Lexicon :: Strong's H8548 - tāmîḏ

תָּמִיד

Transliteration

tāmîḏ

Pronunciation

taw-meed'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root meaning to stretch

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1157a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

תָּמִיד tâmîyd, taw-meed'; from an unused root meaning to stretch; properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the regular (daily) sacrifice:—alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, (n-)ever(-more), perpetual.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x

The KJV translates Strong's H8548 in the following manner: continually (53x), continual (26x), daily (7x), always (6x), alway (4x), ever (3x), perpetual (2x), continual employment (1x), evermore (1x), never (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

continuity, perpetuity, to stretch
1. continually, continuously (as adverb)
2. continuity (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8548: Abbreviations

† תָּמִיד noun masculine^{Daniel 12:11} continuity (perhaps originally extent; Late Hebrew as Biblical Hebrew, Ecclus תמיד Ecclesiasticus 45:14); — ת׳ always absolute; —

1. earliest and oftenest as adverb, continually:

a. of going on without interruption = continuously, Hosea 12:7; Jeremiah 6:7; Nahum 3:19; Isaiah 21:8; Isaiah 49:16; Isaiah 51:13 (+ כָּלהַֿיּוֺם), Isaiah 52:5 (+ id.), Isaiah 60:11 (|| יַוֺמָם וָלַיְלָח, Isaiah 62:6 (+ כָּלהַֿיּוֺם וְכָלהַֿלַּיְלָה), Isaiah 65:3; Obadiah 16; Habakkuk 1:17; Deuteronomy 11:12; 1 Kings 10:8 2 Chronicles 9:7; 1 Chronicles 16:11, 37; especially (sometimes hyperbole) in Psalms : Psalm 16:8; Psalm 25:15; Psalm 34:2 (|| בְּכָלעֵֿת), Psalm 35:27; compare Psalm 40:17; Psalm 70:5; Psalm 38:18; Psalm 40:12; Psalm 50:8; Psalm 51:5; Psalm 69:24; Psalm 71:6; Psalm 71:14; Psalm 72:15; Psalm 73:23; Psalm 74:23; Psalm 105:4; Psalm 109:15; Psalm 109:19; Psalm 119:44 (+ וֶָֽֽֽעך׃ לְעוֺלָם), Psalm 40:109; Psalm 119:117 (so also Psalm 16:5, for MT תומי, Bi Che; תּוֺסיף Ol Bae); Proverbs 5:19 (|| בִּכָלעֵֿת), Proverbs 6:21; Proverbs 15:15; Proverbs 28:14; also Ezekiel 38:8 (strike out Co Toy^Hpt. Berthol), Leviticus 6:6 (P; of fire, || לֹא תִכְבֶּה), and Lev 46:14 (but חֻקַּת תּ׳ Co Berthol); also in ritual, Leviticus 24:8 (H), compare Exodus 25:30 (P; shew-bread), Leviticus 24:2, 3, 4 (H), compare Exodus 27:20 (P; of lamp), Exodus 28:29, 30, 38.

b. of regular repetition: meals 2 Samuel 9:7, 10, 13; 2 Kings 25:29 = Jeremiah 52:33; journeys 2 Kings 4:19; compare Numbers 9:16; Psalm 71:3; of ritual: sacrifice, לַיּוֺם תָּמִיד Exodus 29:38; compare 1 Chronicles 16:40; 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 24:14.

2. as substantive:

a. of uninterrupted continuity, אַנְשֵׁי ת׳ Ezekiel 39:14 men of continuity, i.e. men continually employed for the purpose; לֶחֶם הַתּ׳ Numbers 4:7 the bread of continuity, i.e. the bread that is always there, so מַעֲרֶכֶת ת׳ 2 Chronicles 2:3, and perhaps חֲצֹצְרוֺת ת׳ 1 Chronicles 16:6.

b. of regular repetition אֲרֻחַת מ׳ 2 Kings 25:30, i.e. a regular allowance, = Jeremiah 52:34; especially of ritual: קְטֹרֶת ת׳ Exodus 30:8 (P); most often עֹלַת ת׳ Ezekiel 46:15 (every morning), Exodus 29:42 (morning and evening, so) Numbers 28:6; Ezra 3:5, so read also Numbers 28:3 (Di) for MT עוֺלָה ת׳ (לַיּוֺם); עֹלַת הַת׳ Numbers 28:10, 15, 23, 24, 31; Numbers 29:6, 11, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 38; Neh Nehemiah 10:35; rarely מִנְחַת ת׳ Numbers 4:16 (P), Nehemiah 10:34; as appositive, מִנְחָה ת׳ Leviticus 6:13 meal-offering as a regular observance (compare Ges^{§ 131, 2 (b)} Da^{Synt. § 29 (b)}; on text see Di, Now^{Archaeology ii. 124 f.}), (and Numbers 28:3 MT, but see above)

c. (late) הַת׳ alone = daily (morning and evening) burnt-offering (Now^{Archaeology ii. 222 f.}) Daniel 8:11, 12, 13; Daniel 11:31; Daniel 12:11 (so Talmud, even in plural תְּמִידִין).

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