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H8548
Hebrew
Original Word
תָּמִידTransliteration
tâmîyd
Pronunciation
taw-meed'
Definition
from an unused root meaning to stretch; properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice; alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, (n-)ever(-more), perpetual.
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Continually
"always; continually; regularly." This word comes from a root that means "to measure." The root is found in Assyrian, Aramaic, Arabic, and Phoenician.…
Continuity
"continuity." Tamîd is often used as a noun. In Num 4:7, the word is used with "bread," literally meaning "the bread of continuity" (nasb, "the contin…