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 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
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).

  1. continuity, perpetuity, to stretch

    1. continually, continuously (as adverb)

    2. continuity (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
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.
STRONGS H8548: Abbreviations
† תָּמִיד noun masculineDaniel 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 ToyHpt. 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) DaSynt. § 29 (b); on text see Di, NowArchaeology ii. 124 f.), (and Numbers 28:3 MT, but see above)
c. (late) הַת׳ alone = daily (morning and evening) burnt-offering (NowArchaeology ii. 222 f.) Daniel 8:11, 12, 13; Daniel 11:31; Daniel 12:11 (so Talmud, even in plural תְּמִידִין).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:30; 27:20; 28:29; 28:30; 28:38; 29:38; 29:42; 30:8

Leviticus

6:6; 6:13; 24:2; 24:3; 24:4; 24:8

Numbers

4:7; 4:16; 9:16; 28:3; 28:3; 28:6; 28:10; 28:15; 28:23; 28:24; 28:31; 29:6; 29:11; 29:16; 29:19; 29:22; 29:25; 29:28; 29:31; 29:34; 29:38

Deuteronomy

11:12

2 Samuel

9:7; 9:10; 9:13

1 Kings

10:8

2 Kings

4:19; 25:29; 25:30

1 Chronicles

16:6; 16:11; 16:37; 16:40; 23:31

2 Chronicles

2:3; 9:7; 24:14

Ezra

3:5

Nehemiah

10:34; 10:35

Psalms

16:5; 16:8; 25:15; 34:2; 35:27; 38:18; 40:12; 40:17; 50:8; 51:5; 69:24; 70:5; 71:3; 71:6; 71:14; 72:15; 73:23; 74:23; 105:4; 109:15; 109:19; 119:44; 119:117

Proverbs

5:19; 6:21; 15:15; 28:14

Isaiah

21:8; 49:16; 51:13; 52:5; 60:11; 62:6; 65:3

Jeremiah

6:7; 52:33; 52:34

Ezekiel

38:8; 39:14; 46:15

Daniel

8:11; 8:12; 8:13; 11:31; 12:11; 12:11

Hosea

12:7

Obadiah

1:16

Nahum

3:19

Habakkuk

1:17