תָּם
tâm · tawm
complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8552 (תָּמַם);
complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear
- complete
- usually, (morally) pious
- specifically, gentle, dear
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: coupled together, perfect, plain, undefiled, upright.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The mark, the covenant sign of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תָּם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a perfect3 · 23%
- the perfect2 · 15%
- my undefiled2 · 15%
- was a plain1 · 8%
- was perfect1 · 8%
- me: if i say, i am perfect1 · 8%
- though i were perfect1 · 8%
- at the perfect1 · 8%
- the upright1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.