Tom תֹּם

Tom (Hebrew תֹּם, Strong's H8537) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “integrity”. It occurs 23 times in 23 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

Topics

• Integrity

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 20:5
  Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
• Genesis 20:6
  And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 15:11
  And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 9:4
  And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
• 1 Kings 22:34
  And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 18:33
  And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

Job

• Job 4:6
  Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
• Job 21:23
  One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

Psalms

• Psalm 7:8
  The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
• Psalm 25:21
  Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
• Psalm 26:1
  Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
• Psalm 26:11
  But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
• Psalm 41:12
  And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
• Psalm 78:72
  So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.
• Psalm 101:2
  I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 2:7
  He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
• Proverbs 10:9
  He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
• Proverbs 10:29
  The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
• Proverbs 13:6
  Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
• Proverbs 19:1
  Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
• Proverbs 20:7
  The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
• Proverbs 28:6
  Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 47:9
  But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

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).