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The Chain¶

Hebrew OT             LXX / Greek OT          Greek NT
---------             --------------          --------
תָּמִים (tamiym)   ->  ἄμωμος (amomos)   ->   ἄμωμος (amomos)
H8549, 85x            61x as translation       7x in NT
"whole/blameless"     of tamiym                "without blemish/fault"

OT Usage (Hebrew)¶

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
H8549	תָּמִים (tamiym)	85	entire, complete, without blemish, upright
H8548	תָּמִיד (tamiyd)	102	continual, regular

Key OT passages: - Gen 6:9 - Noah was "perfect" in his generations. - Exo 12:5 - the Passover lamb was to be "without blemish." - Deut 18:13 - "Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God."

Canonical study: H8549-tamiym.md

LXX Bridge¶

Hebrew	Greek Translation	Count	Notes
tamiym (H8549)	ἄμωμος (G299)	61x	primary adjectival equivalent
tamiym (H8549)	ἀμνός (G286)	21x	lamb context in sacrificial passages
tamiym (H8549)	μόσχος (G3448)	20x	calf/bullock context
tamiym (H8549)	ὁλοκαύτωμα (G3646)	15x	burnt-offering context
tamiym (H8549)	προσάγω (G4317)	12x	presenting/offering context

Reverse bridge for G299 shows H8549 as the dominant Hebrew source (61x), followed by sacrificial animal and offering vocabulary such as H3532, H6499, H352, H5930, and H7126.

NT Usage (Greek)¶

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
G299	ἄμωμος (amomos)	7	unblemished, without fault/blame
G298	ἀμώμητος (amometos)	1	blameless

Key NT passages: - Eph 1:4 - chosen to be holy and without blame. - Heb 9:14 - Christ offered himself "without spot." - 1 Pet 1:19 - "a lamb without blemish and without spot."

Canonical Greek study: TODO(need G299 study)

Direct OT->NT Quotations¶

No direct OT quotation was identified from the trace gatherer's key-verse set. The bridge is lexical and sacrificial/adjectival rather than a direct citation chain.

Continuity and Shifts¶

What stays the same across testaments: - The dominant bridge preserves the "without blemish/without fault" adjectival sense. - Sacrificial contexts are central to the OT side and remain visible in NT usage such as Heb 9:14 and 1 Pet 1:19.

What shifts: - OT usage divides between sacrificial wholeness and moral uprightness; NT usage is concentrated in blamelessness/unblemished presentation language. - LXX translation data shows sacrificial animals and offering terms clustering around G299, so the Greek bridge often carries the sacrificial setting along with the adjective.

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