Thummim

In Bible versions:

Thummim: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a system (or device) to obtain divine guidance (IBD)

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perfection; truth

Hebrew

Strongs #08550: Mymt Tummiym

Thummim = "perfection"

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

8550 Tummiym toom-meem'

plural of 8537; perfections, i.e. (techn.) one of the
epithets of the objects in the high-priest's breastplate as an
emblem of complete Truth:-Thummim.
see HEBREW for 08537

Thummim [EBD]

perfection (LXX., "truth;" Vulg., "veritas"), Ex. 28:30; Deut. 33:8; Judg. 1:1; 20:18; 1 Sam. 14:3,18; 23:9; 2 Sam. 21:1. What the "Urim and Thummim" were cannot be determined with any certainty. All we certainly know is that they were a certain divinely-given means by which God imparted, through the high priest, direction and counsel to Israel when these were needed. The method by which this was done can be only a matter of mere conjecture. They were apparently material objects, quite distinct from the breastplate, but something added to it after all the stones had been set in it, something in addition to the breastplate and its jewels. They may have been, as some suppose, two small images, like the teraphim (comp. Judg. 17:5; 18:14, 17, 20; Hos. 3:4), which were kept in the bag of the breastplate, by which, in some unknown way, the high priest could give forth his divinely imparted decision when consulted. They were probably lost at the destruction of the temple by Nebuchadnezzar. They were never seen after the return from captivity.

Thummim [NAVE]

THUMMIM
See: Urim.

THUMMIM [SMITH]

[URIM AND THUMMIM AND THUMMIM]

THUMMIM [ISBE]

THUMMIM - thum'-im.

See URIM AND THUMMIM.