Strong H8550תֻּמִּים

Thummim

Transliteration: tûmmîym
Pronunciation: toom-meem'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Plural of H8537; {perfections} that {is} (technically) one of the epithets of the objects in the high priest´ s breastplate as an emblem of complete Truth: - Thummim.

Meaning of the name

Thummim = "perfection"

Detailed definition

§ Thummim = "perfection"
1) stones provided for the means of achieving a sacred lot
1a) used with the Urim, the will of God was revealed

In the biblical story

Thummim

Objects used with the Urim for divine guidance

The Thummim, along with the Urim, were objects carried in the breastpiece of the high priest's ephod and used to seek divine guidance (<ref="Exodus 28:30; Numbers 27:21">Exodus 28:30; Numbers 27:21</ref>).

In the Bible

Strong H8550 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

thummim5

First verses

Exodus 28:30
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.
Leviticus 8:8
And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
Ezra 2:63
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
Nehemiah 7:65
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.