מְתֹם
metom · soundness, completely
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4974 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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metom (מְתֹם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “soundness, completely”.
Soundness, a sound part (Psalm 38:3); also used as an adverb, "completely." In Judges 20:48 its sense is disputed: it may be "the men" (of the city) or "entirely."
How to say it
me·tom
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
- A place without wound or injury.
- Complete, whole, with nothing missing.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- soundness ×3
- entire ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Judges 20:48
And the men of Israel turned back against the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, from the entire city to the livestock, to all that was found; also all the cities that were found they gave over to fire.
- Psalms 38:3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
- Psalms 38:7
For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
- Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: wound and bruise and fresh blow; they have not been pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.