshua 5:6 — For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed (תֹּ֨ם), because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
• Joshua 5:8 — And it came to pass, when they had done (תַּ֥מּוּ) circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
• Joshua 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 wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed (תֻּמָּ֑ם), that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
• Joshua 10:20 — And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed (תֻּמָּ֑ם), that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
• 1 Samuel 16:11 — And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all (הֲתַ֣מּוּ) thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
• 2 Samuel 15:24 — And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were 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 done (תֹּ֥ם) passing out of the city.
• 2 Samuel 20:18 — Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended (הֵתַֽמּוּ) the matter.
• 2 Samuel 22:26 — With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright (תִּתַּמָּֽם).
• 1 Kings 6:22 — And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished (תֹּ֣ם) all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
• 1 Kings 7:22 — And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished (וַתִּתֹּ֖ם).
• 1 Kings 14:10 — Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone (תֻּמּֽוֹ).
• 2 Kings 7:13 — And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed (תָּ֑מּוּ):) and let us send and see.
• 2 Kings 22:4 — Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum (וְיַתֵּ֣ם) the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
• Job 22:3 — Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect (תַתֵּ֥ם)?
• Job 31:40 — Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended (תַּ֝֗מּוּ).
• Psalms 9:6 — O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end (תַּ֥מּוּ): and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
• Psalms 18:25 — With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright (תִּתַּמָּֽם);
• Psalms 19:13 — Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright (אֵיתָ֑ם), and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
• Psalms 64:6 — They search out iniquities; they accomplish (תַּ֭מְנוּ) a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
• Psalms 73:19 — How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed (תַ֝֗מּוּ) with terrors.
• Psalms 102:27 — But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end (יִתָּֽמּוּ).
• Psalms 104:35 — Let the sinners be consumed (יִתַּ֤מּוּ) out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
• Isaiah 16:4 — Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed (תַּ֥מּוּ) out of the land.
• Isaiah 18:5 — For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect (כְּתָם), and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
• Isaiah 33:1 — Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease (כַּהֲתִֽמְךָ֤) to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
• Jeremiah 1:3 — It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end (תֹּם֙) of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
• Jeremiah 6:29 — The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
• Jeremiah 14:15 — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed (יִתַּ֔מּוּ).
• Jeremiah 24:10 — And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed (תֻּמָּם֙) from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
• Jeremiah 27:8 — And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed (תֻּמִּ֥י) them by his hand.