Continually
תָּמִידStrong’s H8548tamid (ta-mid)
Appears in 103 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tamid is the Hebrew word usually translated “continually”, “continuity” and “perpetual”. It appears in 103 verses of the Old Testament.
“Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.”
Meaning
- Continuity, perpetuity, to stretchcontinually, continuously (as adverb) · continuity (subst)
How it's translated
- continually 69
- continuity 26
- the perpetual 5
- regularity 2
- and continually 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 23
- Numbers 20
- Exodus 8
- Isaiah 8
- Leviticus 6
- 1 Chronicles 5
21 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 8:12In contextAnd an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
- Daniel 8:13In contextThen I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
- Daniel 11:31In contextAnd arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
- Daniel 12:11In contextAnd from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
- Exodus 25:30And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
- Exodus 27:20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
All 103 verses, by book
- Numbers 20
- 4:74:169:1628:328:628:1028:1528:2328:2428:3129:629:1129:1629:1929:2229:2529:2829:3129:3429:38
- Deuteronomy 1
- 11:12
- 1 Kings 1
- 10:8
- Ezra 1
- 3:5
- Nehemiah 1
- 10:33
- Psalms 23
- 16:825:1534:135:2738:1740:1140:1650:851:369:2370:471:371:671:1472:1573:2374:23105:4109:15109:19119:44119:109119:117
- Hosea 1
- 12:6
- Obadiah 1
- 1:16
- Nahum 1
- 3:19
- Habakkuk 1
- 1:17
Hebrew dictionary
תָּמִיד tamid · continually
1) continuity, perpetuity, to stretch 1a) continually, continuously (as adverb) 1b) continuity (subst)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “continually” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONTINUALLY, adverb
- Without pause or cessation; unceasingly; as, the ocean is continually rolling its waves on the shore.
- Very often; in repeated succession; from time to time.“Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually” 2 Samuel 9:7
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.