Tam תָּם

Tam (Hebrew תָּם, Strong's H8535) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “complete”. It occurs 16 times in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Tam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 25:27
  And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

Exodus

• Exodus 26:24
  And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.
• Exodus 36:29
  And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.

Job

• Job 1:1
  There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
• Job 1:8
  And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
• Job 2:3
  And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
• Job 8:20
  Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
• Job 9:20
  If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
• Job 9:21
  Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
• Job 9:22
  This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

Psalms

• Psalm 37:37
  Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
• Psalm 64:4
  That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 29:10
  The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 5:2
  I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
• Song of Solomon 6:9
  My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.

Jeremiah

• 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.The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).