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תָּמַם
tâmam · Hebrew · Strong's H8552 · 61 occurrences
The KJV renders 24 different Hebrew and Greek words as “fail”
What it means
to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
accomplish, cease, be clean passed, consume, have done, come to an, have an, make an end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, be perfect, be spent, sum, be upright, be wasted, whole
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“fail”
also renders hysteréō (G5302), ekpíptō (G1601), píptō (G4098), epileípō (G1952), katargéō (G2673), ekleípō (G1587), ʼâbad (H6), ʼâphêç (H656), bâqaq (H1238), gâmar (H1584), gâʻal (H1602), dâlal (H1809), châçêr (H2637), châçêr (H2638), kâzab (H3576), kâshal (H3782), nâshath (H5405), ʻâbar (H5674), ʻădar (H5737), ʻâzab (H5800), ʻâṭaph (H5848), râphâh (H7503), shâqar (H8266)
“cease”
“consume”
also renders dapanáō (G1159), katanalískō (G2654), analískō (G355), bâlâh (H1086), gâzal (H1497), châçal (H2628), mûwg (H4127), çûwph (H5487), çâphâh (H5595), tsâmath (H6789), râphâh (H7503), shᵉmad (H8046)
“whole”
“accomplish”
“sum”
“make an end”
also renders teléō (G5055)
“be spent”
also renders diagínomai (G1230)
Where it appears
61 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 59 verses shown.
1 Kings 6:22 · HVqc
He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.
1 Kings 7:22 · HC/Vqw3fs
On the tops of the pillars was lily work. So the work of the pillars was finished.
1 Kings 14:10 · HVqc/Sp3ms
therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung until it is all gone.
1 Samuel 16:11 · HTi/Vqp3cp
Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
2 Kings 7:13 · HVqp3cp
One of his servants answered, “Please let some people take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are consumed. Let’s send and see.”
2 Kings 22:4 · HC/Vhi3ms
“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which is brought into Yahweh’s house, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people.
2 Samuel 15:24 HVqc2 Samuel 20:18 HVhp3cp2 Samuel 22:26 HVti2msDaniel 8:23 HR/VhcDeuteronomy 2:14 HVqcDeuteronomy 2:15 HVqc/Sp3mpDeuteronomy 2:16 HVqp3cpDeuteronomy 31:24 HVqc/Sp3mpDeuteronomy 31:30 HVqc/Sp3mpDeuteronomy 34:8 HC/Vqw3mpEzekiel 22:15 HC/Vhq1csEzekiel 24:10 HVhaEzekiel 24:11 HVqi3fsEzekiel 47:12 HVqi3msGenesis 47:15 HC/Vqw3msGenesis 47:18 HC/Vqw3fsIsaiah 16:4 HVqp3cpIsaiah 18:5 HR/VqcIsaiah 33:1 HR/Vhc/Sp2msJeremiah 1:3 HVqcJeremiah 14:15 HVqi3mpJeremiah 24:10 HVqc/Sp3mpJeremiah 27:8 HVqc/Sp1csJeremiah 36:23 HVqcJeremiah 37:21 HVqcJeremiah 44:12 HC/Vqq3cpJeremiah 44:18 HVqp1cpJeremiah 44:27 HC/Vqq3cpJob 22:3 HVhi2msJob 31:40 HVqp3cpJoshua 3:16 HVqp3cpJoshua 3:17 HVqp3cpJoshua 4:1 HVqp3cpJoshua 4:10 HVqcJoshua 4:11 HVqp3msJoshua 5:6 HVqcJoshua 5:8 HVqp3cpJoshua 8:24 HVqc/Sp3mpJoshua 10:20 HVqc/Sp3mpLamentations 3:22 HVqp1cpLamentations 4:22 HVqp3msLeviticus 26:20 HC/Vqq3msNumbers 14:33 HVqcNumbers 14:35 HVqi3mpNumbers 17:13 HVqp1cpNumbers 32:13 HVqcPsalm 9:6 HVqp3cpPsalm 18:25 HVti2msPsalm 19:13 HVqi1csPsalm 64:6 HVqp1cpPsalm 73:19 HVqp3cpPsalm 102:27 HVqi3mpPsalm 104:35 HVqi3mp
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.