Unblemished
תָּמִיםStrong’s H8549tamim (ta-mim)
Appears in 85 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tamim is the Hebrew word usually translated “unblemished”, “blameless” and “complete”. It appears in 85 verses of the Old Testament.
“These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”
Meaning
- Complete, whole, entire, soundcomplete, whole, entire · whole, sound, healthful · complete, entire (of time) · sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity · what is complete or entirely in accord with truth and fact (neuter adj/subst)
How it's translated
- unblemished 51
- blameless 18
- complete 5
- a blameless 3
- perfect 2
- and in integrity 2
- complete of 2
- blameless of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 21
- Numbers 17
- Psalms 12
- Ezekiel 10
- Proverbs 6
- 2 Samuel 4
14 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 17:1And 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.
- Exodus 12:5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
- Exodus 29:1And 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,
- Leviticus 1:3If 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.
- Leviticus 1:10And 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.
- Leviticus 3:1And 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.
All 85 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
תָּמִים tamim · unblemished
: unblemished/perfect 1) complete, whole, entire, sound 1a) complete, whole, entire 1b) whole, sound, healthful 1c) complete, entire (of time) 1d) sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity 1e) what is complete or entirely in accord with truth and fact (neuter adj/subst)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “unblemished” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNBLEM'ISHED, adjective
- Not blemished; not stained; free from turpitude or reproach; in a moral sense; as an unblemished reputation or life.
- Free from deformity.
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.