To finish
תָּמַםStrong’s H8552tamam (ta-mam)
Appears in 61 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tamam is the Hebrew word usually translated “was finished”, “had finished” and “meet their end”. It appears in 61 verses of the Old Testament.
“And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.”
Meaning
- To be complete, be finished, be at an end(Qal) · (Niphal) to be consumed · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- was finished 8
- they had finished 4
- they will meet their end 3
- were finished they 3
- and it was finished 2
- were complete they 2
- you show yourself blameless 2
- they have come to an end 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 9
- Jeremiah 9
- Psalms 7
- Deuteronomy 6
- Numbers 4
- Ezekiel 4
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:24In contextSeventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
- Genesis 47:15And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
- Genesis 47:18When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
- Leviticus 25:29And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
- Leviticus 26:20And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
- Numbers 14:33And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
All 61 verses, by book
- 1 Samuel 1
- 16:11
Hebrew dictionary
תָּמַם tamam · to finish
1) to be complete, be finished, be at an end 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be finished, be completed 1a1a) completely, wholly, entirely (as auxiliary with verb) 1a2) to be finished, come to an end, cease 1a3) to be complete (of number) 1a4) to be consumed, be exhausted, be spent 1a5) to be finished, be consumed, be destroyed 1a6) to be complete, be sound, be unimpaired, be upright (ethically) 1a7) to complete, finish 1a8) to be completely crossed over 1b) (Niphal) to be consumed 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to finish, complete, perfect 1c2) to finish, cease doing, leave off doing 1c3) to complete, sum up, make whole …
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “finish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FIN'ISH, verb transitive
[Latin finio, from finis, an end.]
- To arrive at the end of, in performance; to complete; as, to finish a house; to finish a journey.“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished” Genesis 2:1
- To make perfect.
- To bring to an end; to end; to put an end to.“Seventy weeks are determined on thy people, and on thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and make an end of sins” Daniel 9:24
- To perfect; to accomplish; to polish to the degree of excellence intended.
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.