Tamim תָּמִים

Tamim (Hebrew תָּמִים, Strong's H8549) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “unblemished”. It occurs 91 times in 85 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H8549G: unblemished

H8549H: unblemished: blameless

H8549I: unblemished: complete

H8549J: unblemished: Thummim

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

Genesis

• Genesis 6:9
  These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
• Genesis 17:1
  And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

Exodus

• Exodus 12:5
  Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
• Exodus 29:1
  And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,

Leviticus

• Leviticus 1:3
  If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord.If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.
• Leviticus 1:10
  And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.
• Leviticus 3:1
  And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
• Leviticus 3:6
  And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.
• Leviticus 3:9
  And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,And from the peace offering he shall bring an offering made by fire to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
• Leviticus 4:3
  If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering.If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
• Leviticus 4:23
  Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
• Leviticus 4:28
  Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.
• Leviticus 4:32
  And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he must bring an unblemished female.
• Leviticus 5:15
  If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
• Leviticus 5:18
  And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.He is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the wrong he has committed in ignorance, and he will be forgiven.
• Leviticus 6:6
  And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.
• Leviticus 9:2
  And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.
• Leviticus 9:3
  And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering,
• Leviticus 14:10
  And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.
• Leviticus 22:19
  Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
• Leviticus 22:21
  And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
• Leviticus 23:12
  And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,
• Leviticus 23:15
  And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
• Leviticus 23:18
  And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord.Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
• Leviticus 25:30
  And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.

Numbers

• Numbers 6:14
  And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as a peace offering—
• Numbers 19:2
  This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
• Numbers 28:3
  And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.And tell them that this is the offering made by fire you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs.
• Numbers 28:9
  And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering.
• Numbers 28:11
  And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Numbers 28:19
  But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:Present to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished.
• Numbers 28:31
  Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.Offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. The animals must be unblemished.
• Numbers 29:2
  And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Numbers 29:8
  But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Numbers 29:13
  And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Numbers 29:17
  And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:On the second day you are to present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Numbers 29:20
  And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;On the third day you are to present eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Numbers 29:23
  And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:On the fourth day you are to present ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Numbers 29:26
  And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:On the fifth day you are to present nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Numbers 29:29
  And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:On the sixth day you are to present eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Numbers 29:32
  And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:On the seventh day you are to present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Numbers 29:36
  But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 18:13
  Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
• Deuteronomy 32:4
  He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

Joshua

• Joshua 10:13
  And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
• Joshua 24:14
  Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

Judges

• Judges 9:16
  Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
• Judges 9:19
  If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 14:41
  Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim; but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:24
  I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
• 2 Samuel 22:26
  With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
• 2 Samuel 22:31
  As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
• 2 Samuel 22:33
  God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.

Job

• Job 12:4
  I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
• Job 36:4
  For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
• Job 37:16
  Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

Psalms

• Psalm 15:2
  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
• Psalm 18:23
  I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
• Psalm 18:25
  With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
• Psalm 18:30
  As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
• Psalm 18:32
  It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
• Psalm 19:7
  The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
• Psalm 37:18
  The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
• Psalm 84:11
  For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• 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.
• Psalm 101:6
  Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
• Psalm 119:1
  Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
• Psalm 119:80
  Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:12
  Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
• Proverbs 2:21
  For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
• Proverbs 11:5
  The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
• Proverbs 11:20
  They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
• Proverbs 28:10
  Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
• Proverbs 28:18
  Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 15:5
  Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
• Ezekiel 28:15
  Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways— until wickedness was found in you.
• Ezekiel 43:22
  And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering, and the altar is to be cleansed as it was with the bull.
• Ezekiel 43:23
  When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
• Ezekiel 43:25
  Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both unblemished.
• Ezekiel 45:18
  Thus saith the Lord God; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the first day of the first month you are to take a young bull without blemish and purify the sanctuary.
• Ezekiel 45:23
  And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin offering.
• Ezekiel 46:4
  And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the Lord in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.
• Ezekiel 46:6
  And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.On the day of the New Moon he shall offer a young, unblemished bull, six lambs, and a ram without blemish.
• Ezekiel 46:13
  Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.And you shall provide an unblemished year-old lamb as a daily burnt offering to the LORD; you are to offer it every morning.

Amos

• Amos 5:10
  They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

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).