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Strong's H8552 תָּמַם (tamam)

Tamam means “complete” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8552
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 61
Books 16

Strong's H8552 Quick Answer

Strong's H8552 תָּמַם (tamam) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tamam (taw-mam') v. 1. to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive (as follows) [a primitive root] It has 61 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include clean, was, accomplish, cease, and good. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
tamam (taw-mam') v. 1. to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive (as follows) [a primitive root]
Usage
61 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
clean, was, accomplish, cease, and good

Meaning and Definition

tamam (taw-mam') v. 1. to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive (as follows) [a primitive root] KJV: accomplish, cease, be clean (pass-)ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, X be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.

Original Word
תָּמַם
Transliteration
tamam
Derivation
Root: תמם
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8552. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to finish

Usage: 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 1c4) to destroy (uncleanness) 1c5) to make sound 1d) (Hithpael) to deal in integrity, act uprightly

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How Strong's H8552 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tamam, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

clean Joshua 3:17 accomplish Psalms 64:6 accomplished Lamentations 4:22 cease Isaiah 33:1 good Jeremiah 44:27 was Genesis 47:18

How Strong's H8552 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 61 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8552 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8552 in the Old Testament

61 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 47:15 KJV

And 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 47:18 KJV

When 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 25:29 KJV

And 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.

Usage Excerpts

First 61 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8552.

Genesis 47:15 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 47:18 Old Testament, KJV
When 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 25:29 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 26:20 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 14:33 Old Testament, KJV
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
Numbers 14:35 Old Testament, KJV
I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
Numbers 17:13 Old Testament, KJV
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Numbers 32:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
Deuteronomy 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.
Deuteronomy 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
Deuteronomy 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
Deuteronomy 31:24 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
Deuteronomy 31:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
Deuteronomy 34:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Joshua 3:16 Old Testament, KJV
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Joshua 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
Joshua 4:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
Joshua 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
Joshua 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
Joshua 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Joshua 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
Joshua 8:24 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
Joshua 10:20 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
1 Samuel 16:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
2 Samuel 15:24 Old Testament, KJV
And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
2 Samuel 20:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
2 Samuel 22:26 Old Testament, KJV
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
1 Kings 6:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
1 Kings 7:22 Old Testament, KJV
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
1 Kings 14:10 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
2 Kings 7:13 Old Testament, KJV
And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
2 Kings 22:4 Old Testament, KJV
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
Job 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Job 31:40 Old Testament, KJV
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Psalms 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
Psalms 18:25 Old Testament, KJV
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
Psalms 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Psalms 64:6 Old Testament, KJV
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
Psalms 73:19 Old Testament, KJV
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psalms 102:27 Old Testament, KJV
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Psalms 104:35 Old Testament, KJV
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
Isaiah 16:4 Old Testament, KJV
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Isaiah 18:5 Old Testament, KJV
For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
Isaiah 33:1 Old Testament, KJV
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Jeremiah 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
Jeremiah 6:29 Old Testament, KJV
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Jeremiah 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Jeremiah 24:10 Old Testament, KJV
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Jeremiah 27:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
Jeremiah 36:23 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
Jeremiah 37:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 44:12 Old Testament, KJV
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
Jeremiah 44:18 Old Testament, KJV
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Jeremiah 44:27 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
Lamentations 3:22 Old Testament, KJV
It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Lamentations 4:22 Old Testament, KJV
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
Ezekiel 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
Ezekiel 24:10 Old Testament, KJV
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Ezekiel 24:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
Ezekiel 47:12 Old Testament, KJV
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
Daniel 8:23 Old Testament, KJV
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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8552, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 4 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 6 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 9 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 10 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H8552 FAQ

What does tamam (תָּמַם) mean?

Tamam (Strong's H8552) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "complete". tamam (taw-mam') v. 1. to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive (as follows) [a primitive root]

How many times is tamam (תָּמַם) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 61 linked usages for Strong's H8552 across 16 books.

Where can I study tamam (תָּמַם) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8552 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate tamam (תָּמַם)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as clean, was, accomplish, cease, good, and accomplished. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.