תֵּימָן

te.manProper Noun (Masculine)H8487

Teman

From: or תֵּמָן; the same as H8486 (תֵּימָן);

Short Definition

Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them

Full Lexicon Entry

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Eliphaz (H0464); brother of: Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Kenaz (H7073), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Teman = "south" 1) son of Eliphaz, grandson of Esau, and one of the dukes of ) the tribe descended from 1 noted for the wisdom of its people 3) the region occupied by the descendants of 1, located east of Idumea

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

11 times

Appears 11 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Genesis
3
1 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
2
Amos
1
Ezk
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 1:36
  • Amos 1:12
  • Genesis 36:11
  • Genesis 36:42
  • Jeremiah 49:7

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.