תֻּמָּה

tuma · integrity

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8538 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

tuma (תֻּמָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “integrity”.

Being whole, without double-dealing; the conduct of one who is the same inside and out. It comes from the same root as "blameless" (Job 1:1).

How to say it

tu·ma

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Being whole, without duplicity.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Job 2:3

    YHWH said to the Satan, “Have you set your heart on my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a man blameless and upright, fearing Elohim and turning away from evil; and he still holds fast to his integrity, though you incited me against him to swallow him up for nothing.”

  • Job 2:9

    His wife said to him, “Are you still holding fast to your integrity? Curse Elohim and die.”

  • Job 27:5

    Far be it from me that I declare righteous you; until I expire I will not remove my integrity from me.

  • Job 31:6

    let him weigh me in scales of righteousness, and let Eloah know my integrity.

  • Proverbs 11:3

    The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.