תֻּמָּה
tummâh · H8538 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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integrity, blamelessness
Literally: completeness; hence: state in which humans are considered morally blameless, with profound moral uprightness and integrity
ExamplesJob 2:3 The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds firm to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
Job 2:9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold firm your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Job 27:5 “Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Until I die, I will not give up my integrity.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- יmy 2
- יָשָׁרupright, right 1
- ךָyour 1
- הוּhis 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָחָהto lead 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יָדַעto know 1
- סוּרto turn aside, to depart, to remove 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 4
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- נִקָּיוֹן niqqâyôwn · H5356 · famine, hunger, innocence
- Both words denote moral states of being blameless or free from guilt. They differ slightly in nuance, "cleanness, innocency" versus "integrity", but describe overlapping moral concepts.
- יֹשֶׁר yôsher · H3476 · uprightness, honesty, sincereness
- Both lexemes denote positive moral or ethical qualities in overlapping semantic space — "uprightness/rightness" and "integrity" both describe moral rectitude or blamelessness, making them near-synonyms.
- בֹּר bôr · H1252 · cleanness, purity, innocence
- בֹּר (bôr, H1252) (cleanness, pureness) and תֻּמָּה (tummâh, H8538) (integrity) both denote moral or ritual purity and blamelessness, describing moral or ethical uprightness.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Innocent002003003015
- This noun denotes moral integrity, as in Job 2:3's account of Job still holding firm to his integrity despite his affliction.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8538. tummah [תֻּמָּה] noun feminine integrity (late); — construct תֻּמַּת Pro 11:3;…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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